John Eldredge Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Men, Desire

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.208, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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 want less than that is to lie.

  John Eldredge

  Lying, Adventure, True Life

  John Eldredge (2007). “Desire: The Journey We Must Take to Find the Life God Offers”, p.165, Thomas Nelson Inc

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

  John Eldredge

  Desire, Looks, Alive

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

• 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, Lying, Heart

  John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2010). “Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.129, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  Country, Kings, Heart

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

• Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

  John Eldredge

  Running, Desire, Contentment

• 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

  Suicide, Strong, Wine

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.171, Harper Collins

• Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.

  John Eldredge

  Destiny, Design, Desire

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.48, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.

  John Eldredge

  Life, Desire, Maps

  John Eldredge (2007). “Desire: The Journey We Must Take to Find the Life God Offers”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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