Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
JOHN ELDREDGEShe 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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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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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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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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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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