Quotes about Transformation
The true test of a man, the beginning of his redemption, actually starts when he can no longer rely on what he's used all his life. The real journey begins when the false self fails.
— John Eldredge
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.
— John Eldredge
the reason there are so many struggling women is because there were so many wounded girls.
— John Eldredge
God lures us into marriage through love and sex and loneliness, or simply the fact that someone finally paid attention - all those reasons that you got married in the first place. It doesn't really matter, he'll do whatever it takes. He lures us into marriage and then he uses it to transform us.
— John Eldredge
There are two kinds of people in this world; the clueless and the repentant, those who are open to looking at their life, and those who are not, both that know they need God to change them, and those that expect EVERYONE else to change.
— John Eldredge
The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.
— John Eldredge
You can't ask Christ to come into your wound while you remain far from it. You have to go there with him. Lord Jesus, I give my life to you—everything I am, everything I have become. I surrender myself to you utterly. Come and be my Lord. Be my healer. I give you my wounded heart. Come and meet me here. Enter my heart and soul, my wounds and brokenness, and bring your healing love to me in these very places.
— John Eldredge
Of course our prayers are limited by our sin. If you want powerful prayers, get the sin out of your life.
— John Eldredge
Salvation is a process, not an event.
— John Eldredge
Samson becomes a great and terrible warrior when, and only when, the Spirit of God comes upon him. The rest of the time he's just short of an idiot. What does this story tell us about the God whose Spirit this is?
— John Eldredge
The beauty is that as you become more whole, you can become holier. And as you become holier, you can become more whole.
— John Eldredge
Genuine holiness restores human beings; restored human beings possess genuine holiness.
— John Eldredge