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  HEART-SEEKERS
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: To progress spiritually, we must separate ourselves unto the
things of God and concentrate on them to the exclusion of worldly
distractions.

Topics: "Commitment to God", "Spiritual Discipline"
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 9:24

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the necessity of dedication and discipline in the
spiritual life, comparing the lack of commitment among Christians to the
rigorous training required in music, sports, and science. He argues that
spiritual progress demands a focused separation from worldly
distractions, urging believers to cultivate their relationship with God
in solitude and silence. Tozer warns that spiritual triumphs require
hard work and cannot be achieved through idleness, likening the church's
complacency to an undisciplined army that would easily fall to its
enemies. He calls for Christians to actively engage in the kingdom of
God as diligent workers, much like farmers and miners in their fields.

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The amount of loafing practiced by the average Christian in spiritual
things would ruin a concert pianist if he allowed himself to do the same
thing in the field of music. The idle puttering around that we see in
church circles would end the career of a big league pitcher in one week.
No scientist could solve his exacting problem if he took as little
interest in it as the rank and file of Christians take in the art of
being holy. The nation whose soldiers were as soft and undisciplined as
the soldiers of the churches would be conquered by the first enemy that
attacked it. Triumphs are not won by men in easy chairs.

Success is costly.

If we would progress spiritually, we must separate ourselves unto the
things of God and concentrate upon them to the exclusion of a thousand
things the worldly man considers important. We must cultivate God in the
solitudes and the silence; we must make the kingdom of God the sphere of
our activity and labor in it like a farmer in his field, like a miner in
the earth.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/heart-seekers/
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