Digital Logos Edition
In 31 meditations for a month of study, Andrew Murray shows readers how to strengthen their prayer life. “Christ teaches us to pray not only by example, by instruction, by command, by promises, but by showing us himself, the ever-living intercessor, as our Life.” Studies include “Lord! Teach Us to Pray,” “In Spirit and Truth,” “The Infinite Fatherliness of God,” and “The Power of United Prayer,”—plus 27 more devotional and practical meditations on prayer. The meditations average six pages in length.
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A volume of rare excellence, and one which is much needed.
—Christian News
An admirable book for devotional reading. The brief lessons on prayer, mostly from New Testament texts, are suggestive of profound and rich experience.
—Baptist Quarterly Review
Mr. Murray’s is a devout book, written in order to rouse Christians to expect great blessings in prayer. The style is simple and impressive, it will be helpful to many readers.
—The London Quarterly Review
Andrew Murray (1828–1917) was born in Graaff Reinet, South Africa, to Dutch missionary parents. Educated at King’s College, Aberdeen, he then studied theology at the University of Utrecht. Andrew and his older brother John were ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1848. Murray pastored South African churches in Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. A champion of missionary work, he founded the South African General Mission in 1889. That ministry continued to grow, and today it is part of the SIM (Serving in Mission) organization.
A prolific author and lecturer, Murray authored over 200 books during his lifetime, and he was invited to speak at churches and conferences all over the world. Married for over 60 years and the father of eight children, Murray passed away in January 1917.
“THE Lord frequently taught His disciples that they must pray, and how; but seldom what to pray” (Page 71)
“Jesus never taught His disciples how to preach, only how to pray. He did not speak much of what was needed to preach well, but much of praying well. To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man. Not power with men, but power with God is the first thing. Jesus loves to teach us how to pray.” (Page 14)
“I feel sure that as long as we look on prayer chiefly as the means of maintaining our own Christian life, we shall not know fully what it is meant to be. But when we learn to regard it as the highest part of the work entrusted to us, the root and strength of all other work, we shall see that there is nothing that we so need to study and practise as the art of praying aright.” (Page 4)
“ Live as a child of God, then you will be able to pray as a child, and as a child you will most assuredly be heard.” (Page 48)
“His all-prevailing intercession. The more we abide in Him, and grow unto His likeness, will His priestly life work in us mightily, and our life become what His is, a life that ever pleads and prevails for men.” (Page 3)
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Andy Anders
1/3/2024
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4/19/2022