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.
JOHN ELDREDGEInstead 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?
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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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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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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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