38 Best A. W. Tozer Quotes To Inspire You
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Pastor Aiden Wilson Tozer was born on 21 April 1897, and he lived until 12 May 1963.
Tozer is an American Pastor, a magazine editor, an author, and a spiritual mentor. A. W. Tozer quotes have inspired many people across the world, both during his life and after his death.
Tozer hailed from a small farming community located in La Jose, which is now called Newburg, Pennsylvania. Tozer was born into poverty but he taught himself what he would have learned in high school and did not let his lack of education hold him back.
Pastor Tozer had 44 years of ministry associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), which is a Protestant Evangelical denomination.
He was first a Pastor in a small storefront church in Nutter Fort, West Virginia before he became the Pastor of Southside Alliance Church in Chicago for 30 years. He lived the last part of his life as Pastor of Avenue Road Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A. W. Tozer, in his book 'Pursuit Of God', provided many "what do we believe about God?" quotes. For example his claim that, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us” provide a valuable insight.
And his statement that, “God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves,” has provided comfort and inspiration to many.
A. W. Tozer has produced many inspirational quotes that have motivated people in the past and present.
We have some of the best quotes from A. W. Tozer here, including A.W Tozer quotes from 'The Pursuit Of God', and you can use these for your daily inspiration.
At Kidadl, we offer the best quotes that you can enjoy with your family, so if you love these A. W. Tozer quotes (featuring A.W Tozer on prayer to God himself), you can also take a look at our Christian quotes about faith and [Christian quotes about love] for more quotes for Christians.
The Best A. W. Tozer Quotes
A. W. Tozer wrote some fantastic books and the quotes from these books are truly inspiring. Find A. W. Tozer knowledge of the Holy quotes, 'The Pursuit Of God' quotes, A. W. Tozer Christian quotes about faith, A.W Tozer prayer quotes and A.W.
Tozer quotes on the Holy Spirit in this list.
These quotes talk about how Christians can emulate the character of God and learn to love each other. We hope you enjoy these quotes, which are some of the best A.W Tozer quotes that you can use to motivate yourself and build your faith in God.
1. "Rules for Self Discovery: 1. What we want most; 2. What we think about most; 3. How we use our money; 4. What we do with our leisure time; 5. The company we enjoy; 6. Who and what we admire; 7. What we laugh at."
- A. W. Tozer.
2. "Sometimes I go to God and say, 'God, if Thou dost never answer another prayer while I live on this earth, I will still worship Thee as long as I live and in the ages to come for what Thou hast done already.'"
- A. W. Tozer.
3. "Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort."
- A. W. Tozer, 'The Pursuit Of God'.
4. "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."
- A. W. Tozer.
5. “Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it.”
- A. W. Tozer.
6. "He remembers our frame and knows that we are dust.
He may sometimes chasten us, it is true, but even this he does with a smile, the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over an imperfect but promising son who is coming every day to look more and more like the One whose child he is.”
- A. W. Tozer.
7. "I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven."
- A. W. Tozer.
8. "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?'"
- A. W. Tozer.
9. "God’s already put me so far in debt that if I were to live one million millenniums I couldn’t pay Him for what He’s done for me."
- A. W. Tozer.
10. "God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves."
- A. W. Tozer.
11. "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us…Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God."
- A. W. Tozer.
12. "When we try to focus our thought upon One who is pure uncreated being we may see nothing at all, for He dwelleth in light that no man can approach unto. Only by faith and love are we able to glimpse Him as He passes by our shelter in the cleft of the rock."
- A. W. Tozer.
13. “But the sons of this world have not God; they have only each other, and they walk holding to each other and looking to one another for assurance like frightened children."
- A. W. Tozer.
14. "Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort."
- A. W. Tozer.
15. "The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honored for Himself, but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him we have everything, we have all the rest."
- A. W. Tozer.
16. "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!"
- A. W. Tozer.
17. "Yes, I believe you can be right with God and still not like the way some people behave. Our admonition is to love them in a larger and more comprehensive way because we are all one in Christ Jesus. This kind of love is indeed a Christian virtue!"
- A. W. Tozer.
18. "To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience. In our eagerness to get rid of the legalistic doctrine of works we have thrown out the baby with the bath and gotten rid of obedience as well."
- A. W. Tozer.
19. "I'm not afraid of the devil. The devil can handle me - he's got judo I never heard of. But he can't handle the One to whom I'm joined; he can't handle the One to whom I'm united; he can't handle the One whose nature dwells in my nature."
- A. W. Tozer.
20. "The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace."
- A. W. Tozer.
21. "The faith of Christ offers no buttons to push for quick service. The new order must wait the Lord’s own time, and that is too much for the man in a hurry. He just gives up and becomes interested in something else."
- A. W. Tozer.
22. "Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work."
- A. W. Tozer.
23. "The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us."
- A. W. Tozer.
Inspirational A. W. Tozer Quotes
Tozer is popular for his worship, Godly prayer, character of God, and Holy Spirit quotes. The most important thing about his quotes is how they have been a source of inspiration for several generations, even after his death.
We have compiled a list of some of Tozer's inspirational faith quotes that you can draw inspiration from. Including A.W Tozer quotes on holiness, A.W Tozer on worship, A.W Tozer quotes on prayer and Christian quotes by A.W. Tozer, which of these AW Tozer quotes will be your inspiration today?
24. "The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian."
- A. W. Tozer.
25. "The true Church has never sounded out public expectations before launching her mission. Her leaders heard from God, they knew their Lord’s will and did it. Their people followed them- sometimes to triumph, oftener to insults and public persecution – and their sufficient reward was the satisfaction of being right in a wrong world."
- A. W. Tozer.
26. "The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made."
- A. W. Tozer.
27. "There is scarcely anything so dull and meaningless as Bible doctrine taught for its own sake. Truth divorced from life is not truth in its biblical sense, but something else and something less."
- A. W. Tozer.
28. "We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts.”
- A. W. Tozer, 'The Pursuit Of God'.
29. "I want the presence of God Himself, or I don’t want anything at all to do with religion. You would never get me interested in the old maids’ social club with a little bit of Christianity thrown in to give it respectability. I want all that God has, or I don’t want any."
- A. W. Tozer.
30. "Religion today is not transforming the people - it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society - it is descending to society's own level and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smiling accepting its surrender."
- A. W. Tozer.
31. “All our lives long we might talk of Jesus, and yet we should never come to an end of the sweet things that might be said of Him.
Eternity will not be long enough to learn all He is, or to worship Him for all He has done, but then, that matters not; for we shall be always with Him, and we desire nothing more."
- A. W. Tozer.
32. "I wonder also how many Christians in our day have truly and completely abandoned themselves to Jesus Christ as their Lord. We are very busy telling people to 'accept Christ'—and that seems to be the only word we are using. We arrange a painless acceptance.”
- A. W. Tozer.
33. "Those who seek the deeper Christian life and those who want the riches that are in Christ Jesus the Lord seek no place, no wealth, no things, only Christ.”
- AW Tozer, 'The Crucified Life'.
34. "I can only say, let us be tolerant wherever we can be, and let us be charitable toward all those we cannot tolerate. But let us not imagine for a minute that we are called upon to take a top-of-the-fence stand, never knowing exactly what we believe.”
- A. W. Tozer.
35. “Rightly understood, faith is not a substitute for moral conduct but a means toward it. The tree does not serve in lieu of fruit but as an agent by which fruit is secured. Fruit, not trees, is the end God has in mind in yonder orchard; so Christ-like conduct is the end of Christian faith.”
- A. W. Tozer.
36. "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.”
- A. W. Tozer.
37. "It is a high Christian privilege to pray for one another within each local church body and then for other believers throughout the world. As a Christian minister, I have no right to preach to people I have not prayed for. That is my strong conviction.”
- A. W. Tozer.
38. "The world lives in such a time of crisis. Christians alone are in a position to rescue the perishing. We dare not settle down to try to live as if things were normal.”
- A. W. Tozer.
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