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Collection of a.w. Tozer's Prayers - Volume 2
A.W. Tozer

A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963). American pastor, author, and spiritual mentor born in La Jose, Pennsylvania. Converted to Christianity at 17 after hearing a street preacher in Akron, Ohio, he began pastoring in 1919 with the Christian and Missionary Alliance without formal theological training. He served primarily at Southside Alliance Church in Chicago (1928-1959) and later in Toronto. Tozer wrote over 40 books, including classics like "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy," emphasizing a deeper relationship with God. Self-educated, he received two honorary doctorates. Editor of Alliance Weekly from 1950, his writings and sermons challenged superficial faith, advocating holiness and simplicity. Married to Ada, they had seven children and lived modestly, never owning a car. His work remains influential, though he prioritized ministry over family life. Tozer’s passion for God’s presence shaped modern evangelical thought. His books, translated widely, continue to inspire spiritual renewal. He died of a heart attack, leaving a legacy of uncompromising devotion.
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The sermon transcript emphasizes the importance of a genuine and impulsive faith in God, rather than relying on formulas or carefully laid out sermons. The speaker urges the audience to turn away from the world's temptations and self-centeredness, and instead turn towards Jesus Christ. The prayer is for God to awaken people's souls and turn their eyes away from worldly vanities, so they may focus on holy things and be saved from their own foolishness and laziness. The sermon concludes with a prayer for God's help in preparing the hearts of the audience to receive communion in a worthy manner.
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O Son of God, most holy, that holy thing which shall be born of Thee shall be called the Son of God. O holy thing, born, crucified, risen, enthroned, we beseech Thee without rebuke all the unholiness in us that would grieve Thy spirit from us. Rebuke, we beseech Thee, all of the flesh and of the mind that is even negative and that thus hinders the operation of the spirit. O, we beseech Thee, let the chitana be seen today. Let it hover over each habitation, showing that the Lord is now. We beseech Thee, may we go away from this place, serious, if Thee be perturbed, bothered, until we have done something with this injunction, and have sought to be holy as Thou art holy, and have tried by surrender and faith to purify our hearts unto obedience. Grant, we beseech Thee, to answer all this in Christ our Lord. Amen. O God, we pray Thy blessing upon us. O Lamb of God, we love Thee so, we would with Thee, life's journey go. We pray Thou would help us this morning, hurt and humbled by our own unworthiness, the knowledge and haunting memories of sins committed in the past, but by Thy grace at the moment we have no wish to sin. We wish only to love Thee and live as we should. So please help us now, for Jesus' sake. Brethren, we'll now gather while we sing. Father, we pray Thy blessing upon this word. Now, as we enter communion service, we pray that in utter humility, in meekness and humbleness of spirit, we may do and insist upon doing what Thou does prepare us to do. And we may deduce from Thine own characterizations of us what kind of holy men and women we ought to be, showing forth the praises of Him who brought us out of darkness into His marvelous light. Take away all bitterness, all resentfulness, all disquietude, all discontent, and bring us, we pray Thee, into mental and spiritual harmony as we feed together of the shed blood and the broken body. In Jesus' name, amen. Well, God bless us. It's time we wake up, and I pray with the prophet, the word of the hymn writer, awake. God turn, almighty God, turn off their eyes from all these alluring vanities. Let the thunder of Thy word awake their souls to fear the Lord. May it be so. We pray Thee, shut around us today by Thy grace. Shut us out from the world's clamor and the wagging tongues and the noisy, booming voices. And the example that would lead us not toward Thee, but toward the world. Save us from it. And shut us in with Thee. May we think and talk and meditate on holy things today. Dismiss us now with our blessing. May grace and mercy and peace be with us through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Now, our Father, we well know that spiritual things can't be reduced to formulas, even though we struggle so hard to do it. An impulse of faith, a sudden reckless daring of the soul in its leap after God could do more for us than all the carefully laid-out sermons could ever do. But we've done all we can do. We've appealed to the intelligence, made some exclamations, tried to say in our gracy modern English what has been said with great and stately dignity in our Bibles. My God, now take this that's been spoken and apply it to our hearts. May we, one after the other, turn from Adam's unbelieving world with its self-confidence, its self-reliance, its arrogance, its pride, its mad pleasures, its love of wealth, its love of praise, its love of publicity, its inordinate love of clothing and of fine things and of rich things. Turn us, we pray thee, from it all, not only in our hearts but in reality. And then turn us to Jesus Christ, thy Son. We need him, Lord. If we gave up the world and didn't have him, we'd be in a vacuum. If thou would quickly take us through that little vacuum and take us to Jesus Christ who is the radiant source of everlasting life and peace and joy, the world would all end. God bless us now as we go on into the Lord's Supper. We ask it in Christ's name. Amen. Heavenly Father, we pray that thou would single us out as though there were many others in lonely singleness and speak to us. Lord, it isn't thy will that we should fail in our Christian progress. Lead us, Lord. Thou hast spoken this morning that we're quite certain. Continue to speak. Save us, we pray thee, from the result of our own foolishness. Save us from the tricks of our own nature. Save us, we pray thee, from our own laziness. And make this afternoon, for a sum of time, a crossing over. And now may grace and mercy and peace and the triune God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, be with us forever. O Lord, we pray thee, help us this morning. We can't ask that we might be worthy to receive of the communion, but we do ask that we might in a worthy manner receive it. Prepare our hearts, O God, to think seriously and reverently and with joy over thy blood and body and righteousness, which are to be to us glorious dress and a heavenly garb in that day. Freeing our minds from considering the world, may we think only about thee, Christ. Father, we pray thy blessing upon the Word given. We pray that thou wilt help us, that our faith might mount up like an eagle, stretch its broad wings and soar so high that nothing can pull it down. And as the eagle can look upon the sun, we pray that we may look upon thy Holy Son at the right hand of the Majesty. And that we may be grateful to the point of cheers and tenderness that he who is God and very God and very God gave himself and hung on yonder tree. Bless us as we receive of the Lord's Supper. In Christ's name, amen. Now, Father, we pray thee, bless this truth. Long ago thy servant wrote these words. We, thy servants, in this time long have to hear them. There is a living as if they had been written yesterday and delivered this morning. O God, we lift our eyes to thee, to thy Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, who is above angels. Who sitteth at thy right hand, and we pray, give to us a spiritual urgency. Give to us a longing which is more than human. Give to us, we pray thee, a desire that's like a fire burning in our bones, that the claims of Christ thy Holy Son may be so strong within us that we cannot neglect them. We shall press on like the day spring, rise higher and higher to the shining light and unto the perfect day. We ask it in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.
Collection of a.w. Tozer's Prayers - Volume 2
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A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963). American pastor, author, and spiritual mentor born in La Jose, Pennsylvania. Converted to Christianity at 17 after hearing a street preacher in Akron, Ohio, he began pastoring in 1919 with the Christian and Missionary Alliance without formal theological training. He served primarily at Southside Alliance Church in Chicago (1928-1959) and later in Toronto. Tozer wrote over 40 books, including classics like "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy," emphasizing a deeper relationship with God. Self-educated, he received two honorary doctorates. Editor of Alliance Weekly from 1950, his writings and sermons challenged superficial faith, advocating holiness and simplicity. Married to Ada, they had seven children and lived modestly, never owning a car. His work remains influential, though he prioritized ministry over family life. Tozer’s passion for God’s presence shaped modern evangelical thought. His books, translated widely, continue to inspire spiritual renewal. He died of a heart attack, leaving a legacy of uncompromising devotion.