A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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I don’t write anything that I haven’t lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
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There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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