Power in Prayer

Andrew Murray

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The Best of Andrew Murray on PrayerDrawn from Andrew Murray's classic writing on prayer, these devotionals will inspire and instruct those who love his work as well as introduce new readers to him. The meditations include selections from Believing Prayer, The Ministry of Intercessory Prayer, Waiting on God, Living a Prayerful Life, and more. Readers will find a wide range of topics, such as the importance of morning devotions, intercession, Jesus's prayer life, boldness in prayer, and prayerlessness. Each of the more than 150 readings includes a related brief Scripture passage. The language has been updated for today's readers.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie

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• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441260284
• Langue: English

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© 2011 by Bethany House Publishers
Material in this book has been taken from the Bethany House Publishers editions of the Andrew Murray classics. This edition has been edited and condensed.
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The titles from which excerpts are taken are credited at the end of each selection.
Unless otherwise identified, Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. www.zondervan.com
Scripture quotations identified nkjv are from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations identified kjv are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Cover design by Dan Pitts
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
So Will You Have Power in Prayer
The Secret of Believing Prayer
A Model of Intercession
Prayer and the Word
The Only Teacher
Because of His Boldness
The School of Obedience
Commitment and the Spiritual Life
The Relationship of Prayer and Love
The Importance of the Morning Watch
God Seeks Intercessors
The Secret Place of Prayer
A Man of Prayer
The Prayers of Many
Continuing in the Life of Prayer
In the Name of Christ
The Model Prayer
Our Prayer While We Wait
The Power of Persevering Prayer
God’s Thoughts and Our Thoughts
Divine Ownership
Is Prayerlessness Sin?
The Certainty of an Answer to Prayer
Peter’s Repentance
The Infinite Fatherliness of God
My God Will Hear Me
Boldness in Prayer
The Thrice-Holy One
Day by Day
Victory Over Prayerlessness
Paul, a Model of Prayer
God’s Desire for the Sick
Christ Our Sacrifice
Life and Prayer
Pray Without Ceasing
Light From the Inner Room
Pray to the Lord of the Harvest
Ministers of the Spirit
A Lack of Prayer
Be Specific in Prayer
The Voice of Conscience
Our Lord’s Prayer Life
Intercessory Prayer
The Power of Intercession
Recognizing a Lack of Prayer in Daily Life
The Life That Prays
Preaching Without Prayer Is in Vain
The Faith That Appropriates
Christ Our Sanctification
A Guide to Private Prayer
The Power of United Prayer
Christ Our Intercessor
Seeking God WithAll Your Heart
All Things Are Possible With God
A Life of Prayer
Meditation
Waiting Patiently on God
Christ Alone
Going to God for His People
The Blessing of a Victorious Prayer Life
Prayer of Preparation
The Ministry of the Spirit and Prayer
The All-Inclusive Condition for Answered Prayer
The Cause of Prayerlessness
Prayer in Harmony With the Person of God
The Secret of Effective Prayer
Ambassadors Through Prayer
Stand Against Prayerlessness
Power for Prayer and Work
Waiting in Holy Expectation
Persevering Prayer
The Holiness of God
The Chief End of Prayer
Who Are You?
The Holy Spirit Is the Spirit of Prayer
The Intervention of the Spirit
Waiting on God for the Inconceivable
The Holy Trinity Manifested on the Earth
Heavenly Keeping
The Armor of God and the Spirit of Prayer
The Challenge of Leisure Hours
Ask in My Name
The Holy Spirit and Our Holiness
The Power of Daily Renewal
A Manifestation of God’s Power
Let the Spirit Teach You
God’s Word, the Path to Prayer
Waiting on God to Supply
The Prayer of a Righteous Man
Lifted Into God’s Presence
The Way to the New Song
Partakers of the Divine Life
The All-Prevailing Prayer
Blessed With Every Spiritual Blessing
The Prayer of Faith
Do Not Grieve the Spirit
The Most Wonderful Gift
The Spirit of Supplication
The High-Priestly Prayer of Christ
The Holy Spirit and Prayer
The Way of Faith
The Spirit of Love
Who Shall Deliver Us?
Waiting Quietly
The Devotional Life and Commitment
The True Worshipers
Christ Is Our Life
Be Strong and of Good Courage
The Certainty of Blessing
The Secret of True Obedience
With Your Whole Heart
The Way Into the Holy of Holies
What Are You Waiting For?
Christ Our Mediator
Prayer—a Condition of the Heart
Holiness and Faith
The Spirit of Access
My Expectation Is From Him
God’s Call to Holiness
The Spirit of Power
The Spirit Within You
The Work of Intercession
Are You Carnal or Spiritual?
Faith and Prayer
How the Spirit Prepares Us for Life
Waiting for the Spirit
How Faith Grows
A Life That Counts for God
Be Filled With the Spirit
Daily Exercise
At This Moment
Perfect Reconciliation
Will You Be Made Whole?
“Follow Me”
The Inner Life
Dwelling in the Holy Place
The Intercession of the Spirit
Our Everyday Salvation
Reinforcing What the Lord Has Spoken
An Example of Confident Prayer
A Prayer for Humility
A Perfect Priesthood
Surrender and Victory
Revival and the Church
Intercessory Prayer of Faith
The Holy Spirit and the Cross
The Coming Revival
A Priestly Calling
Rooted in Christ
The Unchanging Power of God
Credits
About the Author
Other Books by Author
Back Cover
Introduction
Mention the name Andrew Murray and certain thoughts immediately spring to mind: consecration and wholehearted surrender to God; the all-sufficiency of Christ; the necessity of dying to self and yielding to the Holy Spirit; the joy of faith and intimate relationship with Him. These messages, which have gone around the world and changed countless lives, came from a man who was both ordinary and extraordinary.
Throughout Andrew Murray’s writings, a common theme occurs: prayer. He continually returned to the need for prayer, its place in the Christian’s life, what to pray about, and how to pray. This book represents his thoughts on prayer, gleaned from many of his books. Along with each reading is a related Scripture passage. Use this volume to enrich and deepen your prayer life and “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18 ).
So Will You Have Power in Prayer

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:7 nkjv
P rayer is both one of the means and one of the fruits of our union with Christ. As a means it is of great importance. All the things of faith, all the pleadings of desire, all the yearnings after a fuller surrender, all the confessions of shortcoming and of sin, all the exercises in which the soul gives up self and clings to Christ, find their utterance in prayer.
But it is not so much a means as it is a fruit of abiding that the Savior mentions it in the parable of the Vine. He does not think of prayer as we too often do—exclusively as a means of getting blessing for ourselves. Rather, He sees prayer as one of the primary channels of influence by which, through us as workers together with God, the blessings of Christ’s redemption are dispensed to the world. Ours will be the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man, availing much, like Elijah’s prayer for ungodly Israel (James 5:16–18). Such prayer will be the fruit of our abiding in Him as well as the means of bearing much fruit.
In promising to answer prayer (John 14:13), Christ’s single thought is this: “that the Son may bring glory to the Father.” In His intercession on earth (John 17), this was His sole desire and plea; as He intercedes in heaven, it is still His chief object. As the believer abides in Christ, the Savior breathes the same desire into him. The thought only for the glory of God becomes more and more the keynote of the life hidden in Christ. At first, it subdues, quiets, and makes the soul almost hesitant to entertain a wish, lest it should not be to the Father’s glory. But when His glory has finally become the goal, and everything is yielded to it, it comes with mighty power to enlarge the heart and open it to the vast possibilities afforded it.
— Abiding in Christ
The Secret of Believing Prayer

“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. . . . Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Mark 11:22–24
T he most wonderful promises in all of Scripture are those regarding answers to prayer. To many, such promises have raised the question “How can I ever attain to the faith that knows it receives all it asks?”
It is this very question our Lord would answer today. When He gave the above promise to His disciples, He first pointed out where faith in answer to prayer comes from and where it finds its strength: “Have faith in God.”
The power to believe a promise depends entirely on our faith in the One who promises. It is only when we enjoy a personal, loving relationship with Christ himself that our whole being is opened up to the mighty influence of His holy presence, and the capacity is developed in us for believing that He will give whatever we ask.
The connection between faith in God and faith in His promises will become clear when we think about what faith really is. It is often compared to the hand or mouth by which we take and appropriate what is offered. Faith is also the ear by which we hear what is promised, the eye by which we see what is offered. I must hea