The Prayer Life

by Andrew Murray

Publisher:

Morgan & Scott

, 1914

Overview

Prayer is, in very deed, the pulse of the spiritual life. This volume was written to help leaders of the Church, ministers, and elders see that in spiritual work, everything depends upon prayer. At the same time, it was meant for all believers who long for a life connected with the Lord. Andrew Murray divides his study on prayer into three parts:

• The Prayer Life
• The Inner Chamber
• The Deepest Secret of Pentecost

 

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Key Features

• Addresses the issue of prayerlessness and how it can be helped
• Describes how all spiritual work depends on prayer
• Remains relevant to believers over 100 years after its original writing

Contents

• Part I: The Prayer-Life
  • The Sin of Prayerlessness
  • The Cause of Prayerlessness
  • The Fight Against Prayerlessness
  • How to be Delivered from Prayerlessness
  • How Deliverance from Prayerlessness May Continue
  • The Blessing of Victory
  • The More Abundant Life
  • The Example of Our Lord
  • The Holy Spirit and Prayer
  • Sin
  • The Holiness of God
  • Obedience
  • The Victorious Life
• Part II: The Inner Chamber
  • Hints for the Inner Chamber
  • Time
  • The Example of Paul
  • Ministers of the Spirit
  • The Word and Prayer
  • Preaching and Prayer
  • Whole-Heartedness
  • “Follow Me”
  • The Holy Trinity
  • Life and Prayer
  • Perseverance in Prayer
  • Carnal or Spiritual?
  • George Müller
  • Hudson Taylor
  • Light from the Inner Chamber
• Part III: The Deepest Secret of Pentecost
  • The Cross-Spirit in our Lord
  • The Mind that was in the Crucified Christ
  • The Spirit of the Cross in Us
  • Taking Up the Cross
  • Crucified with Christ
  • The Fellowship of the Cross
  • The Holy Spirit and the Cross
  • The Cross and the Flesh
  • The Cross and the World
  • The Spirit and the Cross
  • A Testimony
  • Epilogue

Praise for the Print Edition

The world has long looked upon Andrew Murray as the greatest living exponent of the devotional life. He shows how prayer may become the mightiest power in our lives.

—Quarterly Review

Product Details

• Title: The Prayer Life
• Author: Andrew Murray
• Publisher: Morgan & Scott
• Publication Date: 1914
• Pages: 153

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.

Contents

Top Highlights

“But how can congregations be brought to that, unless there comes, first, an entire change in ministers, and that they begin to see that the indispensable thing is not preaching, not pastoral visitation, not church work, but fellowship with God in prayer till they are clothed with power from on High?” (Page 7)

“The great lesson for every prayer is—see to it, first of all, that you commit yourself to the leading of the Holy Spirit, and with entire dependence on Him, give Him the first place; for through Him your prayer will have a value you cannot imagine, and through Him also you will learn to speak out your desires in the name of Christ.” (Page 54)

“If the life is not one of self-denial—of fasting—that is, letting the world go; of prayer—that is, laying hold of heaven, faith cannot be exercised. A life lived according to the flesh, and not according to the Spirit—it is in this that we find the origin of the prayerlessness of which we complain.” (Page 9)

“II. It is the cause of a deficient spiritual life.—It is a proof that, for the most part, our life is still under the power of ‘the flesh.’ Prayer is the pulse of life; by it the doctor can tell what is the condition of the heart. The sin of prayerlessness is a proof for the ordinary Christian or minister, that the life of God in the soul is in deadly sickness and weakness.” (Page 5)

“But if we recognize, in the first place, that a right relationship to the Lord Jesus, above all else, includes prayer, with both the desire and power to pray according to God’s will, then we have something which gives us the right to rejoice in Him and to rest in Him.” (Pages 19–20)

Product Details

• Title: The Prayer-Life: The Inner Chamber and the Deepest Secret of Pentecost
• Author: Andrew Murray
• Publisher: Morgan & Scott
• Print Publication Date: 1914
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Prayer; Christian life › Reformed authors
• Resource ID: LLS:PRYERLIFEMURRAY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:15:43Z

About Andrew Murray

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.