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> [Of course, none of this can happen for us until we give our lives back to God. We cannot know the joy or the life or the freedom of heart I've described until we surrender our lives to Jesus and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/of-course-none-of-this-can-happen-for-us-until-we-give-our-lives-back/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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> [Most Christians are still living with an Old Testament view of their heart. Jeremiah 17:9 says, 'My heart is deceitfully wicked.' No, it's not. Not after the work of Christ, because the promise of the new covenant is a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/most-christians-are-still-living-with-an-old-testament-view-of-their/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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## More by John Eldredge

> [To find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/to-find-god-you-must-look-with-all-your-heart-to-remain-present-to/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [ “There is a satisfaction we don't want to come to until we come to it in God…\[Disappointments\] serve to remind us every day that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/there-is-a-satisfaction-we-don-t-want-to-come-to-until-we-come-to-it/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [The early Celtic Christians called the Holy Spirit 'the wild goose.' And the reason why is they knew that you cannot tame him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-early-celtic-christians-called-the-holy-spirit-the-wild-goose-and/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [The real you is on the side of God against the false self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-real-you-is-on-the-side-of-god-against-the-false-self/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“The authors challenge that the marriage in which one cannot express disappointment has become an idol – The Thing that Cannot Be Questioned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-authors-challenge-that-the-marriage-in-which-one-cannot-express/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/a-man-s-calling-is-written-on-his-true-heart-and-he-discovers-it-when/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/in-the-end-it-doesn-t-matter-how-well-we-have-performed-or-what-we/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/whatever-their-age-most-men-have-never-received-true-fathering/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/i-m-married-i-have-three-children-i-have-a-mortgage-to-pay-the/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“He is on a mission to rescue a people who are so utterly deceived most of them don’t even want to be rescued.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/he-is-on-a-mission-to-rescue-a-people-who-are-so-utterly-deceived/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“Something has gone wrong in us, very wrong indeed. So wrong that we have to be told that joy is found not in having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/something-has-gone-wrong-in-us-very-wrong-indeed-so-wrong-that-we/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“We don’t need accountability groups; we need fellow warriors, someone to fight alongside, someone to watch our back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/we-don-t-need-accountability-groups-we-need-fellow-warriors-someone/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/we-don-t-see-clearly-because-we-don-t-see-with-the-eyes-of-our-heart/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-story-of-your-life-is-the-story-of-the-long-and-brutal-assault-on/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [I have a call to speak, to write, to do sort of deep-heart surgery in people's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/i-have-a-call-to-speak-to-write-to-do-sort-of-deep-heart-surgery-in/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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