Embracing God’s Purpose in Your Life

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By David Hazard on May 9, 2009 ,

Embracing God's Purpose in Your Life

Shortly before his death in the early in the early 1960s, A. W. Tozer wondered at the state of Christianity in America. In particular, he questioned whether evangelism was giving people deep enough spiritual roots in Christ. In Knowledge of the Holy, he observed "The forces of religion are making dramatic gains and the churches are more prosperous than at anytime within the past several hundred years. But the alarming thing is that our gains are mostly external and our losses wholly internal: and since it is the quality of our religion that is affected by internal conditions, it maybe that our gains are but losses spread over a wider field.''

Christian spirituality, Tozer insisted, is more than a trip to the altar followed by a great record of church attendance. It means transformation of the heart. A new and higher approach to life, with eternal realities in view. With inner rest that comes when we have settled the issue of who is best suited—God, or us—to plan, care for, and take command of our lives. . .

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David Hazard

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David Hazard, Author, is the founding director of Ascent, a coaching organization for writers. He holds a Bachelors degree, Summa Cum Laude, in Journalism and Public Relations, with a minor in Literature, from Syracuse University. He has been an author, publishing consultant, and writing and creativity coach since 1978 and has written more than 30 books, including No Compromise: The Keith Green Story and the Rekindling the Inner Fire series. In 1984 his book, Blood Brothers, inspired three Nobel Peace Prize nominations for its subject, Fr. Elias Chacour, who has worked to bring dialogue between Palestinian and Jewish Israelis for over sixty years. It has been translated into 29 languages. David has consulted with many of the world’s top publishers.

 

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