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 More Quotes by John Eldredge More Quotes From John Eldredge So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan's line to him is 'You're fine'. But after you do take sides, it becomes 'Your heart is bad and you know it'. John Eldredge real heart men 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. John Eldredge helpful writing integrity 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 you know is wrong. Follow this and you'll be fine. John Eldredge each-day spiritual mother 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 is to be disciplined. To be spiritual is to be dutiful." No, to be spiritual is to be in Romance with God. The desire to be romanced lies deep in the heart of every women. It is for such that you were made. Are you ARE romanced, and ever will be. John Eldredge spiritual heart lying A soldier surrounded by enemies, if he is to cut his way out, needs to combine a strong desire for living with a strange carelessness about dying. He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it; he must desire life like water and yet drink death like wine. John Eldredge wine strong suicide Most of us live in a fog. It's like life is a movie we arrived to 20 minutes late. You know something important seems to be going on. But we can't figure out the story. We don't know what part we're supposed to play or what the plot is. John Eldredge fog important play The real you is on the side of God against the false self John Eldredge real-you real self A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness. John Eldredge true-knowledge needs jesus We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart. John Eldredge coaching eye heart Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do. John Eldredge falling-in-love important god-love Caring for your heart is also how you protect your relationship with God... [The heart] is where we commune with him. It is where we hear his voice. Most of the folks I know who have never heard God speak to them are the same folks who live far from their hearts. John Eldredge voice caring heart Aggression is part of the masculine design, we are hardwired for it.... Little girls do not invent games where large numbers of people die, where bloodshed is a prerequisite for having fun. Hockey, for example, was not a feminine creation. Nor was boxing. A boy wants to attack something - and so does a man, even if it's only a little white ball on a tee. John Eldredge hockey girl fun 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. John Eldredge battle winning adventure 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. John Eldredge passion real heart There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey . . . something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart. John Eldredge wilderness heart helping 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 surrender them totally... We turn, and give ourselves body, soul, and spirit back to God, asking him to cleanse our hearts and make them new. And he does. He gives us a new heart. And he comes to dwell there, in our hearts. John Eldredge heart giving jesus We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad. John Eldredge heartache garden eden 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. John Eldredge spiritual war thinking 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. John Eldredge dangerous-world essentials hurt Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people. John Eldredge broken men people
