A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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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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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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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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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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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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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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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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