Perception of ideas, rather than the storing of them, should be the aim of education. Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes by Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes From Aiden Wilson Tozer The best preparation for worship is not a rehearsal, but surrender. Aiden Wilson Tozer rehearsal preparation worship To know that God thinks about me is the beginning of my journey of faith. Aiden Wilson Tozer my-journey journey thinking Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man. Aiden Wilson Tozer christian men mean The cross stands high above the opinions of men and to that cross all opinions must come at last for judgment. Aiden Wilson Tozer lasts religious men Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God. Aiden Wilson Tozer spirit humble expectations ...revivals (or any other spiritual gifts and graces) come only to those who want them badly enough. It may be said without qualification that every man is as holy and as full of the Spirit as he wants to be. He may not be as full as he wishes he were, but he is most certainly as full as he wants to be. Aiden Wilson Tozer grace spiritual men Worship, I say, rises or falls with our concept of God .... and if there is one terrible disease in the Church of Christ, it is that we do not see God as great as He is. Aiden Wilson Tozer disease church fall God sees us perfect in His Son while He disciplines and chastens and purges us that we may be partakers of His holiness. Aiden Wilson Tozer discipline perfect son The goodness of God is infinitely more wonderful than we will ever be able to comprehend. Aiden Wilson Tozer able goodness wonderful God's justice stands forever against the sinner in utter severity. The vague and tenuous hope that God is 'too kind' to punish the ungodly has become deadly opiate for the consciences of millions. It hushes their fears and allows them to practice all pleasant forms of iniquity while death draws everyday nearer and the command to repent goes unregarded. As responsible moral beings, we dare not so trifle with our eternal future. Aiden Wilson Tozer practice forever justice Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God. Believing, then, is directing the hearts' attention to Jesus. It is lifting the mind to 'behold the Lamb of God,' and never ceasing that beholding for the rest of our lives. Aiden Wilson Tozer heart believe jesus God wants us to worship Him. He doesn't need us, for He couldn't be a self-sufficient God and need anything or anybody, but He wants us. When Adam sinned it was not he who cried, 'God, where art Thou?' It was God who cried, 'Adam, where art thou?' Aiden Wilson Tozer self art needs It is either all of Christ or none of Christ! I believe we need to preach again a whole Christ to the world - a Christ who does not need our apologies, a Christ who will not be divided, a Christ who will either be Lord of all or will not be Lord at all! Aiden Wilson Tozer apology believe religion History is little more than the story of man's sin, and the daily newspaper a running commentary on it. Aiden Wilson Tozer stories running men God calls us to worship, but in many instances we are in entertainment, just running a poor second to the theaters. That is where we are, even in the evangelical churches, and I don't mind telling you that most of the people we say we are trying to reach will never come to a church to see a lot of amateur actors putting on a home-talent show. Aiden Wilson Tozer home running people The experiences of men who walked with God in olden times agree to teach that the Lord cannot fully bless the a man until He has first conquered him. The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him. Aiden Wilson Tozer victory blessing men The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him. Aiden Wilson Tozer pursue impulse following Pseudo faith always arranges a way out to serve in case God fails it. Real faith knows only one way and gladly allows itself to be stripped of any second way or makeshift substitutes. For true faith, it is either God or total collapse. Aiden Wilson Tozer pseudo real way We need to learn that truth consists not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine plus the inward enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. Aiden Wilson Tozer doctrine enlightenment needs Made as we were in the image of God we scarcely find it strange to take again our God as our All. God was our original habitat and our hearts cannot but feel at home when they enter again that ancient and beautiful abode. Aiden Wilson Tozer home heart beautiful
