BE STRONG IN THE LORD  .  .  .

    By A.W. Tozer

    Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
    Ephesians 6:10

        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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    Yours in Christ,
    Paul N. F.