The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life You've Always Dreamed Of

by John Eldredge

Overview

In his groundbreaking book, The Journey of Desire, John Eldredge invites readers to:

• Rediscover their God-given desire.
• Abandon resignation.
• Search again for the life they once dreamed of.

Sometimes it seems we just can't get what we want. Circumstances thwart our best-laid plans. We struggle to live a heartfelt life. Worst of all, says Eldredge, the modern church mistakenly teaches its people to kill desire (calling it sin) and replace it with duty or obligation (calling it sanctification). As a result, at best Christians tend to live safe, boring lives of resignation. At worst, their desire eventually breaks out in destructive ways such as substance abuse, affairs, and pornography addictions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780718080785
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	09/13/2016
Edition description:	Expanded
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	188,736
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Our Heart's Deepest Secret 1

Chapter 2 The Dilemma of Desire 19

Chapter 3 Dare We Desire? 35

Chapter 4 Disowned Desire 53

Chapter 5 Mocking Our Desire-The Impostors 73

Chapter 6 The Divine Thwarter 93

Chapter 7 The Great Restoration 111

Chapter 8 The Grand Affair 131

Chapter 9 The Adventure Begins 151

Chapter 10 Entering More Deeply into Desire 171

Chapter 11 Letting Go 189

Chapter 12 Keeping Heart-To the End 209

Appendix: The Daily Prayer 227

About the Author 233

Notes 235