The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
JOHN ELDREDGEI’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
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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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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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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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A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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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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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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If only Jesus’ followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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