John Eldredge Quotes

Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts."

The voice of the Spirit is as gentle as a zephyr, so gentle that unless you are living in perfect communion with God, you never hear it.

To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.

We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God's talking to us all the time. He's talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it's the Holy Spirit talking to us.

Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.

The first secret to loving others is to immerse yourself in a love relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit - and abide there.

Come into the silence of solitude, and the vibration there will talk to you through the voice of God.

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.

I find that when I get casual in my relationships with divinity and when it seems that no divine ear is listening and no divine voice is speaking, that I am far, far away. If I immerse myself in the scriptures the distance narrows and the spirituality returns. I find myself loving more intensely those whom I must love with all my heart and mind and strength, and loving them more, I find it easier to abide their counsel.

Whenever there is stillness there is the still small voice, God's speaking from the whirlwind, nature's old song, and dance.

God speaks in the silence of the heart.

Much of our anxiety and stress comes when we're focused on fear and disconnected from the voice of our inner guide.

Love is the voice of God whispering to you from within yourself.

God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.

Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer.... Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.

Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God

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.

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

Be the wisdom your support. Be the compassion your guide and listen to the Divine Music that beats in every heart.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.