Andrew Murray

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41.) Conformity To The World
      "I beseech you, brethren, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable, and perfect, will of God" Romans 12:1,2. Do not be conformed to this world. But what is conformity to the wor ...read more

42.) Consecration
      But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee.' To be able to offer anything to God is a perfect mystery. Consecration is a miracle of grace. 'All things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee.' In these words there ar ...read more

43.) CONSECRATION
      "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee." To be able to offer anything to God is a perfect mystery. Consecration is a miracle of grace. "All things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee." In these words th ...read more

44.) Daily Fellowship with God
      1. The first and chief need of our Christian life is, Fellowship with God. The Divine life within us comes from God, and is entirely dependent upon Him. As I need every moment afresh the air to breathe, as the s sun every moment afresh sends down its light, so it is only in direct living communication with God that my soul can be strong. The ...read more

45.) Day by Day
      "And the people shall go out and gather the portion of a day in his day."-Ex.16:4(marg.). THE day's portion in its day: Such was the rule for God's giving and man's working in the ingathering of the manna. It is still the law in all the dealings of God's grace with His children. A clear insight into the beauty and application of this arrangement ...read more

46.) Discretion
      "For wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall reserve thee, understanding shall keep thee" Proverbs 2:10,11. "My son, keep sound wisdom and discretion: so shall they be life unto thy soul" Proverbs 3:21,22. "Ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash" Acts 19:36. Indiscretion is not mere ...read more

47.) Draw Near with Boldness
      "Let us draw near, that we may receive mercy." This is the compassion we need when the sense of sin and guilt and unworthiness depress us. In drawing near to the throne of grace, to the mercy-seat, in prayer, we first receive mercy, we experience that God pardons and accepts and loves. "And we find grace for timely help." This refers to that st ...read more

48.) Dwelling in "The Holiest" Through the Blood
      "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which be bath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, and having a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscie ...read more

49.) Election
      Ye Did Not Choose Me, But I Chose You, and Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit-John 15.16 The branch does not choose the vine, or decide on which vine it will grow. The vine brings forth the branch, as and where it will. Even so Christ says: 'Ye did not choose me, but I chose you.' But some will say is not just this the differen ...read more

50.) Even As I Have Loved You
      This is My Commandment, That Ye Love One Another, Even as I Have Loved You-John 15.12 This is the second time our Lord uses the expression-Even as I. The first time it was of His relation to the Father, keeping His commandments, and abiding in His love. Even so we are to keep Christ's commandments, and abide in His love. The second time He ...read more

51.) Every Moment.-Isa.27:2-3
      "In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. "-ISA.27:2,3. THE vineyard was the symbol of the people of Israel, in whose midst the True Vine was to stand The branch is the symbol of the individual believer, who stands in the Vine. The s ...read more

52.) Except Ye Abide
      As the Branch Cannot Bear Fruit of Itself, Except It Abide In the Vine; No More Can Ye, Except Ye Abide in Me-John 15.4 We know the meaning of the word except. It expresses some indispensable condition, some inevitable law. 'The branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine. No more can ye, except ye abide in me.' There i ...read more

53.) Faith
      "Blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of the things which were told her from the Lord" Luke 1:45. "I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me" Acts 27:25. "Abraham was strong in faith, being fully persuaded that what He had promised, He was able also to perform" Romans 4:20,21. God has asked you to tak ...read more

54.) Fear Not, Only Believe
      Do we not know that throughout Scripture a chief element of faith in God is a sense of powerlessness and utter helplessness? I want to speak here on the place faith must have if we are to obtain that deep, intense, living vitality which we are longing for. If we are to appropriate the words, "Fear not, only believe," as really spoken by our Lord to ...read more

55.) Filled With the Spirit
      'Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another.'-- Eph 5:18 THESE words are a command. They enjoin upon us, not what the state of apostles or ministers ought to be, but what should be the ordinary consistent experience of every true-hearted believer. It is the privilege every child of God may claim from his Father, to be filled with the Spi ...read more

56.) Flesh And Spirit
      "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ" I Corinthians 3:1. "I am carnal, sold unto sin: to will is present with me, but to perform that which is good I find not. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Ye are not in the ...read more

57.) Follow Me; The Holy Trinity; Life and Prayer; Perseverance in Prayer; Carnal or Spiritual
      The Lord did not speak these words to all who believed on him, or who hoped to be blessed by him, but to those whom he would make fishers of men. He said this not only at the first calling of the apostles, but also later on to Peter: 'Henceforth thou shalt catch men' (Luke 5. 10). The holy art of winning souls, of loving and saving them, can be lea ...read more

58.) Forsaking all for Him
      "I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found IN Him. PHIL.3:8-9. WHEREVER there is life, there is a continual interchange of taking in and giving out, receiving and restoring. The nourishment I take is given out again in the work I do; the impressions I receive, in the thoughts and feel ...read more

59.) George Mueller; Hudson Taylor; Light from the Inner Chamber
      Just as God gave the apostle Paul as an example in his prayer life for Christians of all time, so he has also given George Mueller in these latter days as a proof to his church how literally and wonderfully he still always hears prayer. It is not only that he gave him in his lifetime over a million pounds sterling to support his orphanages, but Mr ...read more