“Jesus is moving the whole question of genuine goodness from the external to the internal. He is taking us back to motive.”- John Eldredge John Eldredge concludes the Winter section of Walking with God as he returns to something very basic to our pursuit of God and the transformation He desires in our lives. We […]
“To come to Christ and realign yourself with him at the end of your day when you are utterly spent and don’t want to pray has a deeply sanctifying effect.”- John Eldredge In the Winter section of Walking with God, John Eldredge discusses the importance of bedtime prayers. Specifically, John presents four aspects of bedtime […]
“We do not worship language; we worship the living God, who assures us that his word to us is life (emphasis author’s).”- John Eldredge “The words I [Jesus] have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.”- John 6:63 As John Eldredge continues the Winter section of Walking with God, he advises that he […]
“In learning to hear the voice of God, one thing is certain — if you cannot hear a ‘no,’ you will have a hard time hearing from God at all or believing that what you think you’ve heard is in fact from God.”- John Eldredge As John Eldredge begins the Winter section of Walking with […]
“If you walk with God, you will find yourself called up to the real thing. Intense battle. Authentic joy. The battle will find you. But you have to be intentional about the joy.”- John Eldredge John Eldredge concludes the Fall section of Walking with God as he discusses the interaction between battle and joy. Mr. […]
“Listening to God on behalf of another may be one of the greatest gifts we can offer each other in the body of Christ.”- John Eldredge In the Fall section of Walking with God, John Eldredge states a really, really helpful place to begin prayer involves asking God what to pray. Too many times, John […]
“This is Satan’s modus operandi — to seize upon our trials, weaknesses, or unhealed places and magnify them and try to set up shop there.”- John Eldredge Continuing in the Fall section of Walking with God, John Eldredge states that our story of love puts us in such a vulnerable place. Rather than deal with […]
“Our day-to-day grind isn’t anything close to Eden, and our hurting and desperate hearts look for something to which we can attach all those yearnings.”- John Eldredge “I slept but my heart was awake.”- Song of Solomon 5:2 Today in the Fall section of Walking with God, John Eldredge discusses the agreements we’ve made about […]
“The collision of our desire to live a nice little life and our need to remain in Jesus can bring about a sanctification of our will, where all things truly are subjected to Christ.”- John Eldredge “Remain in me, and I will remain in you.”- John 15:4 Today in the Fall section of Walking with […]
“The sorrows of our lives are in great part his [God’s] weaning process. We give our hearts over to so many things other than God. We look to so many other things for life.”- John Eldredge As John Eldredge continues the Fall section of Walking with God, he states we’re vulnerable as long as we […]
“It’s hard to accept a fundamental reorientation of one’s approach to life. The old ways are so deeply woven into our personalities, so grounded in our core assumptions, so rooted in our wounds and in what has worked for us over the years.”- John Eldredge “Above all else, guard your hearts, for it is the […]
“Over the years I’ve learned a simple lesson: pay now or pay more later. It’s true in every area of life.”- John Eldredge As John Eldredge concludes the Summer section of Walking with God, he notes there’s a part of us that doesn’t want to be disturbed. Not even when that information will save us […]