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“No Longer Separated by Oceans and Centuries”
THE GOD CHASERS
by
Tommy Tenney
Tommy Tenny is a third generation minister of the gospel who began preaching at the age of 16. The God Chasers was copyrighted and published by Destiny Image in 1998 and in 2001it was in the 27th printing. It has 152 pages.
In Tommy's own words "A God chaser is an individual whose hunger exceeds his reach." He goes on to say: "A God chaser is a person whose passion for God's presence presses him to chase the impossible in hopes that the uncatchable might catch him. A child chases a loving parent until, suddenly, the strong arms of the father enfold the chaser. The pursuer becomes the captive; the pursued the captor." Paul put it this way: "I chase after that I may catch that which apprehended me" (Phil. 3:12).
Tenney continues with "Job was a God chaser, he said, 'Oh that I knew where I might find Him!' David was one; he said, 'My soul followeth hard after Thee.' Paul was one too: 'That I may know Him....' The passionate paths of God chasers can be traced across the pages of history from Moses the stutterer, David the singer, and Paul the itinerate preacher, to contemporaries like A.W. Tozer, Leonard Ravenhill, and countless others who share one common bond: an insatiable hunger to know their Lord. These are people whose relentless, passionate pursuit of Christ often made them appear foolish in the eyes of others. Yet, having tasted His goodness and glimpsed the invisible, they could be satisfied with nothing less."
Cindy Jacobs, Co-founder, Generals of Intercession comments: "I must warn you, this is a dangerous book. If you are comfortable and complacent and want to stay that way, don't even open its pages." Ken Gott, Revival Now!, Sunderland, United Kingdom has this to say: "The God Chasers is not for the fainthearted but for those who, in pursuit of God, are willing to die in the process."
If you are serious about following after the Lord, this is one of the books for you. It should be on your bedside table with dog-eared pages where you have bent them over so you can easily return to the passages which spoke to you!