We're recommending A.W. Tozer's
The Pursuit of God to people who want to dig deeper into the subject matter of our Forward by Faith
sermon series.
This is an amazing book. Even though I have read it about 3 or 4 times, I always find myself being drawn to my knees with Bible in hand, earnestly seeking the Lord as a result of some challenge laid out by this sagacious minister of the gospel.
The following excerpt is taken from a prayer found at the end of the first chapter entitled "Following Hard After God".
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow T Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Now, that's the cry of a person who is moving forward by faith.