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

by Andrew Murray

One great power of sin is that it blinds us so that we do not recognize its true character. Even the Christian himself finds an excuse in the thought that he can never be perfect and that daily sin is a necessity. He is so accustomed to the thought of sinning that he has almost lost the power and ability of mourning over sin; yet there can be no real progress in grace apart from an increased consciousness of the sin and guilt of every transgression against God.