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.
JOHN ELDREDGEThe point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a 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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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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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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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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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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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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