Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963) was an American Christian pastor, author, magazine editor, and spiritual mentor. For his accomplishments, he received honorary doctorates from Wheaton and Houghton colleges.
A. W. Tozer Quotes
There is another kind of divine working that may occur without our being aware of it, or at least without our recognizing it for what it is. This is that wondrous operation of God known in theology as prevenient grace.
—AW Tozer
He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth
—Tozer
AW Tozer:
“As a boy, I was not a Christian. I did not have the privilege of growing up in a home where Christ was known & loved.
God spoke to me through a street preacher who quoted the words of Jesus, “Come unto me, all ye that labour & are heavy laden & I will give you rest.”
If you want to pray strategically, in a way which would please God, pray that God might raise up men who see the beauty of the Lord our God & would begin to preach it & hold it out to people, instead of offering peace of mind, deliverance from cigarettes, a better job & cottage.
The teaching of the New Testament is that God and spiritual things can be known finally only by a direct work of God within the soul. The true understanding of God must be by personal spiritual awareness. The Holy Spirit is indispensable.
—AW Tozer
We must believe that God is love & that, being love, He cannot harm us but must ever do us good. Then we must throw ourselves before Him & pray with boldness for whatever we know our good & His glory require, and the cost is no object!
—AW Tozer
It was not to the unsaved that the words “Do not fret” were spoken, but to God-fearing persons capable of understanding spiritual things. We Christians need to watch & pray lest we fall into this temptation by an irritable spirit under the stress & strain of life.
—AW Tozer
We might well pray for God to invade & conquer us, for until He does we remain in peril. The strength of our flesh is an ever present danger to our souls. Deliverance can come only by the defeat of our old life. Safety & peace come only after we have been forced to our knees.
Since the fall of man the earth has been a disaster area & everyone lives with a critical emergency. Nothing is normal. Everything is wrong & everyone is wrong until made right by the redeeming work of Christ & the effective operation of the Holy Spirit.
—AW Tozer
The Church lives in a hostile world. The power of the Holy Spirit is, therefore, not optional but necessary. Without it the children of God simply cannot live the life of heaven on earth.
—AW Tozer
As a boy, I was not a Christian. I did not have the privilege of growing up in a home where Christ was known and loved. God spoke to me through a street preacher who quoted the words of Jesus, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
—AW Tozer
Fundamentalism has on its own part fallen into error, the error of textualism, which is simply orthodoxy without the Holy Spirit. Everywhere among conservatives we find persons who are Bible-taught but not Spirit-taught.
—AW Tozer
The man who is willing to settle for barren life will never experience the joy of the Holy Spirit or the deep satisfaction of fruitful living
—AW Tozer
His mercy & grace are infinite & His patient understanding is beyond measure, but He will not aid men in their selfish striving after personal gain. He will not help men to attain ends which, when attained, usurp the place He by every right should hold in their affection.
—Tozer
I believe that a mighty resurgence of the Spirit’s power among us will open again wells of hymnody long forgotten. For song can never bring the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit does invariably bring song.
—AW Tozer
The Holy Spirit whispers faithfully, reminding us of the Christ of God … walking in flesh, God Almighty come to live among us & to save
—AW Tozer
It is time for us to seek again the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Man’s lordship has cost us too much.
—AW Tozer
We must believe that God is love & that, being love, He cannot harm us but must ever do us good. Then we must throw ourselves before Him & pray with boldness for whatever we know our good & His glory require, and the cost is no object!
—AW Tozer
Of this we may be certain: We cannot continue to ignore God’s will as expressed in the Scriptures & expect to secure the aid of God’s Spirit.
—AW Tozer
The Spirit always flashes the beauty of Christ upon the wondering heart, and the awed spirit receives it with a minimum of interference.
—AW Tozer
I rarely know where I am going in my life’s journey but … I look back & see that God has been leading my every step & I did not even know it.
—AW Tozer
The Church lives in a hostile world. The power of the Holy Spirit is, therefore, not optional but necessary. Without it the children of God simply cannot live the life of heaven on earth.
—AW Tozer
If our work prevents us, as it normally does, from having prayer meetings during the day, let us make up for it in some way and see to it that we pray as much as we should.
—AW Tozer
The wise Christian will watch for opportunities to do good, to speak the life-bringing word to sinners, to pray the rescuing prayer of intercession.
—AW Tozer
We should examine our prayers every now and again to discover how much sincerity & spontaneity they possess. We should insist on keeping them simple, candid, fresh & original.
—AW Tozer
He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth
—Tozer
To restore the beauty of God’s world, God sent the Redeemer to put all things back to its creative purpose.
—AW Tozer
A great shadow lies upon every man & every woman—the fact that our Lord was bruised & wounded & crucified for the entire human race. This is the basic human responsibility that men are trying to push off & evade.
—AW Tozer
We dare not conclude that because we learn about the Spirit we for that reason actually know Him. Knowing Him comes only by a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit Himself.
—AW Tozer
The teaching of the New Testament is that God and spiritual things can be known finally only by a direct work of God within the soul. The true understanding of God must be by personal spiritual awareness. The Holy Spirit is indispensable.
—AW Tozer