Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
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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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The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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