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Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.
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Andrew Murray emphasizes the profound responsibility of offering ourselves as intercessors with God, recognizing the dishonor done to His name. He highlights the urgent need for revival within the church, which will transform our understanding of prayer and intercession into a powerful connection with God's almighty power. As we grasp the truth that a revived church is essential for a dying world, our lives should be consumed by the desire to fulfill God's will in the salvation of others. This call to prayer and intercession is not just a duty but a vital transaction with God, reflecting our dependence on Him.
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What a Solemn Thing It Is to Offer Ourselves as Intercessors With God…
As we study and see what God has promised, and connect that with the individual churches or the larger bodies to which we belong, we shall feel what a solemn thing it is to offer ourselves as intercessors with God, and witnesses with men, in regard to the dishonor done to his name. The word revival will get a new meaning and fullness of thought; the prayer for it a new urgency; it will be a new demand for effectual prevailing prayer. As the solemn words “a revived church, the only hope for a dying world” are borne in upon us and burnt into us, prayer and intercession will become a transaction with God, in which our utter helplessness will have to take hold of and cling to his almighty power, and our whole life become possessed by the thought that there is nothing worth living for but the will of God in the salvation of men. (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 16)
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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.