Monday 17 October 2011

Retarded Spiritual Progress

“Probably the most widespread and persistent problem to be found among Christians is the problem of retarded spiritual progress. Why, after years of Christian profession, do so many persons find themselves no further along than when they first believed?… The causes of retarded growth are many. It would not be accurate to ascribe the trouble to one single fault. One there is, however, which is so universal that it may easily be the main cause: failure to give time to the cultivation of the knowledge of God…”
— A.W. Tozer

“Pure thinking will do more to educate a [person] than any other activity he [or she] can engage in. Thinking is a kind of living.”
— A.W. Tozer

“Whatever a [person] wants badly enough and persistently enough will determine the [person's] character.  Character begins with God.”
— A.W. Tozer

"It will cost something to walk slow in the parade of the ages, while excited men of time rush about confusing motion with progress. But it will pay in the long run and the true Christian is not much interested in anything short of that."  - A. W. Tozer

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