Trying to be happy without a sense of God’s presence is like trying to have a bright day without the sun. Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes by Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes From Aiden Wilson Tozer Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by obedience. To pray for revival while ignoring or actually flouting the plain precept laid down in the Scriptures is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Aiden Wilson Tozer waste offering prayer So, it becomes the devil's business to keep the Christian's spirit imprisoned. He knows that the believing and justified Christian has been raised up out of the grave of his sins. From that point on, Satan works that much harder to keep us bound and gagged, in our own grave clothes. He knows that if we continue in this kind of bondage...we are not much better off than when we were spiritually dead. Aiden Wilson Tozer clothes christian believe If He put tribulation before you and said He will give you patience by giving you a little trouble along the way, wouldn't you take a little trouble? You say, 'Lord, I want all my highways paved.' the Lord says, 'I'm sorry, I can't accommodate you. I'm going to let you run over some bumps occasionally, so you will have patience.' You do not like the bumps, but you like the patience, and if you want the patience, you will have to take the bumps. And what is patience but experience? Aiden Wilson Tozer sorry running giving As long as we think we own anything, that thing owns us. As soon as we know that we own nothing, then God owns us. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god When we allow God to be exalted in our difficulties we are in the perfect place to smell the fragrance of His Presence. Aiden Wilson Tozer difficulty smell perfect God purposed redemption in Christ Jesus before the world began, and His plan does not need any editing by man. Aiden Wilson Tozer editing men jesus If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95 percent of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference. Aiden Wilson Tozer church-today differences christian Our mistake is that we want God to send revival on our terms. We want to get the power of God into our hands, to call it to us that it may work for us in promoting and furthering our kind of Christianity. We want still to be in charge, guiding the chariot through the religious sky in the direction we want it to go, shouting "Glory to God," but modestly accepting a share of the glory for ourselves in a nice inoffensive sort of way. We are calling on God to send fire on our altars, completely ignoring the fact that they are OUR altars and not God's. Aiden Wilson Tozer nice religious mistake A spiritual kingdom lies all about us, enclosing us, embracing us, altogether within reach of our inner selves, waiting for us to recognize it. God Himself is here awaiting our response to His presence. This eternal world will come alive to us the moment we begin to reckon upon its reality. Aiden Wilson Tozer spiritual lying reality In every generation the number of the righteous is small. Be sure you are among them. Aiden Wilson Tozer generations christianity numbers You win them to what you win them with. Aiden Wilson Tozer winning People have faith in 'faith' and largely forget that our confidence is not in the power of faith but in the Person and work of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Aiden Wilson Tozer have-faith people jesus There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear. Fear is a painful emotion that arises at the thought that we may be harmed or made to suffer. As long as we must trust for survival to our ability to out look or out maneuver the enemy, we have every good reason to be afraid. Fear is torment. To know that love is of God and to enter into the secret place leaning upon the arm of the Beloved, this and only this can cast out fear. Aiden Wilson Tozer hurt love-is inspirational Before there can be fullness there must be emptiness. Before God can fill us with Himself we must first be emptied of ourselves. Aiden Wilson Tozer emptiness worship firsts Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit. Aiden Wilson Tozer conquer simplicity spirit If we make provision for sinning tomorrow, we will be sinning tomorrow. Aiden Wilson Tozer provision tomorrow ifs When we yield ourselves completely to God, He gives Himself completely to us. Aiden Wilson Tozer yield giving We can seek God and find him! God is knowable, touchable, hearable, seeable, with the mind, the hands, the ears and the eyes of the inner man. Aiden Wilson Tozer eye men hands I claim the holy right to disappoint men in order to avoid disappointing God. Aiden Wilson Tozer disappointing men order The best preparation for worship is not a rehearsal, but surrender. Aiden Wilson Tozer rehearsal preparation worship
