Favorite Quotes from A.W. Tozer
An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly. -A. W. Tozer
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.
The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!” -A. W. Tozer
How completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has none. Eternal years lie in His heart. For Him, time does not pass, it remains. And those who are in Christ share with Him all the riches of limitless time and endless years. -A. W. Tozer
Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them…let me hear You speaking to my heart. Let me get used to the sound of Your voice, that its tones may be familiar when the sounds of the earth die away and the only sound will be the music of Your speaking voice. Amen. -A. W. Tozer
Life in the presence of God should be known to us in conscious experience. It is a life to be enjoyed every moment of every day. -A. W. Tozer
Once the seeking heart finds God in personal experience there will be no problem about loving Him. To know Him is to love Him and to know Him better is to love Him more. -A. W. Tozer
God loves us for ourselves. He values our love more than He values galaxies of newly created worlds. -A. W. Tozer
God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible--what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves. - A. W. Tozer
Retire from the world each day to some private spot….Stay in the secret place till the surrounding noises begin to fade out of your heart and a sense of God’s presence envelops you….Listen for the inward Voice till you learn to recognize it….Give yourself to God and then be what and who you are without regard to what others think….Learn to pray inwardly every moment. -A. W. Tozer
I do not believe that it is the will of God that we should seek to be happy, but rather that we should seek to be holy and useful. The holy man will be the useful man and he's likely to be a happy man too; but if he seeks happiness and forgets holiness and usefulness, he's a carnal man. -A. W. Tozer
The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. He has accepted God's estimate of his own life: In himself, nothing; In God, everything. He knows well that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has stopped caring. -A. W. Tozer
The meek man will attain a place of soul rest. As he walks on in meekness he will be happy to let God defend him. The old struggle to defend himself is over. He has found the peace which meekness brings. -A. W. Tozer
One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always. -A. W. Tozer
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. -A. W. Tozer
Perpetual disciples are a reproach to any teacher. We should teach men and women how to walk alone, looking only to God for support. The quicker they can get along without us, the better we have done our job as teachers. The temptation to make ourselves indispensable is very strong, but we must learn to enjoy the pain of seeing our disciples catch up with us or even pass us on the way. -A.W. Tozer
Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is nothing less than the power of God. -A.W. Tozer
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.
The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!” -A. W. Tozer
How completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has none. Eternal years lie in His heart. For Him, time does not pass, it remains. And those who are in Christ share with Him all the riches of limitless time and endless years. -A. W. Tozer
Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them…let me hear You speaking to my heart. Let me get used to the sound of Your voice, that its tones may be familiar when the sounds of the earth die away and the only sound will be the music of Your speaking voice. Amen. -A. W. Tozer
Life in the presence of God should be known to us in conscious experience. It is a life to be enjoyed every moment of every day. -A. W. Tozer
Once the seeking heart finds God in personal experience there will be no problem about loving Him. To know Him is to love Him and to know Him better is to love Him more. -A. W. Tozer
God loves us for ourselves. He values our love more than He values galaxies of newly created worlds. -A. W. Tozer
God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible--what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves. - A. W. Tozer
Retire from the world each day to some private spot….Stay in the secret place till the surrounding noises begin to fade out of your heart and a sense of God’s presence envelops you….Listen for the inward Voice till you learn to recognize it….Give yourself to God and then be what and who you are without regard to what others think….Learn to pray inwardly every moment. -A. W. Tozer
I do not believe that it is the will of God that we should seek to be happy, but rather that we should seek to be holy and useful. The holy man will be the useful man and he's likely to be a happy man too; but if he seeks happiness and forgets holiness and usefulness, he's a carnal man. -A. W. Tozer
The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. He has accepted God's estimate of his own life: In himself, nothing; In God, everything. He knows well that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has stopped caring. -A. W. Tozer
The meek man will attain a place of soul rest. As he walks on in meekness he will be happy to let God defend him. The old struggle to defend himself is over. He has found the peace which meekness brings. -A. W. Tozer
One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always. -A. W. Tozer
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. -A. W. Tozer
Perpetual disciples are a reproach to any teacher. We should teach men and women how to walk alone, looking only to God for support. The quicker they can get along without us, the better we have done our job as teachers. The temptation to make ourselves indispensable is very strong, but we must learn to enjoy the pain of seeing our disciples catch up with us or even pass us on the way. -A.W. Tozer
Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is nothing less than the power of God. -A.W. Tozer