Daily in His Presence Quotes

“Jeremiah 32:17–19.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“As high as the heavens are above the earth, so far beyond our comprehension are the thoughts and ways of God. A deep appreciation of this is of the utmost importance in the spiritual life.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“In the early church their first love was forsaken after a time, and they placed their confidence in all the activities of service. And they were told in no uncertain terms, “You have forsaken your first love” (Revelation 2:4). And this is the tragedy: We keep ourselves busy with the things of the Lord and not with the Lord of the things.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“God is love. Christ is the Son of His love. And because He loved His people to the end, He asked them to prove their love to Him by obeying His commands, and by loving one another with the love with which He loves them. In heaven and on earth, and in all our work for Christ and our care for the world, the greatest thing is love.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Yet our Lord really meant it, for in the last night with His disciples He promised them that the power of the Spirit would enable them to live a life of obedience. Lord, I do love You and it is my greatest desire to obey Your commands. Please help me to do Your will.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“The Love of God God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 1 JOHN 4:16 The God who wills nothing but good is a God of love. He does not seek His own. He does not live for Himself, but pours out His love on all living creatures. The characteristic of love is that it does not seek its own. Love finds its happiness in giving to others; it sacrifices itself entirely for others. Even so, God offered Himself to people in the Person of His Son, and the Son offered Himself on the cross to bring that love to men and to win their hearts. The everlasting love with which the Father loved the Son is the same love with which the Son loves us. Christ has poured this love of God into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, so that our whole life may be permeated with its vital power. Lord, I thank You for the love that You poured into my heart. Inspire me to radiate this love to the world around me. The love of God to His Son, the love of the Son to us, the love with which we love the Son, the love with which we in obedience love others, the love with which we try to love all men and win them for Christ—all is the same eternal, incomprehensible, almighty love of God. Love is the power of God in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This love is the possession of all who are members of the body of Christ, and it streams forth from them to the entire world.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Let this thought sink deep into our hearts: The grace of our Lord abounds exceedingly with faith and love. As we cultivate faith in God’s love, our hearts will be filled with love toward others. The genuineness of our faith in the love of God must be shown by love in our daily lives at home.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“The fourth truth of the gospel is that Christ’s followers are to be His witnesses, ever testifying of His wonderful love, of His power to redeem, of His continual abiding presence, and of His wonderful power to work in us. Every one of us is called to be living proof and witness of what Jesus can do, not only by His words, but also by His life and actions. Christ’s followers must tell people and bring them to the throne of grace.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“The disciples had only to pray, believe, and yield themselves to the mighty power of Christ.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“He wants His children to link the world to the throne of God through intercession. What”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“How little we understand that we need enough time with God for His light to shine into the depths of our hearts and fill our lives.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Inspiration is for every Christian who trusts to be continually led and inspired by the Spirit of God.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“In human flesh man was to be the embodiment and fulfillment of God’s desires.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“When He made man in His image it was, above all, with the purpose that the desires of man would be in harmony with the desires of God. This is the high honor of being made in the likeness of God—that we are to feel and wish just as God.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“The strength of God’s love in Christ enabled Him to give up His life wholly for us. The same strength is available to us, and as we yield ourselves wholly to it, we shall be able to make the welfare of others the central object of our lives. Those who give themselves wholly into the keeping of God’s love will experience His power and all-sufficiency.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“God has the right to expect so much from us! For He is the Creator who made us to reflect His glory, and for this purpose He must possess us wholly.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Do not serve God half-heartedly. Pray that the Holy Spirit will lead you to the wonder of a life wholly surrendered to God’s service.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Remember that you have been saved in order to serve, and you are on earth for the sole purpose of making God’s love known to others.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Each day I place my trust in the mighty power of God and in the presence of Jesus, in whom I remain.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Your life can, through loving obedience and the indwelling of the risen Christ, be a very strong witness in the world, in the power of the Holy Spirit.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Many Christians think that as long as they do not actually commit sins, they are free to be a part of as many superficial, worldly pleasures as possible. There is too little perception that the sinful nature, which loves these worldly things, is enmity towards God. That is why many Christians pray for years on end to be remolded in the image of Christ and it just does not happen. Lord, I try to keep my eyes on You, but I find it so difficult to die to the superficial pleasures of the world. Make me more like You.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“You have the privilege of proving, with all that you are, that the spirit of the crucified Christ lives in you, and that you believe in His love—not just for your own sake, but also for the sake of the world around you.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Your will be done”: Let these be the most profound and most exalted words of your life, in daily submission to the will of God.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“They do not realize that the most dangerous source of sin is the love of the world with its lusts and pleasures.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Restoration Restore us, O LORD God Almighty;
make your face shine upon us,
that we may be saved. PSALM 80:19 Israel was in great need. Their enemies mocked them, saying that God had forsaken them. Thus the psalmist repeats the cry three times: “Restore us … that we may be saved!” In our present day the enemy rejoices that in spite of our many churches, Christianity seems powerless to overcome the evils of drunkenness, immorality, worldliness, and materialism. God’s children ask, Can nothing be done? Is there no hope of revival? Is God reluctant to lead His people into a fuller, deeper life of victory over sin and all that opposes Christ? Did God not promise that in answer to our prayers He would send His Spirit? Revival and restoration are much needed. And both are possible. God longs for us to claim His promises and exercise our right as members of the royal priesthood (see 1 Peter 2:9). Lord, restore us that we may be saved! Where must such restoration begin? With ourselves! He waits for us to offer ourselves as instruments to be used by the Holy Spirit. He waits for us to separate ourselves from sin and devote ourselves to the witness of the gospel. Christians need to realize and demonstrate that the aim of their life is to serve God and to rescue those for whom Christ shed His blood. Restoration is, in fact, happening wherever God’s people are sacrificing everything to live and work and suffer as Christ did. It avails little to desire a deeper or more abundant life unless your main objective is to witness for Christ and win others for His service.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“One of the chief causes of the feeble life in the church is the mistaken idea that our happiness is the main object of God’s grace. God’s objective is far holier and far higher! He has saved us that we in turn might save others. Every believer is ordained to be the means of imparting to others the life he or she has received.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“dwells? Or do you live as a pauper, largely dependent on the world for your joy? It is God’s will that Christ should fill all things, including your heart and its needs! Allow the Holy Spirit to imprint deeply upon your heart the words of our text in all its fullness. The Heavenly Life For you died, and your life is now hidden with
Christ in God … Christ, who is your life. COLOSSIANS 3:3–4 It is of the utmost importance for a Christian to know that the new life he or she receives actually is the life of Christ, which He lives in the Father. Our life is hidden with Christ in God and needs to be renewed daily. It requires time and thought to grasp the truth that the life Christ lives in the Father is the same life He lives in you and me. Christ does not live one life in the Father and another in you. His explicit words are, “Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you” (John 14:19–20). As Christ is in the Father, so you are in Him and He in you. Lord, I still have much to learn about my life that is hidden in You.
Lead me into the fullness of such an experience. How poorly we have grasped this! How little trouble we take to experience it. Here is the secret: a necessary daily quiet time with prayerful meditation to become deeply impressed with the truth that the Lord Jesus, whose life is hidden in God, also has His life hidden in us. Only in this way can we truly come to know that our glorious heavenly Christ lives in our hearts to enable us to live as children of the heavenly Father. If we allow the Spirit of God to daily keep alive in us this heavenly life in Christ, we shall then know what it is to be able to testify to having died in Christ that we might experience His very own heavenly life. Then we shall enjoy a walk with God that participates in his Holiness and love.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Nothing short of conformity to Christ—a life wholly dedicated to God—should satisfy you.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“Lord, strengthen my heart that it may become holy and blameless.
You are faithful; You will do it.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

“That is the secret. As the rising sun holds the promise of light for the rest of the day, so your quiet time spent waiting on God will be your promise of His presence and power throughout your day.”
― Andrew Murray, Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century