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

I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe Him. (Ephesians 1:19 NLT)

Let us point out that after His 
resurrection our Lord was, because of the peculiar nature of His resurrection 
state, no longer subject to natural limitations. Time and space now had no 
control of Him. This principle abides, and it applies now. When there is a 
living in the values and energy of resurrection Life we are children of eternity 
and of the universe. Prayer touches the ends of the earth, and the significance 
of our being and doing is of universal and eternal dimensions: there are no 
limitations. So then, beloved of God, the natural life is no longer a criterion; 
whether it be strong or weak matters not. Its strength does not mean 
effectiveness in spiritual things, whether that strength be intellectual, moral, 
social or physical. Its weakness does not carry a handicap. 

We are called to live and serve 
only in His Life, which is the only efficient and sure one. What is true of the 
Head must be true of the members. What is true of the Vine must be true of the 
branches. What is true of the last Adam must be true of every member of His 
race. "Planted together in the likeness of His resurrection" said the apostle 
(Romans 6:5), and he prayed that it might be more and more experiential – "that 
I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection" (Philippians 3:10). That 
should be the prayer of every true Spirit-led servant of Christ.

This devotional contains short daily portions from a selection of Mr. Austin-Sparks' messages. In his own words, “Perhaps this is just like a window opened into heaven. If you get the right window you can see quite a lot. You can see great things and you can see far things. But the best that I can hope is that this has just opened a window, and that as you look through it you are seeing one thing - how superior is Jesus Christ to all else, and how superior is the dispensation into which we have come, and how superior are all the resources at our disposal to all that ever was before!” Open Windows messages have been selected and compiled by Austin-Sparks.Net from the works of T. Austin-Sparks. In some cases they appear in abridged form. The introductory verse and its associated Bible version have been selected by the editor and did not always appear within the original message.

Open Windows

In The Likeness of His Resurrection

 Resurrection Living 

If we have been planted 
together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His 
resurrection. (Romans 6:5 KJV)

May I remind you that the nature of this 
planting is just that with which we are so familiar. “Planted together in the 
likeness of His death.” That is the word of the Apostle, “For if we have been 
planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness 
of His resurrection.” The enemy is the instrument so often, of planting us more 
deeply into the death of Christ. His assaults, his attacks, his accusations, 
everything – yes. The Lord is not the source of evil, but the Lord allows it. So 
often our hearts cry out: “Why did the Lord ever allow that in our lives?” That 
thing which has meant such a deep, dark passage. Why did the Lord allow it? He 
could have prevented it. Well, we were planted by it into the death of the Lord 
Jesus. We were brought more than ever to an end of ourselves. Yes, and 
therefore, to know the Lord in a larger measure than we have ever known Him, and 
to be brought to a place where it will not be so easy for the Devil to shake us 
next time.
That is the sovereign way of God in deeper 
death experiences. “Planted together in the likeness of His death.” Have you 
been planted there initially? Have you been planted in Christ crucified? Or are 
you one of those attachments to something? Are you planted? And when a deeper 
planting comes, remember it is the roots being driven downwards, and the issue 
is going to be most surely endurance, stability, and ability to stand; but, oh, 
there is going to be greater fruitfulness.

Rooted and Grounded

We were dead and buried with Him in baptism, so that just as He was raised from the dead by that splendid Revelation of the Father's power so we too might rise to life on a new plane altogether. If we have, as it were, shared His death, let us rise and live our new lives with Him! 
(Romans 6:5 Phillips)


In our union with Christ in His
death, we cease and He begins, and from the beginning He becomes
the all. That is a progressive thing, as well as a basic thing.
It is a thing all-inclusive in its meaning, in its intent, but it
is also progressive. We have to accept the fullness of that thing in an act. We 
have to take the position quite definitely and consciously that now, in 
accepting our union with Christ in His death, this is to work out in our having 
no more place at all, and that whenever we come into evidence we shall be 
smitten, we shall be put aside, we shall not be allowed to go on. We have to 
accept that once for all in a definite act of commitment, that from henceforth 
everything that is of self is going to be smitten unsparingly with that Cross, 
and whenever self comes in it will not be allowed to have a standing. 

We had 
better settle it once for all, and have a dealing with the Lord on that 
inclusive, comprehensive, and utter ground, that He will make His own meaning in 
that real; not our understanding of it, not our grasp or apprehension of it, not 
what we think to be the "I" which is to be forbidden, but what He knows to be 
the "I"; not the measure of our knowledge of ourselves, but His knowledge of us. 
There will be revealed a very great deal more that is "I" than has ever entered 
into our thought or imagination. Self, then, not as we know it, but as He knows 
it through and through, is to be brought under the power of that Cross, and this 
we accept in an act.

The Risen Lord and the Things Which Cannot be Shaken - Chapter 11

 Christ’s Knowledge Of Self 

Get wisdom! Get understanding! § The wisdom that is from above. § The deep says, “It is not in me”; and the sea says, “It is not with me.” § We were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection. Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. § [God] made us alive together with Christ … and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. § Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility.

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.

Morning Daily Light

 Seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 

Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. § If the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. § Now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. § If we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection. § The Lord Jesus Christ … will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. The firstborn from the dead. § If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

Evening Daily Light

 Christ the firstfruits. 

<blockquote>
I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection" (<a id="verse_1632880161826205" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Philippians/3/10">Phil. 3:10</a>, Wey.).
</blockquote>The difficult thing for most hungry-hearted believers is to wait in dependence upon the Lord for everything. Truth is not to be grasped, but received - received by faith, mainly through study. How true this is concerning reckoning! Many seek to reckon before they understand the scriptural facts upon which to count, and that adds up to failure. The secret is to learn the truth of our identification with the Lord Jesus so thoroughly that reckoning and its resultant growth will come as a matter of course, just as in our justification."The death of our Lord on the Cross has depths of meaning that can only be plumbed by way of discovered need, but then reveals unsearchable riches.' To the believer who still has hopes of attaining' in the Christian life, a verse such as <a id="verse_1632880161811138" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/11">Romans 6:11</a> is a rather meaningless jargon used by those who give messages on the deepening of the spiritual life.'"To the believer who has been taught by the Holy Spirit something of his own utter, inbred sinfulness, it comes as a message from God full of hope and encouragement. He grasps the rescue rope flung to him by the right hand of Omnipotence, and with humble thankfulness sets out to learn how he can reckon himself dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God in Jesus Christ our Lord. When he looks at the Cross he sees there the fact that not only did the Lord Jesus die for him, but that he himself was taken down into His death, in order that the practical reality of His resurrection life might transform him into the divine likeness." -J.C.M."For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection" (<a id="verse_1632880161959901" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/5">Rom. 6:5</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

 Rest And Receive 

<blockquote>
For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake" (<a id="verse_1632880169618643" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/4/5">2 Cor. 4:5</a>).
</blockquote>Our Father took the old fleshly life into death at the Cross (<a id="verse_1632880169571138" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/6">Rom. 6:6</a>). He gave us new spiritual life in Christ at the resurrection (<a id="verse_1632880169243592" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/4">Rom. 6:4</a>; <a id="verse_1632880169887336705" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/5">5</a>). As we keep our eyes upon the Cross for the old, and upon the Lord Jesus Christ for the new, all that will remain for others to see will be "not I, but Christ.""In Romans Seven, the personal pronouns 'I,' 'me','my,' are used 47 times in 18 verses. This is the way in which believers live who do not know or who do not recognize the fact of their union with the Lord Jesus Christ."To be occupied with self is to be defeated and to have failure and live in sin; but to be occupied with the Lord Jesus will mean victory. He must be the center, He must be everything to me. In Him is liberation; apart from abiding in Him is defeat and failure. Are you trying to please God, or trusting the One to whom you are united, the One who did always the things that are pleasing to Him'?" -L.L.L."In our Position (union) in Him we are made manifest to God; we are holy and complete in Him. In our Possession of Him He is manifested to men; He lives out His life through us. As we are accepted in Him, so may He be manifested in us." -N.B.H."But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us" (<a id="verse_1632880169117219" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/4/7">2 Cor. 4:7</a>).

 Abiding Liberation 

<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 

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Romans 6:5

 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.  

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 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.  

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