John Eldredge Quotes

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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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  Heart, Adventure, Fighting

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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.

  John Eldredge

  Life, Fear, Heart

  John Eldredge (2006). “Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

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  Jesus, Absence, Danger

  John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.

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  Healing, Acknowledgement, Wounded

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.106, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.

  John Eldredge

  Spiritual, Adventure, Men

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.5, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.

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  Desire, Looks, Alive

  John Eldredge (2008). “Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire”, p.82, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Journey, Stories

  Brent Curtis, John Eldredge (2001). “The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God”, p.7, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The heart is God's most magnificent creation, and the prize over which he fights the kingdom of darkness.
  Now consider this - marriage is the sanctuary of the heart. You have been entrusted with the heart of another human being. Whatever else your life's great mission will entail, loving and defending this heart next to you is part of your great quest.

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  Heart, Fighting, Darkness

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• To find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear his voice, you must listen with all your heart. To love him, you must love with all your heart. You cannot be the person God meant you to be, and you cannot live the life he meant you to live, unless you live from the heart.

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  Live Life, Heart, Voice

  John Eldredge, Craig McConnell (2017). “The Waking the Dead Study Guide Expanded Edition: The Secret to a Heart Fully Alive”, p.52, Thomas Nelson

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• An intimate encounter with Jesus is the most transforming experience of human existence. To know him as he is, is to come home. To have his life, joy, love, and presence cannot be compared. A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.

  John Eldredge

  Jesus, Home, Joy

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• You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.

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  Fighting, Thinking, Battle

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.161, Harper Collins

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• Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness; it's how we begin to love.

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  Heart, Caring, Selfishness

  John Eldredge (2005). “The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings”, p.286, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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  Men, Earth, Dangerous Man

  John Eldredge (2005). “The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings”, p.131, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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 surface. When it comes to habits we cannot quit or patterns we cannot stop, anger that flies out of nowhere, fears we cannot overcome, or weaknesses we hate to admit--much of what troubles us comes out of the broken places in our hearts crying out for relief. Jesus speaks as if we are all brokenhearted. We would do well to trust His perspective on this.

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  Jesus, Hate, Lying

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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.

  John Eldredge

  Men, Names, Orbit

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.114, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.

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  Heart, Journey, Anticipation

  John Eldredge (2008). “Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire”, p.81, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is something about human nature that just doesn't want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world - and that is a world at war.

  John Eldredge

  Spiritual, Jobs, War

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• Don't climb on that, don't break anything, don't be so aggressive, don't be so noisy, don't be so messy, don't make such crazy risks. But God's design - which He placed in boys as the picture of Himself - is a resounding yes. Be fierce, be wild, be passionate.

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  Crazy, Boys, Design

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• It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person's life.

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  Heart, Shapes, Persons

  John Eldredge (2006). “Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

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  Real, Real Women, Vulnerable

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• We abandon the most important journey of our lives when we abandon desire. We leave our hearts by the side of the road and head off in the direction of fitting in, getting by, being productive, what have you. Whatever we might gain – money, position, the approval of others, or just absence of the discontent self – it’s not worth it.

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  Country, Kings, Heart

  "The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life You've Always Dreamed Of".

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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.

  John Eldredge

  Jesus, Play, Personality

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• But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.

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  Wounds

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.127, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.

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  Fighting, Warrior, Men

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.140, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We have no idea who we really are. Whatever glory bestowed, whatever glory is being restored, we thought the whole Christian thing was about... something else. Trying not to sin. Going to church. Being nice. Jesus says it is about healing your heart, setting it free, restoring your glory. A religious fog has tried to veil all that, put us under some sort of spell or amnesia, to keeup us from coming alive.

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  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  John Eldredge (2008). “Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire”, p.260, Thomas Nelson Inc

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