The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
JOHN ELDREDGEFaith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
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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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We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
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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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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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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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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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