The upbeat Personal Victory For the New Year was recorded on the morning of New Year s Eve, 1961, in Toronto, Ontario. It was the first of at least two messages that Pastor A. W. Tozer preached on this date, the other being The New Year As God Sees It, which he delivered shortly before midnight. In the morning message, he focuses on 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, and upon the critical importance of staying watchful. A sure way to let one s guard down is to believe that the Devil does not exist. The pastor goes on to contemplate masculine and feminine virtues, and reads from what he considers to be the most disturbing chapter of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:1-7. He concludes with three things that will make us strong: 1 the Spirit s infilling; 2 the Lord s indwelling; 3 prayer and the Scriptures. The length of the sermon is 42 minutes and 15 seconds.
