A.W. Tozer – The Life of the Church

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building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost”
Jude 1:21
“Let God be true but every man a liar”
is the language of true faith”
A.W. Tozer.
Faith takes God at His Word and in its singularity of desire to please Him considers nothing else.
“The causes of retarded spiritual progress are many. It would not be accurate to ascribe to one single fault. One there is, however, which is so universal that it may easily be the main cause: failure to give time to the cultivation of the knowledge of God! The temptation to make our relation to God judicial instead of personal is very strong“
– A.W. Tozer
Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience
“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. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in Scripture is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience”
– A.W. Tozer
The Bible recognizes no faith that does not lead to obedience, nor does it recognize any obedience that does not spring from faith
“The Bible recognizes no faith that does not lead to obedience, nor does it recognize any obedience that does not spring from faith. The two are at opposite sides of the same coin”
– A. W. Tozer