A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
JOHN ELDREDGEFaith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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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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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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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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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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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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So 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’.
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Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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