Dare to Desire: An Invitation to Fulfill Your Deepest Dreams
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Here is the perfect book for those ready to move beyond the daily grind to a life overflowing with adventure, beauty, and a God who loves us more passionately than we dared imagine. Far from promoting a "Carpe Diem" attitude adjustment, Dare to Desire is an invitation to a whole new life. But be warned - once you accept this invitation, you'll never see your world the same again.
With brand new content as well as concepts from his three best-selling books (Sacred Romance, Journey of Desire, and Wild at Heart), John Eldredge takes readers on a majestic journey through the uncharted waters of the human heart. Combining powerful quotes, stunning photography, and the encouragement of an experienced trail guide, John Eldredge shows readers how to draw closer to a God who seeks to grant us our deepest desires.
John Eldredge
John Eldredge is a bestselling author, a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's kingdom. John and his wife, Stasi, live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Dare to Desire - John Eldredge
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DARE TO
DESIRE
AN INVITATION TO FULFILL
YOUR DEEPEST DREAMS
JOHNELDREDGE
DaretoDesireinterior_0005_001ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Grateful acknowledgement is made toThomas Nelson publishers for permission to reprint from the following books.
Eldredge, John. 2001. Wild at Heart:Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson publishers.
Eldredge, John. 2000. The Journey of Desire:Searching for the LifeWe’ve Only Dreamed Of. Nashville,Tennessee:Thomas Nelson publishers.
Eldredge, John. 1997. The Sacred Romance:Drawing Closer to the Heart of God. Nashville,Tennessee:Thomas Nelson publishers.
Copyright © 2002 by John Eldredge
Published by J. Countryman®, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee 37214
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CONTENTS
AN INVITATION
MIDDLE OF NO WHERE
TAKING UP THE JOURNEY
DETOURS
TRUE NORTH
DESIRE ’S HOME COMING
EMBRACING THE JOURNEY
DaretoDesireinterior_0008_001DESIRE IS THE ESSENCE OF THE HUMAN SOUL ,THE SECRET OF OUR EXISTENCE . ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF HUMAN GREATNESS IS EVER ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT IT .
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INVITATION
THERE IS A DESIRE WITHIN EACH OF US, IN THE DEEP CENTER OF OURSELVES THAT WE CALL OUR HEART.WE WERE BORN WITH IT, IT IS NEVER COMPLETELY SATISFIED, AND IT NEVER DIES. . . . OUR TRUE IDENTITY, OUR REASON FOR BEING, IS TO BE FOUND IN THIS DESIRE .
—GERALD MAY
DaretoDesireinterior_0012_001It’s Not That We Have Desire — We Are Desire
There is a secret set within each of our hearts. It often goes unnoticed. We rarely can put words to it, and for the most part it remains hidden
It is simply our desire for life as it was meant to be.
Isn’t there a life you have been searching for all your days? You might not always be aware of your search, and there are times when you seem to have abandoned looking altogether. But again and again it returns, this yearning that cries out for the life we prize. It is elusive, to be sure. It seems to come and go at will. Seasons may pass until it surfaces again. and though it seems to taunt us or even cause us great pain, we know when it returns that it is priceless. For if we could recover this desire, unearth it from beneath all distractions and embrace it as our deepest treasure, we would discover the secret of our existence.
You see, life comes to all of us as a mystery. We all share the same dilemma—we long for life and we’re not sure where to find it. We wonder if we ever do find it, can we make it last? Our days come to us as a riddle, and the answers aren’t handed out with our birth certificate.
Who am I, really?
Where will I find life?
What am I here for?
These are the deepest questions of the human heart. They are why we must journey to find the life we prize. It might surprise you to hear that