Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God.
– Andrew Murray –
Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds you abased and empty, His glory and power flow in.
– Andrew Murray –
While others still slept, He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Father. He had need of this, otherwise He would not have been ready for the new day. The holy work of delivering souls demands constant renewal through fellowship with God.
– Andrew Murray –
We must be willing to live as entirely different men, who literally represent heaven on earth, because we have received the Spirit of the King of heaven.
– Andrew Murray –
from Experiencing the Holy Spirit
There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to His service. It is only in a church in which this spirit of revival has at least begun, that there is any hope of radical change …
– Andrew Murray –
We need this simple, confident faith that God will give us what we ask for. Where it really exists, there will be no mistake about whether or not we should pray.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Ministry of Intercession
In prayer, I give myself to God; in the Word, God gives Himself to me.
– Andrew Murray –
from 199 Treasures of Wisdom on Talking with God: Compiled from the Writings of Andrew Murray
O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth.
– Andrew Murray –
If the spiritual life be healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing will be natural.
– Andrew Murray –