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The true Christian ideal is not to be happy but to be holy.
Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Aiden Wilson Tozer
Age: 66 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 21
Died: 1963
Died: May 12
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The yearning to know what cannot be known, to comprehend the incomprehensible, to touch and taste the unapproachable, arises from the image of God in the nature of man. Deep calleth unto deep, and though polluted and landlocked by the mighty disaster theologians call the Fall, the soul senses its origin and longs to return to its source.
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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.
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This is what you are here for: to glorify God and enjoy Him thoroughly and forever, telling the universe how great God is.
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We can be in our day what the heroes of faith were in their day - but remember at the time they didn't know they were heroes.
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For millions of Christians, nevertheless, God is no more real than He is to the non-Christian. They go through life trying to love an ideal and be loyal to a mere principle.
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When we have the Holy Spirit we have all that is needed to be all that God desires us to be.
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Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers prayer it's because God is good. From His goodness, His lovingkindness, His good-natured benevolence, God does it! That's the source of everything.
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I do not know why God does some things, but I am convinced that nothing is accidental in his universe.
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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.
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What now does the divine immanence mean in direct Christian experience? It means simply that God is here. Wherever we are, God is here. Ther eis no place, there can be no place, where He is not.
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As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.
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God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other.
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Shall it be a religion or shall it be Christ? Shall it be churchianity or shall it be Jesus Christ? Shall it be pride or shall it be humility in Jesus Christ?
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Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a standard. He IS that standard.
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Many's very human habit of trusting in himself is generally the last great obstacle blocking his pathway to victory in Christian experience.
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I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.
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