Story is the language of the heart.
JOHN ELDREDGEDesire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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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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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 was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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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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A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.
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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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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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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