Andrew Murray

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161.) The Example of Our Lord
      The connection between the prayer life and the Spirit life is close and indissoluble. It is not merely that we receive the Spirit through prayer, but the Spirit life requires, as an indispensable thing, a continuous prayer life. I can be led continually by the Spirit only as I continually give myself to prayer. This was very evident in the life ...read more

162.) The Example of Paul
      'Be Ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.' I Corinthians 11. 1 1. Paul was a minister who prayed much for his congregation Let us read his words prayerfully and calmly so that we may hear the voice of the Spirit. 'Night and day praying exceedingly that we ... might perfect that which is lacking in your faith... The Lord make ...read more

163.) The Expediency of the Spirit's Coming
      'I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come ; but if I go, I will send Him unto YOU.'-JOHN 16: 7. As our Lord is leaving this world, He promises the disciples here that His departure will be their gain ; the Comforter will take His place, and be to them far better than He ever ...read more

164.) The Father Glorified
      Herein is My Father Glorified, that Ye Bear Much Fruit-John 15.8 How can we glorify God? Not by adding to His glory or bringing Him any new glory that He has not. But simply by allowing His glory to shine out through us, by yielding ourselves to Him, that His glory may manifest itself in us and through us to the world. In a vineyard or a v ...read more

165.) The Fear Of The Lord
      "Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid" Psalm 102:1,7,8. "So the Church, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, was multiplied" Acts 9:31. The Scriptures use the word "fear" in a twofold way. In some places it speaks of ...read more

166.) The Fight Against Prayerlessness
      As soon as the Christian becomes convinced of his sin in this matter, his first thought is that he must begin to strive, with God's help, to gain the victory over it. But alas, he soon experiences that his striving is worth little, and the discouraging thought comes over him, like a wave, that such a life is not for him - he cannot continue faithfu ...read more

167.) The Forgiveness Of Sins
      "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered" Psalm 32:1. "Bless the Lord, O my soul....who forgiveth all thine iniquities" Psalm 103:2,3. In connection with surrender to the Lord, it was said that the first great blessing of the grace of God was this--the free, complete, everlasting forgiveness of all your sins. For t ...read more

168.) The Freedom of the Christian
      "Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Being made free from sin, Ye have your fruit unto holiness" Romans 6:18,22. "But now we are delivered from the law" Romans 7:6. "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death" Romans 8:2. Freedom is counted in Scripture ...read more

169.) The Fruit
      Every Branch in me That Beareth Not Fruit, He Taketh It Away-John 15.2 Fruit.-This is the next great word we have: the Vine, the Husbandman, the branch, the fruit. What has our Lord to say to us of fruit? Simply this-that fruit is the one thing the branch is for, and that if it bear not fruit, the husbandman takes it away. The vine is the ...read more

170.) The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Love
      I want to look at the fact of a life filled with the Holy Spirit more from the practical side. I want to show how this life will reveal itself in our daily walk and conduct. Under the Old Testament you know the Holy Spirit often came upon men as a divine Spirit of revelation to reveal the mysteries of God, or for power to do the work of God. Bu ...read more

171.) The Glorified Jesus
      The Spirit of the glorified Jesus He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him were to receive for the Spirit was not yet; because Jesus was not yet glorified,' --John 7: 37, 38 Our Lord promises here, that those who come ...read more

172.) The Glorified One
      "Your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."-COL.3:3-4 HE THAT abides in Christ the Crucified One, learns to know what it is to be crucified with Him, and in Him to be indeed dead unto sin. He that abides in Christ the Risen and Glorified One, becomes in the same ...read more

173.) The Glory of the Creature
      "They shall cast their crowns before the throne, so saying: Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the gloty, and the honour and the power: for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will then are, and were created. "-Rev. 4:11 When God created the universe, it was with the one object of making the creature partaker of His ...read more

174.) The High Prividge Of The Children Of God
      We have here two things describing the privilege: -First, 'Son, thou art ever with me'-unbroken fellowship with thy Father is thy portion; Second, 'All that I have is thine '-all that God can bestow upon His children is theirs. 'Thou are ever with me;' I am always near thee; thou canst dwell every hour of thy life in My presence, and all I have is ...read more

175.) THE HIGH PRIVILEGE OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD
      We have here two things describing the privilege:-First, "Son, thou art ever with me"-unbroken fellowship with thy Father is thy portion; Second, "All that I have is thine"-all that God can bestow upon His children is theirs. "Thou are ever with me;" I am always near; thou canst dwell every hour of thy life in My presence, and all I have ...read more

176.) The Holy Spirit
      "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father" Galatians 4:6. The great gift of the Father, through whom He obtained salvation and brought it near to us, is the Son. On the other hand, the great gift of the Son--whom He sends to us from the Father to apply to us an inner and effectual s ...read more

177.) The Holy Spirit and Conscience
      'I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost.'-Rom. 9:1. ‘The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit.'-Rom 8:16. God's highest glory is His Holiness in virtue of which He hates and destroys the evil, loves and works the good. In man, conscience has the same work: it condemns sin and a ...read more

178.) The Holy Spirit and Missions
      Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers, And as they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Then, when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy G ...read more

179.) The Holy Spirit and Prayer
      Is it not sad that our thoughts about the Holy Spirit are so often coupled with grief and self-reproach? Yet he bears the name of Comforter, and is given to lead us to find in Christ our chief delight and joy. But there is something still more sad: he who dwells within us to comfort us is often grieved by us because we will not permit him to accomp ...read more