Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
JOHN ELDREDGEFaith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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Instead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
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Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
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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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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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I’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.
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