The Best of Andrew Murray on Prayer: A Daily Devotional Journal

by Andrew Murray

If you have a hunger for God, this daily devotional journal will satisfy you with a banquet of riches. Chosen from the best of Andrew Murray's writings are treasured insights on prayer along with simple tools to help you use them to draw closer to God.

Genres: Prayer

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

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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.

Reviews

[Cindy Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of the writings of Andrew Murray has had a profound effect on my life. It gives me direction and hope by teaching me the power of prayer. I use the current tense because I am turning to it once again as I go through a season of change and uncertainty. A great read for anyone to begin in the new year, as it is a day-by-day devotional.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many thought provoking and inspirational readings throughout the year.