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 Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917)
Read freely text sermons and articles by the speaker Andrew Murray in text and pdf format. Brother Andrew Murray was a well-known writer/preacher in South Africa who ministered amongst the Dutch Reformed churches. His writings now are widely accepted by modern evangelicals and he is published more than ever in his life-time.
Some of his better known books titles are: "Abide In Christ", "Absolute Surrender," and "Humility." His burden for the body of Christ were teachings on the abiding Spirit of Christ in the believer, the life of faith with God daily, and the life of intercession and prayer in the Church.
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Out of and Into
And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He sware unto our Fathers. Deut. 6:23.
I have spoken of the crisis that comes in the life of the man who sees that his Christian experience is low and carnal, and ... read more
Out Of And Into
I have spoken of the crisis that comes in the life of the man who sees that his Christian experience is low and carnal, and who desires to enter into the full life of God. Some Christians do not understand that there should be such a crisis. They think th ... read more
OUT OF AND INTO
And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He sware unto our Fathers." -Deut. 6:23.
I have spoken of the crisis that comes in the life of the man who sees that his Christian experience is low and carnal, a ... read more
Pentecost restored what Paradise lost
He begins to see what he needs. First of all to have a deeper sense of his own spiritual ignorance, of the utter impotence and the great danger of all the mere mind-knowledge with its beautiful images and impressions. Then to bow in great stillness of s ... read more
Perfect in All the Will of God
Perfect in Christ. This thought is so unearthly and divine that its full meaning eludes our grasp. It makes us think of our life in Christ and heaven. Perfect in all the will of God. This thought brings us down to earth and daily life; it reminds us t ... read more
Perfected by God Himself
And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen you. To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (I Peter 5:10-11)
Through sufferin ... read more
Perservering Prayer
Let it be thus whether you pray for yourself or for others. All labor, bodily or mental, needs time and effort: we must give up ourselves up to it. Nature discovers her secrets and yields her treasures only to diligent and thoughtful labor. However little ... read more
Persevering Prayer - men ought always to pray
"...men ought always to pray, and not to faint;" - Luke 18:1.
"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;" - Romans 12:12.
"Pray without ceasing." - 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
One of the greatest drawbacks to the life of ... read more
Personal Work
"Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation: and uphold me with Thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto Thee" Psalm 51:12,13.
"I believe, therefore have I spoken" Psalm 116:10.
"But ye shall recei ... read more
Peter's Repentance
"And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly" (Luke 22:61, 62).
That was the turning point in t ... read more
Peter's Repentance
"And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly" (Luke 22:61, 62).
That was the turning point in t ... read more
Power for Praying and Working
In prayer the power for work is obtained. Wher Jesus was here on earth, He did the greatest works Himself. Devils that the disciples could not cast out d at His word. When He went to be with the Fether, He was no longer here in body to work directly. The ... read more
Power In Weakness
"He said unto me, My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore will I rather glory in my weakness, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in weakness: for when I am weak, then am I strong" 2 Corinthians 12:9,10.
Ther ... read more
Power Of Our Prayer
"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. It is when we believe this, and go and abide in Him for our prayer-life too, that our fears of n ... read more
Power of the Blood of Jesus
What is it that gives to the blood of Jesus such power? How is it that in the blood, alone, there is power possessed by nothing else?
The answer to this question is found in Leviticus 17:11, 14. "The life of the flesh is in the blood"; and "I have giv ... read more
Pray the Lord of the harvest
Then saith He unto His disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest.Matt. ix. 37-38.
THE Lord frequently taught His discipl ... read more
Pray to thy Father, which is in secret
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense theeMatt. vi. 6.
AFTER Jesus had called His first disciples, He ... read more
Pray Without Ceasing
Who can do this? How can one do it who is surrounded by the cares of daily life? How can a mother love her child without ceasing? How can the eyelid without ceasing hold itself ready to protect the eye? How can I breathe and feel and hear without ceasing? ... read more
Pray without ceasing
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 seekin ... read more
Prayer
"Thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly" Matthew 6:6.
The spiritual life with its growth depends a ... read more
Prayer And Fasting
"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief...Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." - Matthew 17:20-21.
Our Lord here teaches us that a life of faith requires both prayer and fasting. That is, prayer grasps the power of he ... read more
Prayer and fasting
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, nothing shall be impossible to you. Howbeit ... read more
PRAYER AND THE GLORY OF GOD
...to make the glorifying of God his first and only object.
We have sought more than once to enforce the truth, that while we ordinarily seek the reasons of our prayers not being heard in the thing we ask not being according to the will of God, Sc ... read more
PRAYER AND THE WILL OF GOD
It is through The Word, and the Word Alone, that the Spirit teaches...
One of the greatest difficulties with young believers is to know how they can find out whether what they desire is according to Gods will. I count it one of the most precious ... read more
Prayer in Harmony with the Person of God
In the New Testament we find a distinction made between faith and knowledge: For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of he ... read more
Prayers of Andrew Murray
1. O my God! I do thank Thee for this double blessing. I thank Thee for that wonderful holy temple Thou hast built up in me for Thyself-a new spirit given within me. And I thank Thee for that still more wonderful Holy Presence, Thine Own Spirit, to dwell ... read more
Preaching with words or demonstration of the Spirit
There is a twofold preaching of Christ and his cross. The one is what Christ forbade, and Paul therefore so emphatically rejected: the preaching in wisdom of words, in excellency of speech and wisdom, in persuasive words of wisdom. The other is in demonst ... read more
Prevailing Prayer
I Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit, and That Your Fruit Should Abide: That Whatsoever Ye Shall Ask of the Father in My Name, He May Give It YouJohn 15.16
In the first verse of our parable, Christ revealed Himself as the true Vine, ... read more
Privilege and Experience
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine . Luke 15:31.
The words of the text are familiar to us all. The elder son had complained and said, that though his father had made a feast, and had killed the fatted calf ... read more
Privilege and Experience
"And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine." --Luke 15:31.
The words of the text are familiar to us all. The elder son had complained and said, that though his father had made a feast, and had killed the ... read more
PRIVILEGE AND EXPERIENCE
"And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine." -Luke 15:31.
The words of the text are familiar to us all. The elder son had complained and said, that though his father had made a feast, and had killed the fatted ca ... read more
Reconciliation Through the Blood
" Being justified freely by his grace through the REDEMPTION that is in Christ Jesus, whom God bath set forth as a PROPITIATION through faith in his blood."--- iii. 24,25.
As we have seen, several distinct blessings have been procured for us by the pow ... read more
Redemption by Blood
"Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things . . . but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot"-I Pet. i. 18, 79.
THE shedding of His blood was the culmination of the sufferings of our Lord. The ato ... read more
Religion In The Flesh
Do we not know, how the Pharisees, with 'self-righteousness and carnal religion, fell into pride and selfishness, and became the servants of sin? Was it not just among the Galatians, of whom Paul asks the question about perfecting in flesh what was begun ... read more
Righteousness
"He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Micah 6:8.
"Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead and your members as i ... read more
Rivers Of Living Water
"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." - John 7:38.
Our Lord, in His conversation with the Samaritan woman, said: "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water sprin ... read more
Sanctification Through the Blood
"Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with bis own blood, suffered without the gate"-Heb. xiii. 12.
"Cleansing through the blood" was the subject of our last chapter.
SANCTIFICATION THROUGH THE BLOOD must now occupy our attention. ... read more
Searching The Scriptures
"O how I love Thy law! it is my meditation all the day" Psalm 119:97.
"Search the Scriptures: and they are they which testify of Me" John 5:39.
"The word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard" Hebrews 4:2.
At ... read more
Second Lesson. In spirit and truth; Or, The True Worshippers
The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and 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 truth.John iv. 23, 24 ... read more
Self pleasing vs. love of God with all our heart
Self-pleasing, whether in its more obvious or more refined forms, whether in its more obvious or more refined forms, whether in those who are wholly given to it or only give it a partial submission, leads inevitably to that, often unconscious, pride of li ... read more
Self-Denial
"There said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me" Matthew 16:24.
Self-denial was an exercise which the Lord Jesus often spoke about. Several times He mentioned it as an indis ... read more
Separated Unto The Holy Spirit
"Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen ... and Saul. "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me -B ... read more
Separated Unto The Holy Spirit
"Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen ... and Saul. "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me -B ... read more
Seventeenth Lesson. I know that Thou hearest me always; Or, Prayer in harmony with the being of God
Father, I thank Thee that Thou heardest me. And I knew that Thou hearest me always.John xi. 41, 42.
Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten Thee. Ask of me, and I shall give Thee.Ps. ii. 7, 8.
IN the New Testament we find a distincti ... read more
Seventh Lesson. How much more the Holy Spirit; Or, The All-Comprehensive Gift
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?Luke xi. 13.
IN the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord had already given utterance to His wond ... read more
Shall we not pray as never before
Shall we not pray as never before for a revival in the life of Gods people that shall fit them to fulfill their duty to God and the world, that shall make missionary effort in every deed the supreme end, the chief glory of the church? If there is anythin ... read more
Sin Of Prayerlessness
What think you? Do you not begin to see that the sin of prayerlessness has had a more terrible effect than you at first supposed? It is because of this hasty and superficial converse with God that the sense of sin is so weak and that no motives have power ... read more
Sin vs The Holiness of God
To understand grace, to understand Christ aright, we must understand what sin is. And how otherwise can we come to this understanding than through the light of God and his word?
Come with me to the beginning of the Bible. See there man created by God, ... read more
Sixteenth Lesson. Speedily, through bearing long; Or, The Power of Persevering Prayer
And He spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint. . . . And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry to Him day and night, and He is long-sufferin ... read more
Sixth Lesson. How much more? Or, The Infinite Fatherliness of God
Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which ... read more
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