In A.W. Tozer's book The Size of the Soul he gives ten suggestions that will result in a radically improved Christian life.
1. Get thoroughly dissatisfied with yourself. Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress.
2. Set your face like a flint toward a sweeping transformation of your life. Timid experimenter are tagged for failure before they start.
3. Put yourself in the way of blessing(obedience)
4. Do a thorough job of repenting. Do not hurry to get it over with.
5. Make restitution whenever possible.
6. Bring your life in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount and other New Testament scriptures.
7. Be serious minded.
8. Deliberately narrow your interests.
9. Begin to witness.
10. Have faith in God
These are all good suggestions. I want you to remember that it begins and ends with Jesus. When I get to heaven, the only thing I'll have to boast in is what Jesus did. It's not about your performance. The book Bookends of the Christian Life suggests when you only look at your life one of two things happen. 1. You think you are doing a good job, you become self righteous. 2. You think you're doing a crappy job and can't get over it. You are riddled with guilt. I want you to throw your whole heart into being holy, but I also want you to constantly fix your eyes on Jesus. Don't boast in your good performance or your bad one, remember His.
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