Think Like God Thinks
God promises to cooperate with those who worship Him with every part of their being, and He treasures pure and loving thoughts.
A.W. Tozer emphasizes the importance of worshiping God with our entire being, assuring that when our intentions are pure, God promises to support us with His love, grace, and the Holy Spirit. He highlights that our hearts should be sanctuaries for continuous communion with God, where our thoughts align with His, fostering a spirit of worship. Tozer reminds us that God cannot dwell in negative thoughts but cherishes those that are pure and loving. Ultimately, he asserts that God desires us to be true worshipers, even amidst life's distractions.
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If God knows that your intention is to worship Him with every part of your being, He has promised to cooperate with you. On His side is the love and grace, the promises and the atonement, the constant help and the presence of the Holy Spirit. On your side there is determination, seeking, yielding, believing. Your heart becomes a chamber, a sanctuary, a shrine in which there may be continuous, unbroken fellowship and communion with God. Your worship rises to God moment by moment! We have all found that God will not dwell in spiteful and proud and selfish thoughts. He treasures our pure and loving thoughts, our meek and charitable and kindly thoughts. They are the thoughts like His own!
As God dwells in your thoughts, you will be worshiping-and God will be accepting.
He will. be smelling the incense of your high intentions even when the cares of life are intense and there is activity all around you. This leaves us no argument. We know what God wants us to be. He wants us to be worshipers!
Sermon Outline
- God's Promise to Cooperate
- 'God''s side: love, grace, promises, atonement, Holy Spirit'
- 'Our side: determination, seeking, yielding, believing'
Key Quotes
“Your heart becomes a chamber, a sanctuary, a shrine in which there may be continuous, unbroken fellowship and communion with God.” — A.W. Tozer
“God treasures our pure and loving thoughts, our meek and charitable and kindly thoughts. They are the thoughts like His own!” — A.W. Tozer
“He will be smelling the incense of your high intentions even when the cares of life are intense and there is activity all around you.” — A.W. Tozer
Application Points
- Make a conscious effort to have pure and loving thoughts throughout your day.
- Seek to have a heart that is fully surrendered to God, with every thought, intention, and action.
- Remember that God treasures your thoughts and will cooperate with you in worship.