Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray
humble proud easy
As natural and easy as it has been to be proud, it must become natural for us to be humble.
men giving different
How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps.
prayer desire quiet
Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.
humility roots waiting
The root of all virtue and grace, of all faith and acceptable worship, is that we know that we have nothing but what we receive, and bow in deepest humility to wait upon God for it.
humility soul disposition
Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.
prayer father sacrifice
The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will be the blessing that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices to the Father.
christian humble men
Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren, and ask the world, whether they recognize in us the likeness to the original.
kings believe humble
Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!
humility self displacement
Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.
easter jesus life-changing
A dead Christ I must do everything for; a living Christ does everything for me.
prayer supplication feels
The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love.
humility loss pride
Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of every sin and evil.
thinking effort church
God has a plan for His Church upon earth. But alas! we too often make our plan, and we think that we know what ought to be done. We ask God first to bless our feeble efforts, instead of absolutely refusing to go unless God go before us.
prayer men forgiving
Our forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God's forgiving love in us. It is a necessary condition of the prayer of faith.