Quotes about Andrew Murray

This was Andrew Murray's judgment a hundred years ago: As we seek to find out why, with such millions of Christians, the real army of God that is fighting the hosts of darkness is so small, the only answer is—lack of heart. The enthusiasm of the kingdom is missing. And that is because there is so little enthusiasm for the King.18

Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.

Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.

Meekness and lowliness of heart are to be the distinguishing feature of the disciple, just as they were of the Master. And further, that this humility is not something that will come of itself, but that it must be made the object of special desire, prayer, faith, and practice.

Our insight into the need of redemption will largely depend upon our knowledge of the terrible nature of the power that has entered our being.

Let us pray to God that other gifts may not so satisfy us, that we never grasp the fact that the absence of this grace (humility) is the secret cause why the power of God cannot do its mighty work.

Follow me. When about to leave for heaven, He gave them a new word, in which their more intimate and spiritual union with Himself in glory should be expressed. That chosen word was: Abide in me. It is to be feared that there

The entrance His words find with me, will be the measure of the power of any words with Him.

Daily and hourly presence and keeping, were preached with the same distinctness and urgency.

We must enter into a covenant with God that we will love one another with a heavenly love.

When I am brought to such a state that the more obstacles, hatred, and ingratitude surround me, the more the power of love can triumph in me.

Look at the commencement of His ministry. In the Beatitudes with which the Sermon on the Mount opens, He speaks: "Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.