This document contains quotes from A.W. Tozer discussing the importance of experiencing God's presence. Tozer asserts that merely having good information about God is insufficient, and that Christians should long to experience His manifest presence directly. Tozer states that nothing compares to experiencing God's presence, and that shortcuts do not exist on the pathway to His presence. The quotes suggest that delighting in God's presence bothers the devil and that experiencing God's presence is like having the sun brighten one's day.

2. Psalms 84:1-3 (NIV)
1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O
LORD Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even
faints, for the courts of the LORD; my
heart and my flesh cry out for the living
God. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where
she may have her young- a place near
Your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and
my God.

3. "Are you satisfied being filled with good
information about God, or do you long to burst
into His manifest presence?" (AW Tozer)
"How many Christians really harbour within their
own spirit the daily expectation of God's
presence?" (AW Tozer)
"Nothing in or of this world measures up to the
simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of
God." (AW Tozer)

4. "I believe that God's people have had it with
cheap imitations...they long for the reality of
God's presence." (AW Tozer)
"Some try to find their own way or perhaps a
shortcut. But there are no shortcuts on the
pathway to God's presence." (AW Tozer)
"Nothing bothers the devil more than a
Christian delighting in God's presence."
(AW Tozer)

5. "Trying to be happy without a sense of
God's presence is like trying to have a
bright day without the sun." (AW Tozer)
“When the eyes of the soul looking out
meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven
has begun right here on this earth.”
(A.W Tozer)

6. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and
the swallow a nest for herself, where she
may have her young- a place near Your
altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my
God.

7. 1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O
LORD Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even
faints, for the courts of the LORD; my
heart and my flesh cry out for the living
God.

8. 1. Build your home near the altar
Psalms 84:1-3 (NIV)
1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O
LORD Almighty! … O LORD Almighty, my
King and my God.

9. John 14:6 (NIV)
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.”

10. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and
the swallow a nest for herself, where she
may have her young- a place near Your
altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my
God.

11. 2. We are really very small
Psalms 8:3-4 (NIV)
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work
of Your fingers, the moon and the stars,
which You have set in place, what is man
that You are mindful of him, the son of
man that You care for him?

12. 3. We are homeless

13. 4. We are helpless and defenceless
Hunger
Anger
Loneliness
Tiredness

14. WHO IS THIS MESSAGE FOR TODAY?

15. 1. Those needing to be reminded of
your value
Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about
your life, what you will eat or drink; or about
your body, what you will wear. Is not life
more important than food, and the body more
important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of
the air; they do not sow or reap or store away
in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not much more valuable than
they? “

16. Matthew 10:29-31 (NIV)
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?
Yet not one of them will fall to the ground
apart from the will of your Father. 30 And
even the very hairs of your head are all
numbered. 31 So don't be afraid; you are
worth more than many sparrows.

17. 2. Those concerned about the devil
Proverbs 26:2 (NIV)
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting
swallow, an undeserved curse does not
come to rest.

18. 3. Those feeling restless
Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest.”

19. 4. Those needing to know God’s
protection
John 10:28 (NIV)
28 I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish; no one can snatch them out
of My hand.

20. Psalms 84:12 (NIV)
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man
who trusts in You.