John Eldredge Quotes

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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…
• It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who…
• The culture of women in the church today is crippled by some very pervasive lies. "To be spiritual is to be busy. To be spiritual…
• Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God
• 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…
• A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
• somehow we have overlooked the fact this treasured called the heart can also be broken, has been broken, and now lies in pieces down under…
• The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
• 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…
• Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally; they urge him…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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.
• 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…
• Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
• Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, "life to the limit.
• He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as…
• A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
• 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…
• Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

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