The Ministry of Intercession: A Plea for More Prayer
Overview
The Ministry of Intercession focuses on two important truths: the first being that Christ actually meant prayer to be the great power by which his Church should do its work; the second being that we have far too little conception of the place that intercession, as distinguished from prayer for ourselves, ought to have in the Church and the Christian life. As Murray states in the introduction, “Throughout Scripture, in the life of every saint, of God’s own Son, throughout the history of God’s Church, God is, first of all, a prayer-hearing God.”
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Key Features
- Extols the value of prayer and intercession
- Features aids for and guides to the life of prayer
- Includes an appendix containing prayers for a month
Contents
- The Lack of Prayer
- The Ministration of the Spirit and Prayer
- A Model of Intercession
- Because of His Importunity
- The Life that Can Pray
- Restraining Prayer—Is it Sin?
- Who Shall Deliver?
- Wilt Thou be Made Whole?
- The Secret of Effectual Prayer
- The Spirit of Supplication
- In the Name of Christ
- My God Will Hear Me
- Paul a Pattern of Prayer
- God Seeks Intercessors
- The Coming Revival
Praise for the Print Edition
In his latest work, our friend Andrew Murray has, to our mind, led the church to the most advanced position he has yet reached. The book demonstrates both the vast power of intercessory prayer, but especially its vast neglect. He shows that this, the highest privilege and greatest weapon of a conquering church, lies comparatively unused in God’s armory. Every disciple of Christ ought to read and ponder this book.
—Homiletic Review
The reading of this book is calculated to make an apathetic heart wistful as it is led to look out upon what Christ has made it possible for the Christian life to be. But for the heart already hungering and thirsting after a larger, more efficient and useful life it will do more, it will suggest and counsel at many a point in such a way as to make the better life appear more feasible and in such a way as to lead the reader to cast himself upon the fullness of Christ's grace.
—Union Seminary Review
Every pastor should get and study Murray’s Ministry of Intercession, for it is one of the strongest devotion books of recent years.
—Auburn Seminary Review
Product Details
- Title: The Ministry of Intercession: A Plea for More Prayer
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.
- Publication Date: 1898
- Pages: 234
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
“It is only by a full surrender to the life of abiding, by the yielding to the fulness of the Spirit’s leading and quickening, that the prayer-life can be restored to a truly healthy state.” (Page 5)
“But he had now learned that prayer was of more importance than study” (Page 11)
“All lack of power to pray aright and perseveringly, all lack of power in prayer with God, points to some lack in the Christian life.” (Page 56)
“The one was, the certainty that prayer will be answered” (Page 1)
“Intercession is the most perfect form of prayer: it is the prayer Christ ever liveth to pray on His throne. Let us learn what the elements of true intercession are.” (Page 33)
- Title: The Ministry of Intercession: A Plea for More Prayer
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Edition: Third Edition
- Publisher: J. Nisbet & Co.
- Print Publication Date: 1898
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Prayer
- Resource ID: LLS:MININTERMURRAY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:35:10Z
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.
