More than a quarter of a century of pastoral work has taught me that most Christians simply will not cultivate their souls. They will not discipline their lives to bring them under the control of the Spirit. They will not die to self. The will not “make the knowledge of God the single passion of their days and years. A few will and do, and they are the salt and seed of the truth in every generation.”
“make the knowledge of God the single passion of their days and years. A few will and do, and they are the salt and seed of the truth in every generation.”
“Before we can know God in growing intimacy it will be necessary that we do some vigorous rejecting. We shall need to reject everything that hinders our progress. We shall need to reject the sin that doth so easily beset us, the world in all its subtle forms, and every claim of the flesh to indulgence, however refined and pleasurable it may seem to be. We shall need to deny our ego and repudiate every carnal ambition.”
“The aggressive seeker after God will need to make and keep certain resolutions. He will vow to honor God in every moment of his life and to accept any honor that may come to him as actually belonging to God. He must determine to surrender everything to God, to permit himself to be treated unjustly by others, to see other persons pushed to the front, to be treated with contempt by the popular leaders of the religious world and looked upon as something of a relic from another and quainter age. And all this he must accept without resentment or inward irritation.”
The poetry of Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, Frederick Faber, and St.Bernard
Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him, the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking.
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A. W. Tozer
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A. W. Tozer
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The Deeper Life
A. W. Tozer
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The Deeper Life
A. W. Tozer
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