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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.

John Eldredge

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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
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Psychotherapist
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self
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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 a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That's what makes a woman come alive.
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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.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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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.
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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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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.
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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 heart.
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If only Jesus' followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.
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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person's life.
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Moses does not encounter the living God at the mall. He finds Him (or is found by Him) somewhere out in the deserts of Sinai, a long way from the comforts of Egypt... Where did the great prophet Elijah go to recover his strength? To the wild. As did John the Baptist, and his cousin, Jesus, Who is led by the Spirit into the wilderness.
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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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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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