Andrew Murray

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101.) Joy
      These Things Have I Spoken Unto You, That My Joy May Be in You, and That Your Joy May Be Fulfilled-John 15.11 If any one asks the question, 'How can I be a happy Christian?' our Lord's answer is very simple: 'These things,' about the Vine and the branches, 'I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be fulfilled ...read more

102.) Kept By The Power Of God
      The words from which I speak, you will find in 1 Peter, chapter one, verse five. The third, fourth, and fifth verses are: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which ...hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible . . . reserved in heaven for you, who ...read more

103.) Knowing The Spirit
      The Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive, for it beholdeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: Ye know Him; for He abideth with you, and shall be in you.'-John 14: 17. 'Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?' -1 Cor. 3:16. THE value of knowledge, that is, true spiritual knowledge, in the life o ...read more

104.) Life in the Blood
      "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink bis blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life ; and 1 will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 1-Ie that eateth my flesh, and drinketh m ...read more

105.) Light and Joyfulness
      "Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance. In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day" Psalm 89:15,16. "Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart" Psalm 97:11. "I am the Light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall ...read more

106.) Love
      "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another" John 13:34,35. "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law" Romans 13:10. "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ...read more

107.) Love Conquers Selfishness
      'The fruit of the Spirit is love.' Why? Because nothing but love can expel and conquer our selfishness. Self is the great curse, whether in its relation to God, or to our fellow-men in general, or to fellow-Christians, thinking of ourselves and seeking our own. Self is our greatest curse. But, praise God, Christ came to redeem us from self. We ...read more

108.) Love One Another
      This is My Commandment, That Ye Love One Another-John 15.12 God is love. His whole nature and perfection is love, living not for Himself, but to dispense life and blessing. In His love He begat the Son, that He might give all to Him. In His love He brought forth creatures that He might make them partakers of His blessedness. Christ is t ...read more

109.) Missionary Work
      "And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following" Mark 16:15,20. Every friend of Jesus is a friend of missions. Where there is a healthy spiritual life, there is a love for the missionar ...read more

110.) Money
      "Money answereth all things" Ecclesiastes 10:19. "I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand" Judges 17:3. "Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usary "Matthew 25:27. In his dealing with the world and its possessions, the Christian finds ...read more

111.) Much Fruit
      He That Abideth in Me, and I in Him, the Same Bringeth Forth Much Fruit-John 15.5 Our Lord had spoken of fruit, more fruit. He now adds the thought: much fruit. There is in the Vine such fullness, the care of the divine Husbandman is so sure of success, that the much fruit is not a demand, but the simple promise of what must come to the br ...read more

112.) O Wretched Man That I Am!
      "0 wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 7:24,25). You know the wonderful location that this text has in the epistle to the Romans. It stands here at the end of the seventh chapter as the gateway into the eighth. In the first sixteen verses of the eighth chap ...read more

113.) Obedience
      "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people" Exodus 19:5. "The Lord shall greatly bless thee, if thou only carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God" Deuteronomy 15:4,5. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed" Hebrews 11:8. "Learned he obedience by the things w ...read more

114.) Obedience
      'Jesus said: My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.' 'John 4:34. 'I have meat to eat that ye know not of.' Jesus had a hidden manna that He received from the Father, and that was the secret of His wonderful power. The nutriment of His life He received from God in heaven. No one could have discovered what it was; but ...read more

115.) Obedience; The Victorious Life
      In opposition to sin stands obedience. 'For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous... Ye became the servants of righteousness' (Rom. 5.19; 6.18). In connection with all that has been said about sin, and the new life, and the reception of the Holy Spirit, we must always give to ob ...read more

116.) Obey And Abide
      If Ye Keep My Commandments, Ye Shall Abide In My Love-John 15.10 In our former meditation reference was made to the entrance into a life of rest and strength which has often come through a true insight into the personal love of Christ, and the assurance that that love indeed meant that He would keep the soul. In connection with that transi ...read more

117.) Obeying His Commandments
      "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love."-JOHN 15:10. How clearly we are taught here the place which good works are to occupy in the life of the believer! Christ as the beloved Son was in the Father's love. He kept His commandments, and so He abode in the love. So the ...read more

118.) Our First Priority
      If this be the root of the tree, its nature must be seen in every branch and leaf and fruit. If humility be the first, the all-inclusive grace of the life of Jesus - if humility be the secret of His atonement - then the health and strength of our spiritual lives will entirely depend upon our giving this grace first priority in our lives. We need to ...read more

119.) Our Surrender To Jesus
      "They gave their own selves to the Lord" 2 Corinthians 8:5. The chief element of what Jesus has done for me--always does for me--lies in His surrender of Himself for me. I have the main element of what He would have me do in my surrender to Him. For young Christians who have given themselves to Jesus, it is of great importance to always hold fas ...read more