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Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people. He waits to be wanted. Too bad that with many of us He waits so long, so very long, in vain.
Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people. He waits to be wanted. Too bad that with many of us He waits so long, so very long, in vain.
Approximate author period: c. 1930 AD · modern
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- A.W. Tozer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1930 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for A. W. Tozer: life dates 1897 to 1963. Wikidata Q404008, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q404008 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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