You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
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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 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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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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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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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
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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 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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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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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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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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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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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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