Quotes from John Eldredge

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

I simply align myself with you again today.

Don't let your experience of God up to this point limit what you might enjoy with him in the coming years.

The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him" (2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT).

I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. (Ps. 9: 1—3 NLT)

As you practice release, what you're doing is creating soul space. You're literally carving out the intellectual and emotional space for God to come in.

Jesus, thank you that you are right here. You are with me, and you are in me.

I give the Self Life to you, God. I abandon it, release it, deny it, turn it over to you. I'd much rather have you.

The recovery of the warrior is absolutely crucial to the recovery of a man. All else rests on this, for you will have to fight, my brothers, for everything you desire and everything you hold dear in this world. Despite what you feel, or what you may have been told, you have a warrior's heart, because you bear the image of God. And he will train you to become a great warrior, if you'll let him.

Pressure nearly always guarantees you will have a hard time discerning what God is saying, if you hear anything at all.

Jesus, I surrender the Self Life to you.

Stop doubting and believe?" (John 20:27). Thomas had a decision to make in that moment, a decision he was quite capable of making, a decision our Lord was waiting for him to make. Thomas's experience was waiting on a choice.