A.W. Tozer's materials are a mainstay in Evangelical churches in our day and he is one of the most quoted authors. He was a prophet in his day and his writings are even more influential in our day. One of his books: The Pursuit of God, has had over 1 million copies sold world-wide.

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer

Man - The Dwelling Place of God - How to Try the Spirits

Christ in a believer's heart will act the same as He acted in Galilee and Judea. His disposition is the same now as then. He was holy, righteous, compassionate, meek and humble then, and He has not changed. He is the same wherever He is found, whether it be at the right hand of God or in the nature of a true disciple. He was friendly, loving, prayerful, kindly, worshipful, self-sacrificing while walking among men; is it not reasonable to expect Him to be the same when walking in men" Why then do true Christians sometimes act in an un-Christlike manner" Some would assume that when a professed Christian fails to show forth the moral beauty of Christ in his life it is a proof that he has been deceived and is actually not a real Christian at all. But the explanation is not so simple as that. The truth is that while Christ dwells in the believer's new nature, He has strong competition from the believer's old nature. The warfare between the old and the new goes on continually in most believers. This is accepted as inevitable, but the New Testament does not so teach. A prayerful study of Romans 6 to 8 points the way to victory. If Christ is allowed complete sway He will live in us as He lived in Galilee.

Tension Between the Old Nature and the New

Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. You also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. § As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” § Sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Evening Daily Light

 Son, go, work today in my vineyard. 

<blockquote>
Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead" (<a id="verse_1632879623508896" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">Rom. 6:13</a>).
</blockquote>Deliverance from the reign of sin, and liberty in the life of Christ, are set forth as a doctrinal unit in Romans Six, Seven and Eight. This area of truth has but one key - the Cross. This is the great master key to spiritual life and liberty.When we begin to comprehend Romans Six, we know that our death in Christ unto sin was completed at Calvary. When we have been in Romans Seven for a time, we come to realize that we have been struggling to produce that which God has already accomplished for us in Christ. When we thereby come to Romans Eight, we know at last that the Holy Spirit will produce in our experience what God completed for us on the Cross and in Christ our life."In Romans Six we see the foundation of our deliverance - the fact that we died with Christ; and also the conditions of our deliverance - that we reckon ourselves dead unto sin and yield to God as those that are alive from the dead. Romans Eight tells us the means and the method of our deliverance - that it is through the blessed Holy Spirit alone that we are actually delivered in everyday life, from sin's reign; the moment we cease from all our own efforts and let Him do all the work, He will begin delivering us from the power of sin. How long it takes some of us to come to the end of our own efforts can be seen in Romans Seven!" -W.R.N."That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" (<a id="verse_1632879623421267" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/8/4">Rom. 8:4</a>).

A 365 day devotional that will help you in your Christian growth and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.  This devotional is a collection of quotes from some of the best authors in the realm of Christian growth that has been organized by Miles J Stanford.  This devotional study is divided into 12 sections each containing 31 daily portions.

None but the Hungry Heart

 Heart Of Romans 

<blockquote>
The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" (<a id="verse_1632879791768061" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/8/7">Rom. 8:7</a>).
</blockquote>If a Christian does not realize his identification with Christ in His death, he does not know true consecration. Crucifixion is the path to, and foundation of, consecration. The deeper truths are not entered into through consecration - they are its basis. "The price of consecration is crucifixion.""Present yourself unto God as alive from the dead' (<a id="verse_1632879791158016" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">Rom. 6:13</a>). This is the true ground of consecration. For believers to consecrate themselves to God' ere they have learnt their union with Christ in death and resurrection is only to present to God the members of the natural man, which He cannot use. Only those alive from the dead' - that is, having appropriated their likeness with Him in death - are bidden to present their members as instruments unto God.""The modern teaching of consecration, which is tantamount to the consecration of the old man,' seeks to bypass the death sentence and therefore only leads to frustration and failure. When, however, you and I are prepared, in simple humility, to make the fact of our death with Christ our daily basis of life and service, there is nothing that can prevent the uprising and outflow of new life, and meet the need of thirsty souls around us." -J.C.M."Therefore, brethren, we are debtors bound not to the Flesh, that we should live after the Flesh [but to the Spirit]" (<a id="verse_1632879791473103" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/8/12">Rom. 8:12</a>, Cony.).

 Acceptable Consecration 

<blockquote>
The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" (<a id="verse_1632879976470015" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/8/7">Rom. 8:7</a>).
</blockquote>The Cross is the altar upon which God sacrificed His Son. It is upon this same Cross (take up your Cross "daily"), this same altar (the place of death), that I am to be consecrated to God as "a new creation" (<a id="verse_1632879976354073" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/5/17">2 Cor. 5:17</a>). This eventuates in my intelligently yielding myself to Him as one who is "alive from the dead" (<a id="verse_1632879976989550" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">Rom. 6:13</a>)."God asks us to present our bodies as living sacrifices to Him (<a id="verse_1632879976151374" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/12/1">Rom. 12:1</a>). Until we have done this, there is nothing else we can do. But notice that this exhortation comes after Romans Six. There is a reason for this order - crucifixion comes before consecration. Uncrucified self refuses to be consecrated (to say nothing of God's refusing to accept it). That is why so many people with all sincerity walk down the aisles again and again, consecrating uncrucified self to God." -H.D."We must learn to know Him and to love Him. Then we will not have to struggle to move into consecration. The heart will lead into it. A lover never thinks about giving himself to a loved one. He cannot do otherwise. He loves to do it. Is there not here a key to consecration? Why do we not yield? Because we do not love. Why do we have to fight the battle and vow and groan and struggle? Because we do not know Him." -C.A.C."That I may know Him...and the fellowship of His sufferings" (<a id="verse_1632879976281115" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Philippians/3/10">Phil. 3:10</a>).

 The Cross, Then Consecration 

<blockquote>
You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness" (<a id="verse_1632880284827518" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/18">Rom. 6:18</a> Wey.).
</blockquote>The principle underlying resurrection life is, of all things, death. "For since we have become one with Him by sharing in His death, we shall also be one with Him by sharing in His resurrection. Surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead" (<a id="verse_1632880284873926" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/5">Rom. 6:5</a>; <a id="verse_1632880284850360358" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">13</a>, Wey.). Let the facts of your position overwhelm the feelings of your condition."By exercising faith in the Word, apart from any feelings, be planted together with Him in the likeness of His death' (<a id="verse_1632880284930647" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/5">Rom. 6:5</a>). Only by thus standing in your position will you begin to experience the likeness of His resurrection.' Reckon on your life-union with Him. Reject the old life on the basis of your death in Christ on the Cross, and count yourself alive in Him until He makes experiential your resurrection position. Do not forget that you must stand firmly upon the specific truths: dead indeed unto sin - alive unto God in Christ Jesus' (<a id="verse_1632880284791854" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/11">Rom. 6:11</a>)."The sharing of His life is our blessed experience just in the measure in which we share His death. So many of us are content merely that the Cross should be the power to save us from the penalty of sin, but death was not the end of the manifestation of Christ. It was resurrection, and it is the risen life, shining forth in the believer, that alone can carry out the purpose of God in redemption. The believer, in whose daily attitude the mark of resurrection is seen, becomes what the world is looking for, a convincing witness to the power of the Living Redeemer." -G.W."That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection" (<a id="verse_1632880284898262" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Philippians/3/10">Phil. 3:10</a>).

 Old Rejected, New Accepted 

<blockquote>
Present yourself unto God, as those that are alive from the dead" (<a id="verse_1632877887740282" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">Rom. 6:13</a>).
</blockquote>The growth and consolidation of one's spiritual life is predicated upon clear knowledge of the dual facts of <a id="verse_1632877887206526" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/11">Romans 6:11</a> - dead unto sin; alive unto God. This must come first: Know! "Consider what I say, and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" (<a id="verse_1632877887946476" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Timothy/2/7">2 Tim. 2:7</a>).  hungry-heart-10-16"Many have taken the word present' to imply consecration (which it does), without looking carefully into its content. It is not the consecration of our old man' with its instincts and resources, his natural wisdom, strength and other gifts, to the Lord Jesus for Him to use. This will be clear at once from the little clause as alive from the dead' (<a id="verse_1632877887817408" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">Rom. 6:13</a>)."For what is to be consecrated is not what belongs to the old creation. The presenting' spoken of is the outcome of my knowing my old man to have been crucified (<a id="verse_1632877887551293" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/6">Rom. 6:6</a>), and my reckoning myself alive unto God in Christ Jesus (<a id="verse_1632877887770586" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/11">Rom. 6:11</a>). Knowing, reckoning, presenting ourselves to Him: that is the divine order.""It is one thing to renounce or to drop off certain old things, and quite another to be occupied with new things. Nuns renounce the world, but they are not engrossed in the risen Lord Jesus Christ. It must be not only forgetting the things that are behind, but also reaching out unto the things that are before."It is what I give myself to that colors me and imparts character to me, not the fact of having abandoned other things. People often dwell unduly on what they have renounced, and are too indifferent to that which they should press toward, forgetting that it is the latter that will form them (<a id="verse_1632877887491968" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/3/18">2 Cor. 3:18</a>).""Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth" (<a id="verse_1632877887562555" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Colossians/3/2">Col. 3:2</a>).

<blockquote>
Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (<a id="verse_1632878149699866" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/10/17">Rom. 10:17</a>).
</blockquote>Walking in the Spirit, our faith is heavenly, spiritual; walking in the flesh, our faith is earthly, carnal."Is it the mind of the Father which influences my faith and controls my actions, or is it the order of things around me here? The latter is the world. Faith overcomes the world. The world, in its influence on me, is the rival of God's Word, and many a one who knows what faith is for the safety of his soul, is nevertheless not safe from the world." -J.B.S."It is imperative that the believer knows his position in grace, because grace is the source of all spiritual supply. A man can take unto himself nothing except it be given him from heaven' (<a id="verse_1632878149591200" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/John/3/27">John 3:27</a>). Everything from beginning to end of the Christian life depends upon a proper faith-apprehension of that which the Father has bestowed upon him with and in His own Son in glory." -J.C.M."Most growing believers rightly maintain that all must come from the risen Lord; but instead of taking their actual position of being dwellers in heaven, and coming from there to earth, they only look up to heaven for help as to their walk on earth; and their faith and labors are always influenced and dictated by the condition and order of things on earth; and instead of seeking the mind of the Lord as learned in heaven, they are occupied with the blessing of man on earth." -J.B.S."Very little abiding growth and fruit can be known by the believer until he accepts the fact of identification (<a id="verse_1632878149937799" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/6">Rom. 6:6</a>), and to it responds by an attitude of faith (<a id="verse_1632878149446177" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/11">Rom. 6:11</a>), thus yielding himself to the Holy Spirit for the life of the Lord Jesus to be manifested in and through him (<a id="verse_1632878149910539" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">Rom. 6:13</a>)." -G.W."For we walk by faith, not by sight" (<a id="verse_1632878149455546" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/5/7">2 Cor. 5:7</a>).

 Heaven-fostered Faith 

<blockquote>
For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace" (<a id="verse_1632878221661196" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Hebrews/13/9">Heb. 13:9</a>).
</blockquote>Thorough and intelligent establishment in the principle of grace concerning one's justification (re-birth) is the necessary footing for reliance upon the same principle for one's sanctification (growth). Unless the former is well settled, the latter will be badly unsettled."When the Lord Jesus has once died and risen, He is through with sin forever. He is now living in the eternal light of His Father's face. He is our Adam, our life. We died in Him. We were raised in Him. Through our death with Him at Calvary we have escaped forever from the old Adam life. Our feelings have nothing to do with it. It was all accomplished at the Cross."We dare not deny God's Word. He says we died with Christ. We can cry triumphantly, when we know: I died unto sin with the Lord Jesus on the Cross, two thousand years ago! I reckon myself what the Father says I am in His Son - dead unto sin and alive unto God. Sin has no claim on me in the Lord Jesus, and cannot have dominion over me, as I yield myself to my Father in this wonderful new revelation of yielding myself to God, as one who is alive from the dead' (<a id="verse_1632878221708240" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/13">Rom. 6:13</a>). Thus will we begin to find how true and how tremendous is the deliverance that is in the Lord Jesus for us. And thus alone will we really honor the grace of God." -W.R.N."There is no way to a full abiding fellowship with our Father, but through the rent veil of the flesh; through a life with the old man crucified in the Lord Jesus. God be praised that the Holy Spirit ever dwells in us to keep the old man in the place of crucifixion and condemnation, and to give us progressive liberty from all the old." -A.M."As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly" (<a id="verse_1632878221969762" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Corinthians/15/49">1 Cor. 15:49</a>).

 From First To Last Adam 

13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,<cr>1</cr> but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.<cr>2</cr>

Romans 6:13

 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,   but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.  

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 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,   but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.  

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