John Eldredge Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• 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

• Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Adventure, Fighting

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  Jesus, Hate, Lying

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  Adventure, Heart, Thinking

  John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Worship, Abandoned

  John Eldredge (2005). “The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings”, p.281, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Fighting, Darkness

• 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

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.162, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Matter, Ends

  John Eldredge (2005). “The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  Christian, Heart, Views

• Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength. Because the wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound. And the wound is nearly always given by his father.

  John Eldredge

  Father, Heart, Boys

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.62, Harper Collins

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  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

• 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".

• We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Eye, Coaching

  John Eldredge (2006). “Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive”, p.18, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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.

  John Eldredge

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

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

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

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Caring, Selfishness

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

• My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Matter, My Heart

  John Eldredge (2006). “Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive”, p.207, Thomas Nelson Inc

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

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Journey, Anticipation

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

• 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

  Heart, Helping, Wilderness

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.3, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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

  Heart, Caring, Voice

  John Eldredge (2008). “Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire”, p.324, Thomas Nelson Inc

• If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Journey, Men

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.6, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Story is the language of the heart.

  John Eldredge

  Heart, Stories, Language

  Brent Curtis, John Eldredge (2001). “The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God”, p.39, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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

  Real, Passion, Heart

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc

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