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 ELDREDGEEvery man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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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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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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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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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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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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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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