We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
JOHN ELDREDGESo long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan’s line to him is ‘You’re fine’. But after you do take sides, it becomes ‘Your heart is bad and you know it’.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
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We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.
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She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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Caring for your heart is also how you protect your relationship with God. The heart is where we commune with him. It is where we hear his voice. Most of the folks I know who have never heard God speak to them are the same folks who live far from their hearts.
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For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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