Tozer on the Holy Spirit Quotes

“God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“So be a Bible meditator. I challenge you: Try it for a month and see how it works. Put away questions and answers and the filling in of blank lines…. Take a Bible, open it, get on your knees and say, “Father, here I am. Begin to teach me.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“Oh, that we might yearn for the knowledge and Presence of God in our lives from moment to moment, so that without human cultivation and without toilsome seeking there would come upon us this enduement that gives meaning to our witness!”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“If the Holy Spirit should come again upon us as in earlier times, visiting church congregations with the sweet but fiery breath of Pentecost, we would be greater Christians and holier souls….”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“GETTING ALONE WITH GOD In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. —Isaiah 30:15 There are some things that you and I will never learn when others are present. I believe in church and I love the fellowship of the assembly. There is much we can learn when we come together on Sundays and sit among the saints. But there are certain things that you and I will never learn in the presence of other people. Unquestionably, part of our failure today is religious activity that is not preceded by aloneness, by inactivity. I mean getting alone with God and waiting in silence and quietness until we are charged with God’s Spirit. Then, when we act, our activity really amounts to something because we have been prepared by God for it. FBR130 You do not need to seek Him here or there, He is no further off than the door of your heart. There He stands lingering, waiting for whoever is ready to open and let Him in. You do not need to call to Him in the distance. He is waiting much more impatiently than you, for you to open to Him. He is longing for you a thousand times more urgently than you are for Him. It is instantaneous: the opening and the entering. BME034”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“The Holy Spirit is pure, for He is the Holy Spirit. He is wise, for He is the Spirit of wisdom. He is true, for He is the Spirit of truth. He is like Jesus, for He is the Spirit of Christ. He is like the Father, for He is the Spirit of the Father. He wants to be Lord of your life.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“If we ever again impress unsaved men with a wholesome fear of the supernatural we must have once more the dignity of the Holy Spirit; we must know again that awe-inspiring mystery which comes upon men and churches when they are full of the power of God.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“life in the Spirit that is denoted by the term “deeper life” is far wider and richer than mere victory over sin, however vital that victory may be. It also includes the thought of the indwelling of Christ, acute God-consciousness, rapturous worship, separation from the world, the joyous surrender of everything to God, internal union with the Trinity, the practice of the presence of God, the communion of saints and prayer without ceasing.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“[T]he same God who led Israel with pillar of cloud and fire, who spoke at Pentecost through the tongues of flame, who opened Peter’s prison doors, is waiting to work the greater wonders of His grace for us.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“That the Church did not … perish was due entirely to the miraculous element within her. That element was supplied by the Holy Spirit who came at Pentecost to empower her for her task.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“The heart in which the Holy Spirit lives will always be characterized by gentleness, lowliness, quietness, meekness and forbearance.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“Pentecost did not come and go—Pentecost came and stayed. Chronologically the day may be found on the historic calendar; dynamically it remains with us in all its fullness of power.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“The Church was never intended to be a natural and intellectual organization, but a supernatural instrumentality wholly dependent upon the power of God.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“The Holy Spirit is God’s purifying messenger to us, bringing the water and the fire that will make us white as snow. Let us trust Him, let us obey Him, let us receive Him.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“Anyone who wishes to check on his true spiritual condition may do so by noting what his voluntary thoughts have been over the last hours or days.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“DECEMBER 17 HOW TO CULTIVATE THE SPIRIT’S COMPANIONSHIP Can two walk together, except they be agreed? —Amos 3:3 Now this is what is known as a rhetorical question; it is equivalent to a positive declaration that two cannot walk together except they be agreed, and for two to walk together they must be in some sense one. They also have to agree that they want to walk together, and they have to agree that it is to their advantage to travel together. I think you will see that it all adds up to this: For two to walk together voluntarily they must be, in some sense, one. I am talking now about how we can cultivate the Spirit’s fellowship, how we can walk with Him day by day and hour by hour…. I am going to give you [a] few little pointers to help you into a better life. Point one is that the Holy Spirit is a living Person. He is the third Person of the Trinity. He is Himself God, and as a Person, He can be cultivated; He can be wooed and cultivated the same as any person can be. HTB049, 053 No true Christian can be habitually more engaged in the service of the world and of sin, than in the service of God. His obedience, though not perfect, is habitual. DTC204 DECEMBER 18 JESUS MUST BE GLORIFIED That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. —Romans 15:6 The second point is: Be engrossed with Jesus Christ. Honor Him. John said: “But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified” (John 7:39). I ask you to note that the Spirit was given when Jesus was glorified. Now that is a principle. Remember … He came and spread Himself out as a flood upon the people because Jesus was glorified. He established a principle, and He will never, never flood the life of any man except the man in whom Jesus is glorified. Therefore, if you dedicate yourself to the glory of Jesus, the Holy Ghost will become the aggressor and will seek to know you and raise you and illumine you and fill you and bless you…. To glorify Jesus is the business of the Church, and to glorify Jesus is the work of the Holy Ghost. HTB053-054 It is no task to the Christian to obey the commandments of God…. The glory of God is the great end of his being. DTC200”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“You matter to the living and loving God of all creation. Above everyone else in the whole universe, He cares for you and calls to you and has gracious plans for you! ….” What a message for the sinner! CES094  That He should leave His place on high
    And come for sinful man to die,
You count it strange?
    So once did I Before I knew my Saviour. HCL507”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“It is part of my belief that God wants to get us to a place where we would still be happy if we had only Him! We don’t need God and something else. God does give us Himself and lets us have other things, too, but there is that inner loneliness until we reach the place where it is only God that we desire.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“[T]he Holy Spirit is the source of all spiritual power. He and He alone can … make us count for God and humanity, and the great purpose of our existence. HS321”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“O Holy Spirit, grant that Christ may dwell richly in me, that I have an acute God-consciousness, that I may be led into rapturous worship, that I may be separated from the world, that I may joyously surrender to God, that I may practice the presence of God, and so enjoy deeper fellowship with You together with the Father and Son. Amen.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“Jesus, breathe Thy spirit on me, Teach me how to breathe Thee in, Help me pour into Thy bosom All my life of self and sin. HCL251”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“Every person should see to it that he is fully cleansed from all sin, entirely surrendered to the whole will of God and filled with the Holy Spirit. Then he will not be known as what he does, but as what he is. He will be a man of God first and anything else second: a man of God who paints or mines coal or farms or preaches … but always a man of God. That and not the kind of work he does will determine the quality of his deeds. WTA060”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more…. I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory. POG019”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“spiritual life is perfected by the constant recognition of the cross and by our unceasing application of it to all our life and being. CC031”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“APRIL 1 GOD IS THE DEEPER LIFE Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD. —Jeremiah 9:24 The deeper life has … been called the “victorious life,” but I do not like that term. It appears to me that it focuses attention exclusively upon one feature of the Christian life, that of personal victory over sin, when actually this is just one aspect of the deeper life—an important one, to be sure, but only one. That life in the Spirit that is denoted by the term “deeper life” is far wider and richer than mere victory over sin, however vital that victory may be. It also includes the thought of the indwelling of Christ, acute God-consciousness, rapturous worship, separation from the world, the joyous surrender of everything to God, internal union with the Trinity, the practice of the presence of God, the communion of saints and prayer without ceasing. TWP120  [N]o one seems to want to know and love God for Himself! God is the deeper life! Jesus Christ Himself is the deeper life…. This means that there is less of me and more of God—thus my spiritual life deepens, and I am strengthened in the knowledge of His will. ITB017”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“APRIL 1 GOD IS THE DEEPER LIFE Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD. —Jeremiah 9:24 The deeper life has … been called the “victorious life,” but I do not like that term. It appears to me that it focuses attention exclusively upon one feature of the Christian life, that of personal victory over sin, when actually this is just one aspect of the deeper life—an important one, to be sure, but only one. That life in the Spirit that is denoted by the term “deeper life” is far wider and richer than mere victory over sin, however vital that victory may be. It also includes the thought of the indwelling of Christ, acute God-consciousness, rapturous worship, separation from the world, the joyous surrender of everything to God, internal union with the Trinity, the practice of the presence of God, the communion of saints and prayer without ceasing. TWP120  [N]o one seems to want to know and love God for Himself! God is the deeper life! Jesus Christ Himself is the deeper life…. This means that there is less of me and more of God—thus my spiritual life deepens, and I am strengthened in the knowledge of His will. ITB017 APRIL 2 FIRE IN THE BUSH  But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare … to Israel his sin.   —Micah 3:8 The greatest proof of our weakness these days is that there is no longer anything terrible or mysterious about us…. We now have little that cannot be accounted for by psychology and statistics.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“Every great movement of God in history, every unusual advance in the Church, every revival, has been preceded by a sense of keen anticipation. Expectation accompanied the operations of the Spirit always. His bestowals hardly surprised His people because they were gazing expectantly toward the risen Lord and looking confidently for His word to be fulfilled. His blessings accorded with their expectations…. We need today a fresh spirit of anticipation that springs out of the promises of God. We must declare war on the mood of nonexpectation and come together with childlike faith. Only then can we know again the beauty and wonder of the Lord’s presence among us. GTM168, 170 We are to do all things to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). This includes our pleasures…. The only question is, what is God’s will for us in each matter? We are never to abandon our God-given common sense in the victorious life. PRL309”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“The evil thought is the forerunner of the devil; for Satan knows that if a Christian will allow the evil thought he will in time allow the originator of the temptation to come in.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“There is no Christian victory or blessing if we refuse to turn away from the things that God hates.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional

“He who fought [the] battle once, comes still to fight it in our hearts. He who believed for Himself, now believes in us, and sustains in us the spirit of trust and victory.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 365-Day Devotional