A snippet from Tozer

Merry Christmas! Yesterday I was reading from A.W. Tozer's book God's Pursuit of Man. He is one author that stirs both my spirit and my intellect. C.S. Lewis is another that does that. Here is a snippet from yesterday's reading:

The blight of the Pharisee's heart in olden times was doctrine without love. With the teachings of the Pharisees Christ had little quarrel, but with the pharisaic spirit He carried on unceasing warfare to the end.... We are safe only when the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, only when our intellects are indwelt by the loving Fire that came at Pentecost. For the Holy Spirit is not a luxury, not something added now and again to produce a deluxe type of Christian once in a generation. No, He is for every child of God a vital necessity, and that He fill and indwell His people is more than a languid hope. It is rather an inescapable imperative.

 Looking forward to finishing 2012 with excellence and beginning 2013 with excitment!
-dcp