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    Believing Prayer
    Believing Prayer
    Believing Prayer
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    Believing Prayer

    By Andrew Murray

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    Believing Prayer combines two of Andrew Murray's short studies on prayer, originally titled Have Faith in God and In My Name. This updated volume brings spiritual truth and profound insight to a new generation of readers while staying true to Murray's classic simplicity and original message.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJun 1, 2004
    ISBN9781441261786
    Believing Prayer
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    Andrew Murray

    ANDREW MURRAY (1828-1917) was a church leader, evangelist, and missionary statesman. As a young man, Murray wanted to be a minister, but it was a career choice rather than an act of faith. Not until he had finished his general studies and begun his theological training in the Netherlands, did he experience a conversion of heart. Sixty years of ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, more than 200 books and tracts on Christian spirituality and ministry, extensive social work, and the founding of educational institutions were some of the outward signs of the inward grace that Murray experienced by continually casting himself on Christ. A few of his books include The True Vine, Absolute Surrender, The School of Obedience, Waiting on God, and The Prayer Life.

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    Believing Prayer - Andrew Murray

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    Chapter 1

    The Secret of Believing Prayer

    Have faith in God, Jesus answered. I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

    Mark 11:22–24

    The most wonderful promises in all of Scripture are those regarding answers to prayer. To many, such promises have raised the question, How can I ever attain the faith that knows that it receives all it asks?

    It is this very question our Lord would answer today. When He gave the above promise to His disciples (vv. 23–24), He first pointed out where faith in the answer to prayer comes from and where it finds its strength: Have faith in God (v. 22). This command precedes the promise of answered prayer.

    The power to believe a promise depends entirely on our faith in the one who promises. Trust in a person creates trust in his word. It is only when we enjoy a personal loving relationship with God himself that our whole being is opened up to the mighty influence of His holy presence and the capacity will be developed in us for believing that He gives whatever we ask.

    The connection between faith in God and faith in His promises will become clear when we think about what faith really is. It is often compared to the hand or the mouth by which we take and appropriate what is offered to us. Faith is also the ear by which we hear what is promised, the eye by which we see what is offered. The power to take hold of something depends on this. I must hear the person who gives the promise—the very tone of his voice gives me courage to believe. I must see him—in the light of his eye and his countenance, all fear passes away. The value of the promise depends on the promiser; my knowledge of the promiser’s character and dependability creates faith in his promise.

    For this reason, Jesus, when He gave that wonderful prayer-promise in Mark, first said, Have faith in God. In other words, open your eyes to the living God, gaze on Him, and see Him who is invisible. Through my eyes I yield myself to the influence of what is before me; I allow it to enter my mind, to exert its influence and leave its impression on my heart. So believing God is simply looking to who He is, basking in His presence, yielding my whole being to take in the full impression of who He is, opening my soul to receive His love.

    Yes, faith is the eye to which God reveals himself. Through faith, the light of His presence and the workings of His mighty power stream into the soul. As that which I see and behold lives in me, so by faith God lives in me.

    Faith is also the ear through which the voice of God is heard and communication with Him is maintained. Through the Holy Spirit the Father speaks to us—the Spirit is the living voice; the Son is the Word, the substance of what God says. The child of God needs the voice from heaven to teach him what to say and do, just as it taught Jesus. A believing heart and an ear opened toward God will hear Him speak.

    The words of God will not only be the words of His Book, but proceeding from His mouth, words of spirit and truth, life and power. They will produce in deed and experience what would otherwise only be thoughts. Through an opened ear the soul tarries under the influence of the life and power of God himself. As the words I hear enter my mind and work their influence, so through faith God enters my heart and works His influence there.

    When faith is in full exercise as eye and ear, the faculty of the soul by which we see and hear God, it will be able to exercise its full power as hand and mouth to appropriate God and His blessings. The power of reception will depend entirely on the power of our spiritual perception. For this reason Jesus said, Have faith in God.

    Faith is simply surrender: yielding

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