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

by Andrew Murray

4. What has been said is in reference to your own needs, but you know that we are also to pray in order to help in the needs of others. One main reason why prayer in the inner chamber does not bring more joy and blessing is that it is too selfish, and selfishness is the death of prayer. Remember your family, your congregation and its needs, your own neighborhood, and the Christians around you. Let your heart be enlarged, and take up the interests of missions and of the church through the whole world. Become an intercessor,