The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life
Overview
The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life provides thoughts of the utmost importance on the daily need for quiet reflection, the true spirit of prayer, fellowship with God, and kindred topics.
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Key Features
- Discusses the need for individual quiet time with God
- Delivers readers straight to the point with a uncomplicated writing style
- Seeks to help readers mature their relationship with Christ through morning reflection
Contents
- The Morning Hour
- The Door Shut—Alone with God
- The Open Door—The Open Reward
- Moses and the Word of God
- Moses, the Man of Prayer
- Moses, the Man of God
- The Power of God’s Word
- The Seed Is the Word
- Doing and Knowing
- The Blessedness of the Doer
- Keeping Christ’s Commandments
- Life and Knowledge
- The Heart and the Understanding
- God’s Thoughts and our Thoughts
- Meditation
- Revealed unto Babes
- Learning of Christ
- Teachableness
- The Life and the Light
- The Bible Student
- Who art Thou?
- The Will of God
- Feeding on the Word
- Holidays
- The Inward and the Outward
- The Daily Renewal—Its Power
- The Daily Renewal—The Pattern
- The Daily Renewal—Its Cost
- Holiness—The Chief Aim of Bible Study
- Psalm cxix. and Its Teaching
- The Holy Trinity
- In Christ
- Himself Alone
- Soul-Winning
- The Power of Intercession
- The Intercessor
Praise for the Print Edition
Dr. Murray’s book is one of devotion and of Bible exposition as well. From the burning veldt of South Africa come these airs of grace like a breath of Paradise.
—Methodist Magazine
There is great need for literature that shall lead men and women to more profound religious experiences, and Mr. Murray honestly undertakes to render this service.
—The Advance
There is a message of importance here for those who will pause long enough to listen, but our life is so hurried, so eager, often over non-essentials, that we are almost incapacitated for meditation. It is unnecessary to say of this volume, as of all others from the same pen, that it is deeply spiritual and scriptural in its suggestions.
—The Christian Advocate
Product Details
- Title: The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
- Publication Date: 1905
- Pages: 170
About Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray (1828–1917) was born in Graaff Reinet, South Africa, to Dutch missionary parents. Educated at King’s College, Aberdeen, he then studied theology at the University of Utrecht. Andrew and his older brother John were ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1848. Murray pastored South African churches in Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. A champion of missionary work, he founded the South African General Mission in 1889. That ministry continued to grow, and today it is part of the SIM (Serving in Mission) organization.
A prolific author and lecturer, Murray authored over 200 books during his lifetime, and he was invited to speak at churches and conferences all over the world. Married for over 60 years and the father of eight children, Murray passed away in January 1917.
Top Highlights
“Prayer and the Word have one common centre—God. Prayer seeks God: the Word reveals God. In prayer man asks God: in the Word God answers man. In prayer man rises to heaven to dwell with God: in the Word God comes to dwell with man. In prayer man gives himself to God: in the Word God gives Himself to man.” (Page 25)
“The clearer the object of our pursuit is, the better we shall be able to adapt the means to its attainment. Consider the morning watch now as the Means to this great end: I want to secure absolutely the presence of Christ all the day, to do nothing that can interfere with it.” (Page 11)
“The power of maintaining close and glad fellowship with God all the day will depend entirely upon the intensity with which we seek to secure it in the hour of secret prayer. The one essential thing in the Morning Watch or the Quiet Hour is—Fellowship with God.” (Page 16)
“the Object of the morning watch. The morning watch must not be regarded as an end in itself. It is not sufficient that it gives us a blessed time for prayer and Bible study, and so brings us a certain measure of refreshment and help. It is to serve as a means to an end. And that end is—to secure the presence of Christ for the whole day.” (Pages 10–11)
“Personal devotion to Jesus means that we allow nothing to separate us from Him for a moment. To abide in Him and His love, to be kept by Him and His grace, to be doing His will and pleasing Him—this cannot possibly be an intermittent thing to one who is truly devoted to Him.” (Page 11)
- Title: The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
- Print Publication Date: 1905
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Prayer; Christian life
- Resource ID: LLS:INNERMURRAY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:59:59Z
Andrew Murray (May 9, 1828–January 18, 1917) was a South African pastor, teacher, and writer. He was educated in Aberdeen, Scotland, and at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. In 1848, Murray was ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church and returned to live and work in South Africa.
Murray was very focused on missions, considering it to be “the chief end of the church.” In 1889 he cofounded the South African General Mission with Martha Osborn and Spencer Walton. As their work spread throughout the continent, the mission’s name changed to Africa Evangelical Fellowship (AEF), and in 1998 AEF joined SIM which today has over 1,800 active missionaries in over 43 countries. Andrew Murray authored over 240 books, including Abide in Christ, The Holiest of All, The Spiritual Life, and The Mystery of the True Vine.