Tozer introduced me to the evangelical Christian mystics, being known as a mystic himself: Bernard of Clairvaux, Nicholas of Cusa, Lady Julian, Brother Lawrence, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Catherine of Sienna, hymnwriters (most hymnwriters were mystics), and so many more. Leonard Ravenhill, who was mentored by Tozer, spoke of Tozer lying on his face on the carpet in humbleness and awe of God’s presence. It is a golden strand all through his writings. More than any other topic, he writes of experiencing the Presence of God. Some of my other favorites-T hat incredible Christian, The Root of the Righteous, Divine Conquest, his series on the Holy Spirit. Every time I read, he cuts to the chase and challenges me spiritually. The Knowledge of the Holy, another of his classics, I have read numerous times as well. I was able to dive into all of His works and find nuggets throughout. It may seem tedious, but I loved doing it. In the early 1990s, before the days of computer word search, I was asked by a publisher to compile an index of his writings. That is my passion-to know Christ more and more-to pursue Him, dying to self that I might live His resurrection life, and to equip others for that deeper and higher life in Christ.Ĭonsequently, I have devoured everything Tozer has written-more than 50 books in my collection. Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Not that I have already grasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on that I may also take hold of that for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus. that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. My life Scripture is Philippians 3:10-14: Outside of the Bible, it is probably the book I have read most. I started reading Tozer’s classic The Pursuit of God, when I was in high school-and I have read it more than a dozen times. I was nearly conceived under the ministry of A.W. When my parents got married, they spent part of their honeymoon at an Alliance campground in Pennsylvania hearing Tozer preach.
My Dad, who was from Lutheran and Presbyterian background, came to saving faith in Christ in an Alliance church while in college.
Tozer, popular deeper life devotional writer, and pastor in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Probably the writer who has impacted my life the most is A.W.
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