Sword of the Spirit

Those who only want to know the love of the Father when they have something to ask will be disappointed. But whoever lets God always be the Father in everything, living their whole life in the Father's presence and love, will discover that such a life in God's infinite fatherliness and continual answers to prayers are inseparable. - Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer

Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe, astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient Mystery, that Majesty which philosophers call the First Cause but which we call Our Father in Heaven. -- A.W. Tozer

The Holy Spirit and Prayer By Andrew Murray, Living a Prayerful Life (Excerpts) The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of prayer. He is called in Zechariah 12:10 ‘‘a spirit of grace and supplication.’’ Romans 8:26–27: ‘‘In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.’’ The Christian left to himself does not know how to pray or what he ought to pray for. But God has stooped to meet us in this helplessness of ours by giving us the Holy Spirit to pray for us. That operation of His Spirit is deeper than our thoughts or feelings, but is acknowledged and answered by God. Our first work, therefore, ought to be to come into God’s presence not with our ignorant prayers, not with many words and thoughts, but in the confidence that the divine w...

The connection between the prayer life and the Spirit life is close and indissoluble. Not only do we receive the Spirit through prayer, but also a continuous prayer life is indispensable to the Spirit life. Only as I give myself continually to prayer can I expect to be led continually by the Spirit. - Andrew Murray, Living a Prayerful Life, The Example of Our Lord  

A Restoration of a Vision of the Most High God  (Excerpted from Fellowship of the Burning Heart, by A.W. Tozer) What we need more than we need anything else is a restoration of the vision of the Most High God.  The honor of God has been lost to men. And the God of today's Christianity is a weakling.  He is a little, cheap, palsied "god" that you can run and pal around with.  He's the "Man upstairs."  He's the fellow that will help you when you're in difficulty and not bother you too much when you're not. We have a stuffed "god", now, in evangelical circles - a "god" that can be appealed to by anybody at any time for any reason.  God is approached by everybody, because that kind of God can be approached by anybody. The great God of the Bible is the God into whose presence you went with fear.  You do not come dashing in wearing your tennis outfit and go into a huddle with God, then rush out again. Every time anybody ever got nea...

We are only what we are in the dark;  all the rest is reputation.  What God looks at is what we are in the dark— the imaginations of our minds;  the thoughts of our heart;  the habits of our bodies;  these are the things that mark us in God’s sight. - Oswald Chambers 

A word of Wisdom: The Pride of Reverend Pastors, did you know that by desiring or even allowing to be called the title "Reverend" you are actually going against the Word of God? Romans 14:23 KJV for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. The title "Reverend" comes from the Latin word "reverendus," meaning "worthy of reverence.". 1 Corinthians 10:22 KJV Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? Are you worthy of reverence?  Do you dare to take the glory away from God?  Matthew 11:29 KJV Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. How does being called a Reverand helps you learn of Christ to be lowly in heart? James 4:6 KJV God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. There is only pride and ego in this.  If you are not lowly in heart, neither will you find rest onto your souls.  Matthew 23:12 KJV And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and...

The More Abundant Life By Andrew Murray, Living a Prayerful Life (Excerpts) Our Lord spoke this word concerning the more abundant life when He said that He had come to give His life for His sheep:  "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."  (John 10:10).  A man may have life, and still through lack of nourishment or through illness there may be no abundance of life or power.  This was the distinction between the Old Testament and the New.  In the former there was life under the law but not the abundance of grace of the New Testament.  Christ had given life to His disciples, but they could receive the abundant life only through His resurrection and the gift of the Holy Spirit. All true Christians have received life from Christ. The majority, however, know nothing about the more abundant life that He is willing to bestow.  It is of utmost importance for us to understand this more abundant life, because for a true...

The Abundant Life is neither more nor less than the full life of Christ as the Crucified One, the Risen One, and the Glorified One, who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit and Reveals himself in our hearts and Lives as Lord of all within us. - Andrew Murray See also: https://herevruach.blogspot.com/2024/02/do-you-want-glorified-christ-to-baptize.html

Do you want the glorified Christ to baptize you with the Holy Spirit? Then offer yourself to Him for His service to further His great work of making known to sinners the love of the Father. God help us to understand what a great thing it is to receive the Holy Spirit with power from the glorified Jesus! It means a willingness—a longing of the soul—to work for Him and if need be to suffer for Him. - Andrew Murray, Living a Prayerful Life