Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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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We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
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For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
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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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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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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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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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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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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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