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3-Minute Devotions with Andrew Murray: 180 Readings to Deepen Your Prayer Life
Got 3 minutes? You’ll find the wisdom and encouragement you need with these just-right-sized readings from the classic writings of Andrew Murray! This delightful devotional packs a powerful dose of inspiration into dozens of 3-minute readings designed to meet you right where you are in life. Minute 1: meditate on a scripture selection; Minute 2: read through a devotional created just for you; Minute 3: read a prayer designed to help jump-start your conversation with God. In 3 short minutes, you’ll be on your way to complete spiritual renewal!
- GenresNonfiction
185 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2017
About the author
Andrew Murray
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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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August 24, 2017
I had never read Andrew Murray before, but just a few days into this devotional book, and I absolutely love his writing. He is so earnest and straightforward, and his writings inspire and motivate me to deepen my relationship with God, put more effort into my quiet times, and to spend more time in prayer. These are are all things I know conceptually in my head, but it’s easy for me to forget and lose discipline.
The devotions in this book are just short enough that they can be read alone for quick inspiration, or before a longer private Bible study.
The writing is very clear and easy to read, and yet the author’s heart-felt love for God and for His people comes through. The Holy Spirit has been using these devotionals to convict me and inspire me to grow in my prayer life.
I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone, whether new or long-time Christians, as a way to help supplement their Bible readings or jump-start their spiritual discipline.
The devotions in this book are just short enough that they can be read alone for quick inspiration, or before a longer private Bible study.
The writing is very clear and easy to read, and yet the author’s heart-felt love for God and for His people comes through. The Holy Spirit has been using these devotionals to convict me and inspire me to grow in my prayer life.
I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone, whether new or long-time Christians, as a way to help supplement their Bible readings or jump-start their spiritual discipline.
September 20, 2017
But what is the reason this faith is so often lacking? " But this kind of demon won't leave except for prayer and fasting." To have a strong faith in God requires a life in close touch with Him by persistent prayer. We cannot call up faith at our bidding; it needs close communion with God through prayer. It needs the denial of self-the sacrifice of a worldly heart. Just as we need God to give us faith and power, He too, needs our whole being to be utterly give up to Him.
This teaching is classic and so needed for Christians as myself. Short devotions for each day that begins with scripture and ends with prayer. In between the teaching will leave you undone and quite frankly a desire for a deeper prayer life.
A prayer life deepens our faith, makes our heart pure for service, and empties our desires and replaces them with the desires of God. Prayer is a sacrifice and that is why we have difficulty with a honest prayer life that Christ patterned. Does your prayer life illustrate sacrifice in your request and desires? The prayer life of sacrifice struck a chord with me and caused me to reexamine my heart and the steps I need to change.
The cause of insufficient prayer life is a lack of desire. I think there are many reasons for this lack of desire. Weariness, materialism, distractions, and the list can go on. But how do we fuel this desire? Letting go our earthly desires and holding on to heavenly desires. We cannot hold both.
Reading this text, you will discover heavenly desires and the joy of sacrifice. I highly recommend.
A Special Thank You to Barbour Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.
This teaching is classic and so needed for Christians as myself. Short devotions for each day that begins with scripture and ends with prayer. In between the teaching will leave you undone and quite frankly a desire for a deeper prayer life.
A prayer life deepens our faith, makes our heart pure for service, and empties our desires and replaces them with the desires of God. Prayer is a sacrifice and that is why we have difficulty with a honest prayer life that Christ patterned. Does your prayer life illustrate sacrifice in your request and desires? The prayer life of sacrifice struck a chord with me and caused me to reexamine my heart and the steps I need to change.
The cause of insufficient prayer life is a lack of desire. I think there are many reasons for this lack of desire. Weariness, materialism, distractions, and the list can go on. But how do we fuel this desire? Letting go our earthly desires and holding on to heavenly desires. We cannot hold both.
Reading this text, you will discover heavenly desires and the joy of sacrifice. I highly recommend.
A Special Thank You to Barbour Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.
February 2, 2020
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book that included many great devotional moments. This book is quite clear in precise to what I was doing while i was reading the Word of God,
I used this many times as I prayed and as I was reading my bible.
Thank you as always.
I used this many times as I prayed and as I was reading my bible.
Thank you as always.
April 16, 2017
First off, this is my first time writing a review of a religious or spiritually related book. I'm more of a romance, sci-fi, or fantasy kind of gal. But, I spent Lent this year (2017) trying to deepen my relationship with God and am grateful to Netgalley and Barbour Publishing for an e-ARC of this book to be a part of my Lenten journey.
That being said, this book is probably not the best one for someone who is trying to come back to or is new to their faith. Because I have a complicated-to-rocky relationship with God, I felt the wording and phrasing of this book could sometimes be heavy, cumbersome, and loaded. Some of the readings, however, were the type that got in your head and made you think about them for days - in a good way. And, because there are 180 Readings covering different topics, I think it would be worthwhile to re-read the book again since some passages will resonate with you differently at different times in your life.
As for my rating, I took away one star due to the sometimes loaded, almost judgmental, phrasing. I took away the second star because there were formatting issues with the e-book that often separated the scripture, the text, and the graphics onto different pages and it became visually distracting and, much like the words, cumbersome. And, as the 3 star rating indicates, I liked it. I am glad it was a part of my 2017 Lenten journey and I look forward to reading it again in the future.
That being said, this book is probably not the best one for someone who is trying to come back to or is new to their faith. Because I have a complicated-to-rocky relationship with God, I felt the wording and phrasing of this book could sometimes be heavy, cumbersome, and loaded. Some of the readings, however, were the type that got in your head and made you think about them for days - in a good way. And, because there are 180 Readings covering different topics, I think it would be worthwhile to re-read the book again since some passages will resonate with you differently at different times in your life.
As for my rating, I took away one star due to the sometimes loaded, almost judgmental, phrasing. I took away the second star because there were formatting issues with the e-book that often separated the scripture, the text, and the graphics onto different pages and it became visually distracting and, much like the words, cumbersome. And, as the 3 star rating indicates, I liked it. I am glad it was a part of my 2017 Lenten journey and I look forward to reading it again in the future.
May 1, 2017
3-Minute Devotions with Andrew Murray Compiled by Barbour Staff and Andrew Murray packs a lot of thought provoking scriptures and ideas in these short devotions. I have heard of this giant in the Christian faith but had not read any of his works. For someone like me this is the perfect introduction.
Having lived in the 1800s, I expected the wording to be a bit different but found it to be very readable. The writing is clear while expounding on the verses used in each on. Andrew Murray also gives concise but meaningful examples of event and people from his time.
This excellent devotion gives encouragement and inspiration while only being one page long. It gives you 180 days of growing deeper in you prayer life. I found all of them to hit me right where I needed, so Andrew Murray writing is just as great today as it was in his lifetime.
The publisher through Net Galley provided a copy.
Having lived in the 1800s, I expected the wording to be a bit different but found it to be very readable. The writing is clear while expounding on the verses used in each on. Andrew Murray also gives concise but meaningful examples of event and people from his time.
This excellent devotion gives encouragement and inspiration while only being one page long. It gives you 180 days of growing deeper in you prayer life. I found all of them to hit me right where I needed, so Andrew Murray writing is just as great today as it was in his lifetime.
The publisher through Net Galley provided a copy.
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