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.
JOHN ELDREDGEThere 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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 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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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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 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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