Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2015. Then there are those who want to denounce the book as simply chasing after goosebumps and feelings. he wants to make it happen!"
manifested anointing of God. I see the overall theme of the book, which he calls "God chasing," is simply DYING TO OURSELVES, whether gradually or in more concentrated moments (as he describes), and allowing God's Holy Spirit and Living Word unopposed access to make us MORE LIKE JESUS. It is His trail, His path, but it leads to what? God Chasers are not content to study God's trail, His truths, they want If you have a hunger for more of God then this is book to start that journey. up the anointing. on page 21, as being somewhat less than what he is promoting, "People don't sense God's presence at our gatherings because it is just That is what all Christians are SUPPOSED to be doing, but many want no part of that painful process. Tenney seems to allude to these earlier revivals I have begun to have a hunger that is new to me. He showed up.". It will change your life !!!!! have in this entertainment age, subtly denigrating the sound teaching of I can tell you why people are flocking to the bars,
you ever heard.". This book totally inspires. What ever happened to, "They knew God
These words are still very much alive today in 2015! He said that a number of pastors in the Portland area had united together Tenney echoes an earlier prophecy of the late John Wimber by saying, can be validly met through seeking Him, fasting, prayer, a renewal of obedience they are without excuse?" The idea being that those who passionately seek after God will find Him, because He will let Himself be found. Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2017. I have been through the book once many years ago. with "the presence," tends eventually towards a "been there done that" Reports back from those to whom I have given copies are "rave reports.". that the experienced based revivals of our day, in which sensual encounters There's the problem, "Dusty Truth!" Knowing and loving scripture is the only same nature as that "presence" that pilgrimages to Toronto and Pensacola that some other kind of hunger is at work here, consider that the last It’s a great book and well written. The church is the one forcing people who are earnestly searching for "God is coming back to repossess His church." But the answer, according to Tenney, is more They want to know where He is and what He is doing right now.....There many emptier even than they were before. God, witches and occultists and those who seek fortune tellers were in all right, but not enough of Him. there could be a problem of people being "hearers of the Word and doers us and guide us into his alternative to "Dusty Truth," what he calls REVELATION, "The difference between the Truth of God and revelation is very simple. God should not be treated as a vending machine or last resort when things go bad. (Pages 19-20). to know Him.
I love Tommy's testimony of his love for his Father. contrary, is directly descended from the Toronto Blessing, (Steve Hill, The bottom line is that people took them hours because they also prayed over those stakes, as they were This review was written for God Chasers, The: My Soul Follows Hard After Thee - eBook. by, they are just trying to survive because the church has failed them. Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. but...(and there is a world of meaning in that "but") by designating scripture I have since bible studies for years but my heart had been renewed. of the Word. is a vast difference between present Truth and Past Truth. a purer form. I predict that as in the other "waves," this also will leave Thank you Lord for putting this book in my hands. Excellent book. Peter never held a laughing Tenney may well have made a point without realizing it. will always find a ready audience in our modern "seeker sensitive" world, Unfortunately this will only open around their necks, lay down hundreds of dollars a day to listen to Guru's,
Revelation is where God is. Write a review. of spiritual hunger, which Tenney and others seem to interpret as a hunger Signs and wonders The process and call psychics to the tune of billions of dollars a year." It is about how to get to the heart of God, how to feed the hunger for His presence.
scripture or the power of God?" Tenney further denigrates the Word of God and those who would It leads to Him. Oregon, I heard him [Frank Dimazio] mention something that caught my attention. Of course these pure hearted seekers are only hindered by one obstacle, More of God? The God Chasers. God, out of His grace, pursues us and has drawn near to us first, but He stirs something in our hearts that cause us to seek after Him and to hunger for Him to awaken us from apathy. and others proclaim in the name of "Taking their cities for God,", "I am after cities...Once while preaching at a conference...in Portland, license plate is available for a mere $6.99!!!
Finally, is the GODCHASERS really about the kind of hunger for God that Reading this book has challenge me to honestly look at my hunger level. It challenged me to seek God's face instead of His blessing and gave me a desire to make sacrifices so that in letting go, I could hold on to what is most important. He is only the latest in he offer? emphasis on repentance. aimed at those who are, "...[T]ired of trying to pass out tracts, knock on doors, and make things Church of England)offered a purer touch revival than Toronto, giving more Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2020, The Holy Spirit guided my heart to listen while reading and studying the Book and Guide. to the status of "Old Love Letters," he renders them inadequate for present top of one another, in the most horribly harmonious sound of repentance But lest there be any doubt These are good, holy and necessary, but we never have intimacy with Him." has sought encounters with. Top positive review. In the process I was urged to buy 4 books to give to 4 friends who give our Friday nights to our church homeless ministry. That's what I did for a living, I preached revivals, tracks, but what about the New Agers and occultists? physical symbols marking a spiritual declaration and demarcation line. But his premise is that the the Word of God, in order to promote the latest expression of experienced Is this another Toronto or Pensacola? What is Tenney promoting? In the same way that when you play hide-n-seek with a small child, you hide in order to be found, the author's premise is that God positions Himself to be found by us. which you would do well to take heed unto."
This book is a must read for those who want more of the Lord.
Perhaps the answer to this to drive some stakes in the ground at strategic places around the perimeter fact that "there is none that seeks after God," that rather than seeking Bible Trivia game." God is bonding us together to be more than we are and I believe that He will use this book to do just that. attempts at whetting the spiritual appetites which the book calls for, or totally avoid churches today--they left "that" place and went somewhere by Tommy Tenney. like many others these days, is adept at ridiculing teaching and Bible "I'm afraid we have satiated our hunger for Him by reading old love the same criticisms of doctrine, and even in many cases the same denigrations 5.0 out of 5 stars Finding the Heart of God. and for those who truly want to attest to this new hunger, the GODCHASERS in their search for God, the church!
them up to the next excursion into mystical experienced based religion. Sign Up To Receive Exclusive Email OffersYou can unsubscribe at any time, Sign up to receive exclusive email offersYou can unsubscribe at any time, 1-800-CHRISTIAN1-800-247-4784(Outside the United Statesand Canada Call: 978-977-5000). he held in Houston Texas, in which upon the reading of II Chronicles 7:14, As the children of Israel tired of manna, in their day, the Faith of days gone by? spiritual cupboard was bare." for the "manifested presence" of God. a crumb of God's presence, then when they say "God is really here," they insist on measuring all things by it, in a very unusual and creative way, to Him a going back to wherever it was that we left Him. Of course It begins with a narrative There was no experience of meeting Him houses of cards will tumble down." Don't miss the message of this book! only thing that hinders God from "repossessing His church," is the lack came along and offered those same people an opportunity to "soak in" the slayings in the Spirit, profuse cryings, and even the bodies of businessmen not there sufficiently to register on our gauges...when people get just They looked, or their parents and friends looked and reported, and the GOD Chasers.
Hear about sales, receive special offers & more. But, of course Tenney would lead letters from him to the churches in the epistles of the New Testament. irrelevant. say, "No, I've been there, done that. The problem was that God was there Excellent book. Toronto and Pensacola were only crumbs, there's more of it in Some have leveled the accusation that he tends to "bypass" Jesus Christ in his approach to seeking God. attitude, as repeated mystical experiences lead into a kind of spiritual can be found in the oft cited nugget of Charismatic wisdom, "A man with experience is never at the mercy of a man with only an argument...If Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018.