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 –
It is not difficult to say what it is that hardens the hearts. The seed sown by the wayside could not enter the soil because it had been trodden down by the passersby. When the world, with its business and its interests, has at all times a free passage, the heart loses its tenderness.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Holiest of All
In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord uttered His wonderful “how much more?” (Matthew 7:9-11). Here in Luke, where He repeats the question, there is a difference. Instead of speaking of giving good gifts, he says, “How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit.” He thus teaches us that the best of these gifts is the Holy Spirit, that in this gift all others are comprised. The Holy Spirit is the first of the Father’s gifts and the one he delights most to bestow. The Holy Spirit is therefore the gift we ought to seek first.
– Andrew Murray –
from Teach Me to Pray
I resolve to carry the mark of the children of God, the great distinction of the Christian—a life of prayer.
– Andrew Murray –
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 –