Andrew Murray

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281.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 22 - The Word and Prayer
      'My words in you.' Or, The Word and Prayer. 'If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.'-JOHN xv. 7. THE vital connection between the word and prayer is one of the simplest and earliest lessons of the Christian life. As that newly-converted heathen put it: I pray-I speak to my father; ...read more

282.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 23 - Obedience the Path to Power in Prayer
      'Bear fruit, that the Father may give what ye ask;' Or, Obedience the Path to Power in Prayer. 'Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He may give it you.'-JOHN xv. 16. 'The fervent effectual prayer of a ...read more

283.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 24 - The All-prevailing Plea
      'In my Name;' Or, The All-prevailing Plea. 'Whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name, that will I do. If ye shall ask me anything in my Name, that will I do. That whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, He may give it you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, He will give it you in my Name. Hitherto ye have a ...read more

284.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 25 - The Holy Spirit and Prayer
      'At that day;' Or, The Holy Spirit and Prayer. 'In that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. At that day ye shall ask in my Name: and I say not, that I will ...read more

285.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 26 - Christ the Intercessor
      'I have prayed for thee;' Or, Christ the Intercessor. 'But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.'-LUKE xxii. 32. 'I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you.'-JOHN xvi. 26. 'He ever liveth to make intercession.'-HEB. vii. 25. ALL growth in the spiritual life is connected with the clearer insight into what Jesus ...read more

286.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 27 - Christ the High Priest
      'Father, I will;' Or, Christ the High Priest 'Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given me may be with me where I am.'-JOHN xvii. 24. IN His parting address, Jesus gives His disciples the full revelation of what the New Life was to be, when once the kingdom of God had come in power. In the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, in union wit ...read more

287.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 28 - Christ the Sacrifice
      'Father! Not what I will;' Or, Christ the Sacrifice. 'And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what Thou wilt.'-MARK xiv. 36. WHAT a contrast within the space of a few hours! What a transition from the quiet elevation of that, He lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said ...read more

288.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 29 - Our Boldness in Prayer
      'If we ask according to His will; Or, Our Boldness in Prayer. 'And this is the boldness which we have toward Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of Him.'-I JOHN v. 14, 15. ONE of the greatest hindrances to ...read more

289.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 30 - The Ministry of Intercession
      'An holy priesthood;' Or, The Ministry of Intercession. 'An holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.'-I PETER ii. 5. 'Ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord.'-ISAIAH lxi. 6. THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me: because the Lord hath anointed me.' These are the words of Jesus in Isaiah. As t ...read more

290.) With Christ in the School of Prayer, Lesson 31 - A Life of Prayer
      'Pray without ceasing;' Or, A Life of Prayer. 'Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.-I THESS. v. 16, 17, 18. OUR Lord spake the parable of the widow and the unjust judge to teach us that men ought to pray always and not faint. As the widow persevered in seeking one definite thing, the parable appears to have refe ...read more

291.) Withered Branches
      If a Man Abide Not in Me, He is Cast Forth as a Branch, and is Withered; and They Gather Them, and Cast Them into the Fire, and They are Burned-John 15.6 The lessons these words teach are very simple and very solemn. A man can come to such a connection with Christ, that he counts himself to be in Him, and yet he can be cast forth. There is ...read more

292.) Worship in the Spirit
      'The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth; for such doth the Father seek to be His worshippers. God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.'--John 4: 23, 24. 'We are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus, a ...read more

293.) Ye Are The Branches
      AN ADDRESS TO CHRISTIAN WORKERS Everything depends on our being right in Christ. If I want good apples, I must have a good apple tree. If I care for the health of the apple tree, the apple tree will give me good apples. And it is just so with our Christian life and work. If our life with Christ is right, all will come out right. Instruction and ...read more

294.) Ye The Branches
      I Am The Vine, Ye Are the Branches-John 15.5 Christ had already said much of the branch; here He comes to the personal application: 'Ye are the branches of whom I have been speaking. As I am the Vine, engaged to be and do all the branches need, so I now ask you, in the new dispensation of the Holy Spirit whom I have been promising you, to ...read more

295.) Ye, Even As I
      If Ye Keep My Commandments, Ye Shall Abide in My Love, Even as I have Kept My Father's Commandments, and Abide in His Love-John 15.10 We have had occasion more than once to speak of the perfect similarity of the vine and the branch in nature, and therefore in aim. Here Christ speaks no longer in a parable, but tells us plainly out of how H ...read more