The Prayer Life [Annotated, Updated]: Persevering in Prayer

by Andrew Murray

What had been said in the letter, titled The State of the Church, called for deep searching of heart. Professor de Vos thought there could be no doubt about the truth of the statement in regard to the lack of spiritual power. He asked if it was time for us to come together and in God’s presence to find out what might be the cause of the evil. He wrote, “If only we study the conditions in all sincerity, we will have to acknowledge that our unbelief and sin are the cause of the lack of spiritual power; that this condition is one of sin and guilt before God, and is nothing less than a direct grieving of God’s Holy Spirit.”