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  YOUR DEVOTIONAL LIFE
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: Establishing a devotional mood is essential for success in the
Christian life, requiring constant awareness of God's presence and
obedience to His will.

Topics: "Devotional Life", "Spiritual Growth"
Scripture References: Psalm 1:2, Matthew 6:33, John 15:4, Romans 12:2, Galatians 5:16, Ephesians 6:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Hebrews 12:1-2, James 4:7, 1 Peter 1:15-16

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the necessity of maintaining a devotional life for
success in the Christian journey, which involves a constant awareness of
God's presence and engaging in inward conversations with Christ. He
explains that to cultivate this devotional mood, believers must abide in
Christ, walk in the Spirit, and meditate on God's Word while also
separating themselves from worldly distractions. Tozer warns that true
holiness and spiritual power require ongoing effort and cannot be
treated as a one-time achievement. He highlights the importance of
obedience to God's will and the challenges posed by the world, the
flesh, and the devil in our spiritual growth.

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Too many of us object, perhaps unconsciously, to the rather evident fact
that the maintenance of the devotional mood is indispensable to success
in the Christian life. And what is the devotional mood? It is nothing
else than constant awareness of God's enfolding presence, the holding of
inward conversations with Christ and private worship of God in spirit
and in truth! To establish our hearts in the devotional mood we must
abide in Christ, walk in the Spirit, pray without ceasing and meditate
in the Word of God day and night.

Of course this implies separation from the world and obedience to the
will of God, as we are able to understand it.

No matter how we may argue, true holiness and spiritual power are not
qualities that can be once received and thereafter forgotten, as one
might wind a clock or take a vitamin pill. Every advance in the
spiritual life must be made against the determined resistance of the
world, the flesh and the devil!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/your-devotional-life/
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