"With Christ
in the School of Prayer"
By: Andrew Murray
Book Notes
Introductory Truths
*Prayer is the
highest and holiest work to which man can rise
*Powers of the
eternal world are at prayer's disposal
*Prayer is the
very essence of true religion
*Prayer is the
channel of all blessings temporal and future
*Prayer is the
secret of power and life
*Prayer gives us
the right to take hold of God and His strength
*Prayer can only
be done right when enabled by the Spirit of God
(10) Prayer Requirements
1. Prayer's motive
must be the glory of God
2. Prayer must be
made in full surrender to God's will as recorded in His Word
3. Prayer must be
made in full assurance of faith in accordance with a promise from God's Word
4. Prayer must be
asked in the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ as taught in God's Word
5. Prayer must be
asked with perseverance that refuses to be denied once it has been determined
it is God's will
6. Prayer must be
begun with a deep confession of our inability to bring God the worship that is
pleasing to Him
7. Prayer must be
made with an attitude of child-like teachableness that waits on Him to instruct
us
8. Prayer must be
made with a simple faith that yields itself to the moment by moment breathing
of the Holy Spirit
9. Prayer must be
made holding fast the simple truth of the Fatherhood of God
10. Prayer must be
made with faith in the infinite Father-love that gives us His Son and His
Spirit to make us children which
is the secret
to praying in Spirit and Truth
(6) Powerful Prayer Facts
1. Intercession is
the method by which the Kingdom of God is revealed on earth
2. Jesus did not
teach how to preach but how to pray
3. Knowing how to
speak to God is more than merely how to speak to man
4. Communion with
God involves meditating, tarrying, and praying in the Holyof Holies at the foot
of His Throne
5. We take part in
Christ's intercessory ministry when we plead with God for men
6. Intercession
is the key to praying without ceasing
(John 4:23, 24) 1st Recorded Words of the Lord Jesus
Christ on Prayer
1. The Father
seeks/is on the hunt for worshipers
2. Our worship
satisfies Him and is a joy to His heart
3. Only in and
through Christ can worship be in Spirit and Truth
4. There must be
harmony between God and worshiper
(Full
confession and forsaking of sin including sins of commission and omission)
5. God is Spirit
therefore the worshiper must also be communing in the Spirit
6. Worship is not
confined by time and place but must be the continual action of our life
7. Only worship by
the Spirit in us is acceptable (Abba,
Father)
8. Spirit of
Son-ship alone can worship the Father-He is in us
9. Truth=The
Spirit of Christ-We are in Him
10. (3) Types of
Worship: 1/ Ignorant (Samaritans)
2/
Intelligent (Jews)
3/
In Spirit and Truth (Those in Christ by the Spirit of God)
(Matthew 6:6-8)
1. I must meet with
my FATHER: (3) times [A sense of being in the Holy of Holies within the veil]
*Withdrawn from
all that is of the world and man
*Prepared to
wait on God alone
*To the one who
waits, meditating, and praying the Father reveals Himself [The light of His
love will arise upon you]
*The blessing
of the closet does not depend on strong, fervent feelings, but on the
Father-love of God for His child
*He will reward
you openly
2. My Father knows:
*Prayer is for
His glory-He knows the need before we ask-He wants to answer for our good and
His glory
*My Father
sees, hears and knows it will help our faith to take the answer and say:
'We know we have the
petitions we ask of Him' (I John 5:15)
*To be alone
with the Father must be your highest joy
*Christ reveals
the Father in secret
*In the inner
chamber is where God anoints with 'fresh
oil'
(Matthew 6:9)
1. First time in
Scripture God addressed as Father by saint
2. Knowledge of
God's Father-love=1st and last lesson in prayer
3. 1st: Thy Name,
Thy Kingdom, Thy will
4. Grown-up son
asks for the Father's business, takes charge: intercedes for His glory: #1
Aim in Prayer
5. Holy=Central
word in O.T. Father=Central word in N.T.
6. Forgiveness=I
know of no person who I do not heartily love
7. The Father is
all to the child
8. The Father is
all for the child
(Matthew 7:7, 8) ‘Ask
and it shall be given’
1. (6) fold
repetition
2. Second most
important lesson next to Father-love=Everyone that asks receives
3. Two sides to
prayer: 1/ Asking=Human side 2/ Giving=Divine side
4. If no answer:
Something wrong with prayer-1/ Is it childlike? (Father-love) 2/ Are you believing?
Seek
grace to pray on for the answer
5. He seeks daily
communion wants to give daily answers to definite requests (Ps
34; 66:19; 116:1, 2)
6. God will teach
those who are teachable and give Him time by His Word and Spirit whether their
request be according to His will (I John 5:14)
7. Prayer is
appointed to obtain an answer!!
8. It is in prayer
and its answer that the interchange of love between the Father and child take
place
9. Take time
as we pray to listen to His voice
10. Persevering
prayer takes patience, faith, and most of all time to allow God to
answer His way, in His perfect timing
(Matthew 7:9-11)
1. Power in prayer
rests in the relationship of Father and child
2. As many as are
led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God (Romans 8:14)
3. Secret of
effectual prayer is to have our heart filled with the Father-love of God
(Deuteronomy 6:5)
4. The first,
deepest, yea, the chief lesson, and also the hardest lesson, is to learn to say
'Abba, Father' (Romans 8:15)
5. ‘How much more shall your heavenly Father
give [good gifts] the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?’ (Luke 11:13)
6. Lord give us
Thy Spirit, the Spirit of the Son, make us CHILDLIKE!
7. The start of
holiness is in the love and patience and pity that God has for us
8. God loves you
because He is your Father-not because you are clever or cute or smart-no,
simply because He is your Father!
9. We must grow up
out of the true love He has for us, His love lies at the root of all that is
ours in our experience
10. We are bound to
God by the closest and tenderest relationship which is Father and child
'How
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
Him?'(Luke 11:13)
1. The Holy Spirit
is the Promise of the Father (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4, 5)
2. God's
Fatherhood is revealed by and through the Holy Spirit
3. God's desire is
the same as our earthly father, to reproduce His Spirit in His child
4. The first
and most important request for ourselves is: 'Fill me [control me] with your Spirit'
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