“To lose hope has the same effect on our heart as it would be to stop breathing.”
Source: The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God
“What if those deep desires in our hearts are telling us the truth, revealing to us the life we were meant to live?
God gave us eyes so that we might see; he gave us ears that we might hear; he gave us will that we might choose, and he gave us hearts that we might live.
The way we handle the heart is everything.”
Source: Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“You will not think clearly about your life until you think mythically. Until you see with the eyes of your heart.”
Source: Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
“Intimacy with God is the purpose of our lives. It's why God created us.”
Source: Walking With God: Talk to Him, Hear From Him, Really
“Don't let your experience of God up to this point limit what you might enjoy with him in the coming years.”
Source: Walking With God: Talk to Him, Hear From Him, Really
“Now yes, yes, creation sometimes screams a confusing message—fear, pain, grief. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. But you must remember—this was not so in Eden. Mankind fell, surrendering this earth to the evil one. St. Paul says that creation groans for the day of its restoration (see Rom. 8:18–22), making it clear that everything is not as it was meant to be. People come to terrible conclusions when they assume this world is exactly as God intended. (An assumption that has wrought havoc in the sciences.) The earth is broken.
Which only makes the beauty that does flow so generously that much more astounding. And reassuring.”
Source: Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus
“Hope is a fruit of proven character.”
Source: Love and War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of
“It takes courage to seek God, and courage to wait for His reply.”
Source: Killing Lions: A Guide Through the Trials Young Men Face
“A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy or enough. She knows in her quiet center where God dwells that he find her beautiful, has deemed her worthy, and in him, she is enough.”
Source: Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“Let people feel the weight of who you are, and let them deal with it.”
Source: Wild at Heart
“Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there?
Should he not seek his own country?
His miseries are his ally; they urge him on. Let them grow, if need be. But do not forsake the secret of life; do not despise those kingly desires. 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.”
Source: The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed of
“Prayer is such an intimate act, a place of vulnerability. It is, hopefully, when we are our least guarded, our most honest selves. And this is good, of course; this is as it ought to be. When we come to God, we certainly want to come as honestly and openly as we can; we want to be our truest selves before him. Prayer lets us be in a place of need.”
Source: Love and War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of
“Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.”
“Part of me knows that prayer is essential; another part of me would rather turn on the TV and check out. And that whole bit about being long-suffering-no way. Part of me wants to just get drunk.”
Source: Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
“Lest we despair, God has given us "a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT) and to be specific, it includes the restoration of every precious day of our lives. Heaven is not a memory wipe. it is the time and capacity to truly relish the story of our lives, to see the hand of God in it all (how many times angels rescued you), to be vindicated, and even rewarded.”
Source: Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad
“Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.”
“If I were to choose one quality above all others to guide a man into, so that he might become a good king, it would be friendship with God. For if he has this, it will compensate for whatever other deficiencies the man may have, and if he does not have this, no matter how gifted he might be, he will not become the king he could have been.”
Source: Fathered by God: Learning What Your Dad Could Never Teach You (Embark on the Path to Authentic Manhood and Discover the True Meaning of Masculinity) - The Perfect Gift for Young Men and New Fathers
“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.”
Source: Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.”
Source: Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
“God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.”
Source: Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.”
“Instead of asking, 'What should a woman do—what is her role?' it would be far more helpful to ask, 'What is a woman—what is her design?' and, 'Why did God place Woman in our midst?”
Source: Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.”
“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.”
“Eve is a life giver; she is Adam's ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.”
Source: The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings
“The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.”
Source: The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion . . . and a man no longer believes he is a man.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.”
Source: Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.”
Source: Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone and narrow to be everything to someone? No, a woman’s function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. (What’s Wrong with the World)”
Source: Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“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.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“The real you is on the side of God against the false self”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“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.”
Source: The Waking the Dead Study Guide Expanded Edition: The Secret to a Heart Fully Alive
“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.”
“A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.”
Source: Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“You probably can't imagine there being a glory in your life, let alone one that the Enemy fears. But remember - things are not what they seem. We are not what we seem. You probably believed that your heart was bad too. I pray that fog of poison gas from the pit of hell is fading away in the wind of God's truth. And there is more. Not only does Christ say to you that your heart is good, he invites you now out of the shadows to unveil your glory. You have a role you never dreamed of having.”
Source: Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire
“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.”
Source: Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire
“If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.”
Source: Wild at Heart Field Manual: A Personal Guide to Discover the Secret of Your Masculine Soul
“My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.”
Source: Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
