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"The disciples had been with Christ, and seen Him pray. They had learnt to understand something of the connection between His wondrous life in public, and His secret life of prayer. They had learnt to believe in Him as a Master in the art of prayer-none could pray like Him". Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the church".Andrew Murray was the second child of Andrew Murray Sr. (1794–1866), a Dutch Reformed Church missionary sent from Scotland to South Africa. He was born in Graaff Reinet, South Africa. His mother, Maria Susanna Stegmann, was of French Huguenot and German Lutheran descent. Murray was sent to Aberdeen in Scotland for his initial education, together with his elder brother, John. Both remained there until they obtained their master's degrees in 1845. From there, they both went to the University of Utrecht where they studied theology. The two brothers became members of Het Réveil, a religious revival movement opposed to the rationalism which was in vogue in the Netherlands at that time. Both brothers were ordained by the Hague Committee of the Dutch Reformed Church on 9 May 1848 and returned to the Cape.
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"The disciples had been with Christ, and seen Him pray. They had learnt to understand something of the connection between His wondrous life in public, and His secret life of prayer. They had learnt to believe in Him as a Master in the art of prayer-none could pray like Him". Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the church".Andrew Murray was the second child of Andrew Murray Sr. (1794–1866), a Dutch Reformed Church missionary sent from Scotland to South Africa. He was born in Graaff Reinet, South Africa. His mother, Maria Susanna Stegmann, was of French Huguenot and German Lutheran descent. Murray was sent to Aberdeen in Scotland for his initial education, together with his elder brother, John. Both remained there until they obtained their master's degrees in 1845. From there, they both went to the University of Utrecht where they studied theology. The two brothers became members of Het Réveil, a religious revival movement opposed to the rationalism which was in vogue in the Netherlands at that time. Both brothers were ordained by the Hague Committee of the Dutch Reformed Church on 9 May 1848 and returned to the Cape.
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Murray was Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Murray became a noted missionary leader. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian serving the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and his mother had connections with both French Huguenots and German Lutherans. This background to some extent explains his ecumenical spirit. He was educated at Aberdeen University, Scotland, and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. After ordination in 1848 he served pastorates at Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. He helped to found what are now the University College of the Orange Free State and the Stellenbosch Seminary. He served as Moderator of the Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and was president of both the YMCA (1865) and the South Africa General Mission (1888-1917), now the Africa Evangelical Fellowship.
He was one of the chief promoters of the call to missions in South Africa. This led to the Dutch Reformed Church missions to blacks in the Transvaal and Malawi. Apart from his evangelistic tours in South Africa, he spoke at the Keswick and Northfield Conventions in 1895, making a great impression. upon his British and American audiences. For his contribution to world missions he was given an honorary doctorate by the universities of Aberdeen (1898) and Cape of Good Hope(1907).
Murray is best known today for his devotional writings, which place great emphasis on the need for a rich, personal devotional life. Many of his 240 publications explain in how he saw this devotion and its outworking in the life of the Christian. Several of his books have become devotional classics. Among these are Abide in Christ, Absolute Surrender, With Christ in the School of Prayer, The Spirit of Christ and Waiting on God.
Murray was Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Murray became a noted missionary leader. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian serving the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and his mother had connections with both French Huguenots and German Lutherans. This background to some extent explains his ecumenical spirit. He was educated at Aberdeen University, Scotland, and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. After ordination in 1848 he served pastorates at Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. He helped to found what are now the University College of the Orange Free State and the Stellenbosch Seminary. He served as Moderator of the Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and was president of both the YMCA (1865) and the South Africa General Mission (1888-1917), now the Africa Evangelical Fellowship.
He was one of the chief promoters of the call to missions in South Africa. This led to the Dutch Reformed Church missions to blacks in the Transvaal and Malawi. Apart from his evangelistic tours in South Africa, he spoke at the Keswick and Northfield Conventions in 1895, making a great impression. upon his British and American audiences. For his contribution to world missions he was given an honorary doctorate by the universities of Aberdeen (1898) and Cape of Good Hope(1907).
Murray is best known today for his devotional writings, which place great emphasis on the need for a rich, personal devotional life. Many of his 240 publications explain in how he saw this devotion and its outworking in the life of the Christian. Several of his books have become devotional classics. Among these are Abide in Christ, Absolute Surrender, With Christ in the School of Prayer, The Spirit of Christ and Waiting on God.
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April 23, 2013
This was a short but wonderful read with timeless lessons on prayer. I'll definitely read it again some time.
Here are some of the notes from the book:
"It is to prayer that God has given the right to take hold of Him and His strength. It is on prayer that the promises wait for their fulfilment, the kingdom for its coming, the glory of God for its full revelation."
"By His Holy Spirit, He has access to our heart, and teaches us to pray by showing us the sin that hinders the prayer, or giving us the assurance that we please God. He teaches, by giving not only thoughts of what to ask or how to ask, but by breathing within us the very spirit of prayer, by living within us as the Great Intercessor."
"To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man. Not power with men, but power with God is the first thing. Jesus loves to teach us how to pray."
"The Father seeks worshippers: our worship satisfies His loving heart and is a joy to Him. He seeks true worshippers, but finds many not such as He would have them. True worship is that which is in spirit and truth. The Son has come to open the way for this worship in spirit and in truth, and teach it us."
"In prayer everything will depend on our understanding well and practising the worship in spirit and truth."
"The man who would truly worship God, would find and know and possess and enjoy God, must be in harmony with Him, must have a capacity for receiving Him. Because God is Spirit, we must worship in spirit. As God is, so His worshipper."
"The worship of the Father is only possible to those to whom the Spirit of the Son has been given. The worship in spirit is only possible to those to whom the Son has revealed the Father, and who have received the spirit of Sonship. It is only Christ who opens the way and teaches the worship in spirit."
"And so worship in spirit is worship in truth; actual living fellowship with God, a real correspondence and harmony between the Father, who is a Spirit, and the child praying in the spirit."
"To have Christ the Son, and The Spirit of the Son, dwelling within us, and revealing the Father, this makes us true, spiritual worshippers."
"God is a God who hides Himself to the carnal eye. As long as in our worship of God we are chiefly occupied with our own thoughts and exercises, we shall not meet Him who is a Spirit, the unseen One. But to the man who withdraws himself from all that is of the world and man, and prepares to wait upon God alone, the Father will reveal Himself. As he forsakes and gives up and shuts out the world, and the life of the world, and surrenders himself to be led of Christ into the secret of God's presence, the light of the Father's love will rise upon him."
"As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth you. Do not be thinking of how little you have to bring God, but of how much He wants to give you."
"Not on the strong or the fervent feeling with which I pray does the blessing of the closet depend, but upon the love and the power of the Father to whom I there entrust my needs."
"The blessing of the closet depend, but upon the love and the power of the Father to whom I there entrust my needs."
"'Our Father which art in heaven!' To appreciate this word of adoration aright, I must remember that none of the saints had in Scripture ever ventured to address God as their Father. The invocation places us at once in the centre of the wonderful revelation the Son came to make of His Father as our Father too. It comprehends the mystery of redemption—Christ delivering us from the curse that we might become the children of God. The mystery of regeneration—the Spirit in the new birth giving us the new life. And the mystery of faith—ere yet the redemption is accomplished or understood, the word is given on the lips of the disciples to prepare them for the blessed experience still to come."
"It is in the knowledge of God's Fatherliness, revealed by the Holy Spirit, that the power of prayer will be found to root and grow. In the infinite tenderness and pity and patience of the infinite Father, in His loving readiness to hear and to help, the life of prayer has its joy."
"In true worship the Father must be first, must be all. The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will the blessing be that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices for the Father."
"Our prayer must be that in ourselves, in all God's children, in presence of the world, God Himself would reveal the holiness, the Divine power, the hidden glory of the name of Father. The Spirit of the Father is the Holy Spirit: it is only when we yield ourselves to be led of Him, that the name will be hallowed in our prayer and our lives."
"As bread is the first need of the body, so forgiveness for the soul. And the provision for the one is as sure as for the other. We are children, but sinners too; our right of access to the Father's presence we owe to the precious blood and the forgiveness it has won for us. Let us beware of the prayer for forgiveness becoming a formality: only what is really confessed is really forgiven. Let us in faith accept the forgiveness as promised: as a spiritual reality, an actual transaction between God and us, it is the entrance into all the Father's love and all the privileges of children. Such forgiveness, as a living experience, is impossible without a forgiving spirit to others: as forgiven expresses the heavenward, so forgiving the earthward, relation of God's child."
"The prayer for bread and pardon must be accompanied by the surrender to live in all things in holy obedience to the Father's will, and the believing prayer in everything to be kept by the power of the indwelling Spirit from the power of the evil one."
Here are some of the notes from the book:
"It is to prayer that God has given the right to take hold of Him and His strength. It is on prayer that the promises wait for their fulfilment, the kingdom for its coming, the glory of God for its full revelation."
"By His Holy Spirit, He has access to our heart, and teaches us to pray by showing us the sin that hinders the prayer, or giving us the assurance that we please God. He teaches, by giving not only thoughts of what to ask or how to ask, but by breathing within us the very spirit of prayer, by living within us as the Great Intercessor."
"To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man. Not power with men, but power with God is the first thing. Jesus loves to teach us how to pray."
"The Father seeks worshippers: our worship satisfies His loving heart and is a joy to Him. He seeks true worshippers, but finds many not such as He would have them. True worship is that which is in spirit and truth. The Son has come to open the way for this worship in spirit and in truth, and teach it us."
"In prayer everything will depend on our understanding well and practising the worship in spirit and truth."
"The man who would truly worship God, would find and know and possess and enjoy God, must be in harmony with Him, must have a capacity for receiving Him. Because God is Spirit, we must worship in spirit. As God is, so His worshipper."
"The worship of the Father is only possible to those to whom the Spirit of the Son has been given. The worship in spirit is only possible to those to whom the Son has revealed the Father, and who have received the spirit of Sonship. It is only Christ who opens the way and teaches the worship in spirit."
"And so worship in spirit is worship in truth; actual living fellowship with God, a real correspondence and harmony between the Father, who is a Spirit, and the child praying in the spirit."
"To have Christ the Son, and The Spirit of the Son, dwelling within us, and revealing the Father, this makes us true, spiritual worshippers."
"God is a God who hides Himself to the carnal eye. As long as in our worship of God we are chiefly occupied with our own thoughts and exercises, we shall not meet Him who is a Spirit, the unseen One. But to the man who withdraws himself from all that is of the world and man, and prepares to wait upon God alone, the Father will reveal Himself. As he forsakes and gives up and shuts out the world, and the life of the world, and surrenders himself to be led of Christ into the secret of God's presence, the light of the Father's love will rise upon him."
"As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth you. Do not be thinking of how little you have to bring God, but of how much He wants to give you."
"Not on the strong or the fervent feeling with which I pray does the blessing of the closet depend, but upon the love and the power of the Father to whom I there entrust my needs."
"The blessing of the closet depend, but upon the love and the power of the Father to whom I there entrust my needs."
"'Our Father which art in heaven!' To appreciate this word of adoration aright, I must remember that none of the saints had in Scripture ever ventured to address God as their Father. The invocation places us at once in the centre of the wonderful revelation the Son came to make of His Father as our Father too. It comprehends the mystery of redemption—Christ delivering us from the curse that we might become the children of God. The mystery of regeneration—the Spirit in the new birth giving us the new life. And the mystery of faith—ere yet the redemption is accomplished or understood, the word is given on the lips of the disciples to prepare them for the blessed experience still to come."
"It is in the knowledge of God's Fatherliness, revealed by the Holy Spirit, that the power of prayer will be found to root and grow. In the infinite tenderness and pity and patience of the infinite Father, in His loving readiness to hear and to help, the life of prayer has its joy."
"In true worship the Father must be first, must be all. The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will the blessing be that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices for the Father."
"Our prayer must be that in ourselves, in all God's children, in presence of the world, God Himself would reveal the holiness, the Divine power, the hidden glory of the name of Father. The Spirit of the Father is the Holy Spirit: it is only when we yield ourselves to be led of Him, that the name will be hallowed in our prayer and our lives."
"As bread is the first need of the body, so forgiveness for the soul. And the provision for the one is as sure as for the other. We are children, but sinners too; our right of access to the Father's presence we owe to the precious blood and the forgiveness it has won for us. Let us beware of the prayer for forgiveness becoming a formality: only what is really confessed is really forgiven. Let us in faith accept the forgiveness as promised: as a spiritual reality, an actual transaction between God and us, it is the entrance into all the Father's love and all the privileges of children. Such forgiveness, as a living experience, is impossible without a forgiving spirit to others: as forgiven expresses the heavenward, so forgiving the earthward, relation of God's child."
"The prayer for bread and pardon must be accompanied by the surrender to live in all things in holy obedience to the Father's will, and the believing prayer in everything to be kept by the power of the indwelling Spirit from the power of the evil one."
March 17, 2020
Lord, Teach Us to Pray by Andrew Murray
4 stars
"To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man."
Whimsical Writing Scale: 4
Plotastic Scale: 4
4 stars
"To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man."
Andrew Murray tackles the topic of prayer in his class novel. He shines light on the topic through recognizing that Jesus has taught us how to pray and it must be learnt. He addresses the topic through uncovering the Lord's prayer. It is a good endeavor and Murray lays out the basis and groundwork for his argument. I enjoyed reading this little book. It's incredibly short and it is packed with nice wisdom to ponder and pray on further. I would recommend this book to fans of Murray or Christians looking to understand prayer in greater depth.
Whimsical Writing Scale: 4
Plotastic Scale: 4
December 22, 2014
I was up in the wee hours of the morning trying to find something to read to help me meet my reading challenge and this story book jumped out and spoke to me, so I purchased this freebie from Amazon.
Just what I needed! A reminder of the purpose of prayer in my life and my job as intercessor of the Most High God!!! Mr. Murray is an excellent presenter of the truth. This is a remarkable book. I cried from the first paragraph to the end. This book had a copyright of 1800 something. Such a powerful way of exhalting one to do the will of the Father, here in earth. I felt every challenge, and earnest desire to be in constant fellowship with the Father, in Jesus and by His Holy Spirit. This book awakened in me the desire to do what I've done almost my entire life...prayer. There is no greater teacher than Jesus! Lord, teach us to pray.
I was once an Intercessor of the Most High where I constantly laid before Him praying His Will in earth. What an awesome privilege that was. In the last few years, I've allowed the cares of this world overtake me to the point where I stilled prayed, but not to where much avail. I lost this with facing so many deaths, hardships, watching the turmoil in the USA, hate prevailing and so much more that I stopped interceeding as I should. This short, powerful, awe inspiring book had been used by the Holy One to set a fire in me to get back to the task at hand and pray as I was intimately/personally taught by Jesus!!!
What an excellent, well written, sent from God book about true prayer. Highly, highly recommend this book for those seeking a purpose through prayerful intercession.
Just what I needed! A reminder of the purpose of prayer in my life and my job as intercessor of the Most High God!!! Mr. Murray is an excellent presenter of the truth. This is a remarkable book. I cried from the first paragraph to the end. This book had a copyright of 1800 something. Such a powerful way of exhalting one to do the will of the Father, here in earth. I felt every challenge, and earnest desire to be in constant fellowship with the Father, in Jesus and by His Holy Spirit. This book awakened in me the desire to do what I've done almost my entire life...prayer. There is no greater teacher than Jesus! Lord, teach us to pray.
I was once an Intercessor of the Most High where I constantly laid before Him praying His Will in earth. What an awesome privilege that was. In the last few years, I've allowed the cares of this world overtake me to the point where I stilled prayed, but not to where much avail. I lost this with facing so many deaths, hardships, watching the turmoil in the USA, hate prevailing and so much more that I stopped interceeding as I should. This short, powerful, awe inspiring book had been used by the Holy One to set a fire in me to get back to the task at hand and pray as I was intimately/personally taught by Jesus!!!
What an excellent, well written, sent from God book about true prayer. Highly, highly recommend this book for those seeking a purpose through prayerful intercession.
December 8, 2019
For such a short treatise on prayer, this book is loaded with meaty truths that should be read slowly and more than once. Yet this book isn’t so much an instructional, “how to” manual but rather a devotional meditation on the nature of prayer. Murray skillfully highlights the wonder and mystery of prayer and urges readers to avoid reducing prayer to a mere platform for petitions rather than recognizing it as an act of worship that extends beyond ourselves. I enjoyed the beauty of Murray’s writing and also very much enjoyed his explication of the Lord’s prayer in the final chapter. It’s hard to sum this book up into one thought, but this quote gets at the central idea underscoring the entirety of what Murray writes: “Let Thy wonderful revelation of a Father’s tenderness free all young Christians from every thought of secret prayer as a duty or a burden, and lead them to regard it as the highest privilege of their life, a joy and a blessing.” A Christian classic well worth the read.
February 21, 2012
Andrew Murray was always known for his great work "Absolute Surrender", however, this work is none other than a classic, simple, straight forward, and he actually did what he set out to do, which was to help the reader pray. He left out the academics,and hermeneutics, that could have easily doubled the size of the book, confounded the reader, and had him to miss his point. He wrote succinctly, but shared a lot of depth that came from years of praying. I was ready to put my Kindle down and pray!
December 17, 2018
Once again, Andrew Murray delivers in powerful and rich form. This is a very short, but profoundly powerful book on prayer. Perhaps, one of a kind. It convicts and inspires. The insights are timeless and beautiful.
August 12, 2017
Excellent little book on prayer. I will be re-reading this one in the future, and I highly recommend it.
February 25, 2017
a short, yet very deep approach to the essence of prayer
February 3, 2021
Great little book. I love how he broke down the Lord's prayer and describes how Jesus steps through each piece putting the Father first and then praying for our personal needs. The example of how we should pray.
September 15, 2016
This book has impacted my perspective of how I relate to God, and how we communicate with each other. It has deeply impacted my prayer life and ability to readily invite God into every moment of my day.
October 10, 2011
This was a wonderful book. I found myself praying as I read this book. Wonderful!
January 22, 2019
This book is one of the free books I downloaded some time ago [1], and while it was a short book it is definitely worthy of discussion. There are some authors whose personality shines through in the sort of text that they write. Some people, without any sort of intent, bear out their personalities to a such an extent that reading what they write, one gets the feeling that one knows them. Sometimes this can be a good thing and sometimes not, and it must be said that Andrew Murray, at least as he appears in this book, does not appear as if he would be a very friendly person, even if he does strike the reader as both sincere and passionate. His archaic language, even for his time, and his surety about himself in doubtful matters strikes the reader as being a bit less pleasant than a more friendly writer would be. This is not a book that is warm towards others, even if it is about a subject of considerable importance and is an accomplished work in some respects.
The subject matter of this book is very straightforward. The author takes as his text the first part of Matthew 6, including the Lord’s Prayer, and examines the subject of prayer, as well as the role of Jesus Christ as the “only teacher.” From the title itself, there is already a sort of ominous close-mindedness itself at play. The text itself consists of short chapters explaining different aspects of the Lord’s Prayer interspersed with passionate prayers and dogmatic speculation. The end result is a curious amalgam of what look like shorter pamphlets, some of which are very personal and excellent, if written in a very archaic way, while others are pedantic cases where the writer beats sentences fine, looking at the four different ways to accent the title of the book, looking at each one in some detail. Even though the book is short, some of the repetition of the work can be a bit tedious.
That said, this book is a book about prayer, and it has some useful things to say. It comments on the relative importance of prayer to speaking in terms of the need for instruction, points to Jesus Christ (and scripture) as our teacher and instructor, even if it has a characteristically Greek approach to truth in that it fails to see the layers present in the Sermon on the Mount, and tends to pit spiritual faith against the ceremonies of worship rather than seeing them in harmony. These kinds of flaws, along with the dogmatic insistence the author has in his own views, makes this book less pleasurable than it would be were it written by someone whose prayers were more generous minded in nature. That said, it has some worthwhile things to say, reminds us of the fact that the words of the Bible can be taken differently depending on emphasis, and provides a read that is not too long to tax one’s patience.
[1] See, for example:
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The subject matter of this book is very straightforward. The author takes as his text the first part of Matthew 6, including the Lord’s Prayer, and examines the subject of prayer, as well as the role of Jesus Christ as the “only teacher.” From the title itself, there is already a sort of ominous close-mindedness itself at play. The text itself consists of short chapters explaining different aspects of the Lord’s Prayer interspersed with passionate prayers and dogmatic speculation. The end result is a curious amalgam of what look like shorter pamphlets, some of which are very personal and excellent, if written in a very archaic way, while others are pedantic cases where the writer beats sentences fine, looking at the four different ways to accent the title of the book, looking at each one in some detail. Even though the book is short, some of the repetition of the work can be a bit tedious.
That said, this book is a book about prayer, and it has some useful things to say. It comments on the relative importance of prayer to speaking in terms of the need for instruction, points to Jesus Christ (and scripture) as our teacher and instructor, even if it has a characteristically Greek approach to truth in that it fails to see the layers present in the Sermon on the Mount, and tends to pit spiritual faith against the ceremonies of worship rather than seeing them in harmony. These kinds of flaws, along with the dogmatic insistence the author has in his own views, makes this book less pleasurable than it would be were it written by someone whose prayers were more generous minded in nature. That said, it has some worthwhile things to say, reminds us of the fact that the words of the Bible can be taken differently depending on emphasis, and provides a read that is not too long to tax one’s patience.
[1] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress...
September 6, 2020
A brief primer on how to pray, based on The Lord's Prayer
About a year ago I had my first taste of Andrew Murray and have been eager to get my hands on other writings by him ever since. The man had a deep, vibrant relationship with the Lord and a tremendous gift for humbly communicating insights from God's Word in profound and meaningful ways.
In this little book, he examined the lines of the model prayer Jesus gave His disciples--what Protestants call "The Lord's Prayer," while Catholics refer to it as the "Our Father." Although it's recited often in most churches (every Sunday when I was growing up), most of us never consider the principles of prayer that Jesus was trying to convey. Murray does a good job of doing just that.
The book is short enough to read in one brief sitting. However, as with Murray's writings in general, it's best to read a few pages a day and digest what the author has to say. Used as something of a daily devotional this way, it can be enjoyed for a couple of weeks.
The eBook of this classic work is free, which makes it all the better! I am grateful to the volunteers who lovingly digitized it, so it can be enjoyed by folks who might not be able to afford or access a hard copy edition.
About a year ago I had my first taste of Andrew Murray and have been eager to get my hands on other writings by him ever since. The man had a deep, vibrant relationship with the Lord and a tremendous gift for humbly communicating insights from God's Word in profound and meaningful ways.
In this little book, he examined the lines of the model prayer Jesus gave His disciples--what Protestants call "The Lord's Prayer," while Catholics refer to it as the "Our Father." Although it's recited often in most churches (every Sunday when I was growing up), most of us never consider the principles of prayer that Jesus was trying to convey. Murray does a good job of doing just that.
The book is short enough to read in one brief sitting. However, as with Murray's writings in general, it's best to read a few pages a day and digest what the author has to say. Used as something of a daily devotional this way, it can be enjoyed for a couple of weeks.
The eBook of this classic work is free, which makes it all the better! I am grateful to the volunteers who lovingly digitized it, so it can be enjoyed by folks who might not be able to afford or access a hard copy edition.
October 8, 2017
This was a quick book, but enjoyable.
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'Hallowed be Thy name.' There is something here that strikes us at once. While we ordinarily first bring our own needs to God in prayer, and then think of what belongs to God and His interests, the Master reverses the order. First, Thy name, Thy kingdom, Thy will; then, give us, forgive us, lead us, deliver us. The lesson is of more importance than we think. In true worship the Father must be first, must be all. The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will the blessing be that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices for the Father.
Andrew Murray, Lord, Teach Us To Pray, pg. 17, loc. 260-264
'Give us this day our daily bread.' When first the child has yielded himself to the Father in the care for His Name, His Kingdom, and His Will, he has full liberty to ask for his daily bread. A master cares for the food of his servant, a general of his soldiers, a father of his child.
Andrew Murray, Lord, Teach Us To Pray, pg. 19, loc. 289-291
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'Hallowed be Thy name.' There is something here that strikes us at once. While we ordinarily first bring our own needs to God in prayer, and then think of what belongs to God and His interests, the Master reverses the order. First, Thy name, Thy kingdom, Thy will; then, give us, forgive us, lead us, deliver us. The lesson is of more importance than we think. In true worship the Father must be first, must be all. The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will the blessing be that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices for the Father.
Andrew Murray, Lord, Teach Us To Pray, pg. 17, loc. 260-264
'Give us this day our daily bread.' When first the child has yielded himself to the Father in the care for His Name, His Kingdom, and His Will, he has full liberty to ask for his daily bread. A master cares for the food of his servant, a general of his soldiers, a father of his child.
Andrew Murray, Lord, Teach Us To Pray, pg. 19, loc. 289-291
July 24, 2022
Andrew Murray is a kindred spirit and one who embodies Matthew 5:6. I greatly respect and appreciate his insights. This little volume would make a great devotional or group Bible study book, not only because his perspective is valuable but because it is narrow enough to become a jumping-off point for more exploitation of the idea of the Lord teaching us to pray.
Focusing around just three passages in the gospels, Murray discusses how our spirit is involved in prayer, how God’s knowledge benefits our prayer, and some of the significance behind the Lord’s Prayer. I wondered if he was equivocating on worship and prayer, though I understand the spirit in which he meant things. I wondered why he did not bring up Jesus’ modeled lifestyle of prayer.
See? Isn’t there more to say from the gospels on prayer? What a great place to begin provoking thoughts!
Focusing around just three passages in the gospels, Murray discusses how our spirit is involved in prayer, how God’s knowledge benefits our prayer, and some of the significance behind the Lord’s Prayer. I wondered if he was equivocating on worship and prayer, though I understand the spirit in which he meant things. I wondered why he did not bring up Jesus’ modeled lifestyle of prayer.
See? Isn’t there more to say from the gospels on prayer? What a great place to begin provoking thoughts!
June 11, 2017
This is a short little book (46 pages) that every Christian should read at least once. It seems that knowing how to pray would be natural to Christians, but it isn't. Andrew Murray shows us how to keep prayer simple. It is a child talking to his father. We do not have to be good enough, holy enough, or vocal enough to pray. Prayer isn't what we bring to God, but it is coming to his presence. Andrew Murray also briefly goes through the Lord's Prayer, also known as the Disciple's Prayer. He has some real nuggets of gold in this brief book. Though it was written in 1896, it is a very readable book for today's reader. And it's free for Kindle! The version I got had two or three other sermons of Andrew Murray's included.
December 28, 2018
The Lord's Prayer magnified
A book that takes you away from the concept of an opening prayer for a religious service into the living guidance of our heavenly Father. It helps us to begin to further appreciate the essence, as well as the magnitude, of the purpose in this instruction on prayer given by our Lord. My parents urged me to say my prayers before I fell off to sleep. I remember often apologizing to God in childlike manner when I would yawn in the middle of my nighttime prayer. As a child I had not grown to understand the magnitude and instructional power within this prayer. This book may not be considered a best selling work on today's market since it is not an easy read, but it is powerful in instruction and renewed appreciation for the Lord's provision.
A book that takes you away from the concept of an opening prayer for a religious service into the living guidance of our heavenly Father. It helps us to begin to further appreciate the essence, as well as the magnitude, of the purpose in this instruction on prayer given by our Lord. My parents urged me to say my prayers before I fell off to sleep. I remember often apologizing to God in childlike manner when I would yawn in the middle of my nighttime prayer. As a child I had not grown to understand the magnitude and instructional power within this prayer. This book may not be considered a best selling work on today's market since it is not an easy read, but it is powerful in instruction and renewed appreciation for the Lord's provision.
November 24, 2018
Great Book on the Importance of Prayer
I really enjoyed this book. Prayer is essential to our Christian life and this book was able emphasize that truth. It also brought comfort to some of our worries when it comes to prayer. A lot of times we see prayer as a burden when it should be the complete opposite. This book deals with those thoughts and how we can and should change our perspective on prayer. It also touches on the model that Christ gave us in the Father’s prayer. It’s not meant to be a repetitive prayer but one that simply lays the groundwork for how we approach the Father in prayer.
I really enjoyed this book. Prayer is essential to our Christian life and this book was able emphasize that truth. It also brought comfort to some of our worries when it comes to prayer. A lot of times we see prayer as a burden when it should be the complete opposite. This book deals with those thoughts and how we can and should change our perspective on prayer. It also touches on the model that Christ gave us in the Father’s prayer. It’s not meant to be a repetitive prayer but one that simply lays the groundwork for how we approach the Father in prayer.
November 10, 2018
Blessed short book on prayer. Extoling "Our Father" from The Teacher, Christ Himself.
Once you start reading it you dont want to stop. Luckily it an easy to read even for those unacquainted to old english and KJV, simple and short book. But what a deep subject it tackles.
An introduction class in the school of prayer led by THE Teacher, Christ Himself, teaching us to extol "Our Father".
Once you start reading it you dont want to stop. Luckily it an easy to read even for those unacquainted to old english and KJV, simple and short book. But what a deep subject it tackles.
An introduction class in the school of prayer led by THE Teacher, Christ Himself, teaching us to extol "Our Father".
September 8, 2024
Practical and Profound
Though I’ve been a man of prayer for many years, this book is a great reminder of the simplicity of prayer. It is sincere fellowship and communion with The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Men’s prayers today are often convoluted, religious, and impersonal. This book helps to return us to the basic elements and purposes for which we are to pray. I am greatly encouraged and strengthened through this work!
Though I’ve been a man of prayer for many years, this book is a great reminder of the simplicity of prayer. It is sincere fellowship and communion with The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Men’s prayers today are often convoluted, religious, and impersonal. This book helps to return us to the basic elements and purposes for which we are to pray. I am greatly encouraged and strengthened through this work!
December 24, 2016
Excellent Spiritual Read
Lord, Teach us to Pray, I give 5 stars, it simplifies your approach to prayer. It is the best and helpful spiritual read . I would recommend this book for anyone that is not comfortable or secure in their personal prayer life. I loved this book I will read again.
Lord, Teach us to Pray, I give 5 stars, it simplifies your approach to prayer. It is the best and helpful spiritual read . I would recommend this book for anyone that is not comfortable or secure in their personal prayer life. I loved this book I will read again.
July 2, 2017
Anything written by this South African Pastor, who died in 1917, still hits home: “While prayer and faith are so simple that the newborn convert can pray with power, true Christian science finds in the doctrine of prayer some of its deepest problems.” Murray then ponders and dissects Jesus’ exhortations throughout with humble clarity, and penetrating insight. This is a classic.
January 19, 2018
Good content, but difficult
The content of the book is very good once you can get the actual meaning of the language used. The book is written in the King James' English, thus I had to read a few sentences out loud over and over trying different inflections of words to finally get what was being said.
The content of the book is very good once you can get the actual meaning of the language used. The book is written in the King James' English, thus I had to read a few sentences out loud over and over trying different inflections of words to finally get what was being said.
February 2, 2018
I was doing 21 days of fasting and I was doing a day on Prayers and I found this book which I read that day ,,, This book was good right on points with answers I was searching for ..Lord Teach us how to pray really got a hold of me I just could not put down this book is was overwhelming ...Thanks Andrew Murray ...I pray that God will continue to bless in way to reach out to his children.
May 21, 2017
The right attitude for Prayer
Reading this book is so true when addressing our "Prayer Attitudes" in North America. Getting our priorities right when it comes to this topic May we never take prayer for granted!!
Reading this book is so true when addressing our "Prayer Attitudes" in North America. Getting our priorities right when it comes to this topic May we never take prayer for granted!!
November 6, 2017
Excellent short book on prayer
This is one of the shorter books by Mr. Murray, but a great one still. He breaks down several aspects of prayer life that are sure to leave you with a greater understanding. An excellent read for anyone who would like to know more about prayer.
This is one of the shorter books by Mr. Murray, but a great one still. He breaks down several aspects of prayer life that are sure to leave you with a greater understanding. An excellent read for anyone who would like to know more about prayer.
December 15, 2018
Very good book on prayer.
Like other books by Andrew, one cannot fail to notice the aspect of total surrender as we approach approach the Lord in the school of prayer.
I recommend to all that long to understand how the Lord would have us pray.
Like other books by Andrew, one cannot fail to notice the aspect of total surrender as we approach approach the Lord in the school of prayer.
I recommend to all that long to understand how the Lord would have us pray.
April 4, 2019
Probably my second favorite book on prayer. Prayer is something you have to learn. And Jesus modeled how to learn to his disciples. Andrew Murray expounds on that lessons and encourages believers to enter the school of intercession.
May 23, 2019
The Truest Way To Pray
I love this book and how it unravels the way we should come to the Father in prayer. I have more confidence in how to come before Him, and to close myself off from the world to be alone with Him in prayer. I am excited to grow my prayer-life and spend more, quality time meeting with my Heavenly Father.
I love this book and how it unravels the way we should come to the Father in prayer. I have more confidence in how to come before Him, and to close myself off from the world to be alone with Him in prayer. I am excited to grow my prayer-life and spend more, quality time meeting with my Heavenly Father.
July 11, 2019
Great book
As I read this book I felt led into my prayer closet to really communion and continue going deeper in my quiet devotion time with Him. I recommend this book to all people looking to drawing closer to The Lord.
As I read this book I felt led into my prayer closet to really communion and continue going deeper in my quiet devotion time with Him. I recommend this book to all people looking to drawing closer to The Lord.
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