Religion has accepted the monstrous heresy that noise, size, activity and bluster make a man dear to God. Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes by Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes From Aiden Wilson Tozer Father, may my song today be a sweet sound in Your ears-even if in Yours alone. Amen. Aiden Wilson Tozer song sweet father We must invite the Cross to do its deadly work within before we can be free. Aiden Wilson Tozer invites crosses The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer knowledge-of-god men mean We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious god jesus The problem of why God created the universe still troubles thinking men; but if we cannot know why, we can at least know that He did not bring His worlds into being to meet some unfulfilled need in Himself, as a man might build a house to shelter him against the winter cold or plant a field of corn to provide him with necessary food. The word 'necessary' is wholly foreign to God. Aiden Wilson Tozer winter men thinking We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone (We) have imitated the world, sought popular favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost. Aiden Wilson Tozer gone faces joy In Him (God), history and prophecy are one and the same. Aiden Wilson Tozer prophecy christian-inspirational christian The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god I like Easter. But let's remember that Christ's resurrection is not truer at Easter than at any other time of the year. Aiden Wilson Tozer easter remember years God expects us to measure the church not against tradition but against the standards & promises of His Word. Aiden Wilson Tozer tradition church promise When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross. Aiden Wilson Tozer taken christianity people America is laughing her way to Hell. Aiden Wilson Tozer laughing america way Nothing should so occupy the mind of the Christian than discovering God each day. Aiden Wilson Tozer each-day christian mind To pray with your fists closed means you're hanging onto something. Let it go. Open your hands to God. Aiden Wilson Tozer let-it-go mean hands The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian philosophy We know how God would act if he were in our place - he has been in our place. Aiden Wilson Tozer has-beens know-how knows The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life. Aiden Wilson Tozer stronger church body If we would find God amid all the religious externals we must first determine to find Him, and then proceed in the way of simplicity. Now as always God discovers Himself to "babes" and hides Himself in thick darkness from the wise and the prudent. We must simplify our approach to Him. We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few). We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood. If we do this, without doubt God will quickly respond. Aiden Wilson Tozer simplicity religious wise Were all human beings suddenly 2 become blind, still the sun would shine by day and the stars by night, for these owe nothing 2 the millions who benifit from their light. So were every man on earth 2 become atheist it could not affect God in any way. He is what He is in Himself without regard to any other. To believe in Him adds nothing to His perfections to doubt Him takes nothing away. Aiden Wilson Tozer stars atheist believe No matter what the circumstances, we Christians should keep our heads. God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind. It is a dismal thing to see a son of heaven cringe in terror before the sons of earth. Aiden Wilson Tozer christian heaven son