The Holy Spirit is not a power that in any sense is subordinate to us, entrusted to us, or to be used by us. He is an energizing power that is over and above us, carrying forward His work from moment to moment. Our right place and our proper attitude must always be that of the deepest dependence in our own nothingness and impotence. Our chief concern is to let Jesus do His work within us.
– Andrew Murray –
from Experiencing the Holy Spirit
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” As bread is the first need of the body, so forgiveness is for the soul. The provision for the one is as sure as for the other. We are children, but we are also sinners. We owe our right of access to the Father’s presence to the precious blood of Christ and the forgiveness it has won for us.
– Andrew Murray –
from Teach Me To Pray
Faith, led and taught by God’s Holy Spirit, gains the confidence to prayerfully claim: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
– Andrew Murray –
Surely of all the gifts of the early church for which we should long, there is none more needed than the gift of prayer—prayer that brings down the Holy Spirit on believers. This power is given to the men who say, “We will give ourselves … to prayer (Acts 6:4).
– Andrew Murray –
Nothing but intense, believing prayer can meet the intense spirit of worldliness,
which is complained of everywhere.
– Andrew Murray –
The power of the church to truly bless rests on intercession: asking and receiving heavenly gifts to carry to men.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Ministry of Intercession
If I am to pray, I must love.
– Andrew Murray –
The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.
– Andrew Murray –