Posted in Tozer on May 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build [...]
Posted in Tozer on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. –1 Corinthians 2:4-5
There is today an evangelical rationalism not unlike the rationalism taught by the [...]
Posted in Tozer on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. –John 3:16
I have heard that John 3:16 is a favorite preaching text for young preachers, but I confess that as far as I can recall, I have never had the [...]
Posted in Tozer on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. –1 Thessalonians 2:8
Let me shock you at this point. A naturally bright person can carry on religious activity without a special gift from God. [...]
Posted in Tozer on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. –Job 42:5-6
Within the past few years, for instance, Christ has been popularized by some so-called evangelicals as one who, if a proper amount of prayer were made, would [...]
Posted in Tozer on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Right now we are in an age of religious complexity. The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us. In its stead are programs, methods, organizations and a world of nervous activities which occupy time and attention but can never satisfy the longing of the heart. The shallowness of our inner experience, the [...]
Posted in Tozer on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” –1 Samuel 3:10
Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them. Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel [...]
Posted in Tozer on April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. –Matthew 6:6
Among the enemies to devotion none is so harmful as distractions. Whatever excites the curiosity, scatters the [...]
Posted in Tozer on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him. –Habakkuk 2:20
I think we are the busiest bunch of eager beavers ever seen in the religious world. The idea seems to be that if we are not running in a circle, breathing down the back of our own neck, [...]
Posted in Tozer on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. –Acts 17:21
The temptation to forget the few spiritual essentials and to go wandering off after unimportant things is very strong, especially to Christians of a certain curious type of [...]
