Quotemeal: Apr. 1st, 1956

Sunday, April 1, 1956

"We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit."
— A. W. Tozer

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Illustration of A. W. Tozer — "We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit."

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