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

by Andrew Murray

We forget that the entire flesh with all its affections, whether manifested in the body or soul, must be regarded as crucified and must be handed over to death. We must not be satisfied with a feeble life, but we must seek for an abundant life. We must surrender ourselves entirely so that the Spirit can take full possession of us, manifesting that life in us so that there may come an entire transformation in our spiritual being by which the complete mastery of Christ and the Spirit is recognized.