The journey of desire : study guide : searching for the life you've always dreamed of

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. Most contemporary Americans share the same dilemma: they long for purpose in life, but they re not sure how to find it . . . or even what it might look like if they did. Yet the little-known truth is that the secret of a person s true purpose is coded in the desires of his or her own heart. In The Journey of Desire newly updated and revised for today s readers John Eldredge takes seekers to the heart of their persistent longings and reveals a crucial truth: desire can lead them to the life they ve dreamed of. Desire is the language of the heart, and by examining them in light of God s design for us Eldredge reveals how to discover the best route to an authentic and fulfilling life." A revised and expanded edition of bestselling author John Eldredge's classic exploration of the deepest longings of the human heart.