Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
JOHN ELDREDGEFaith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other–moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.
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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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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.
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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
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In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
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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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