The New Life by Andrew
Words of God for Young Disciples of Christ. The New Life aids Christians in their examination of the scripture and offers valuable information to believers who want to overcome sin and live the Christian life. While Murray's book is specifically designed for young converts, the text is useful to all Christians. Murray's chapters cover a variety of different topics that Christians, particularly those new to the faith, will find remarkably helpful. Murray discusses how Christians should approach the tasks of missionary work, prayer, confession, and baptism. The text also provides practical guidance regarding money, self-denial, discretion, and the temptations of worldly evil. New Life is a personal devotional, but it is also a resourceful tool for large congregations, small groups, and prayer meetings. The text is simply and easy to understand, and while each individual entry is rather short, Murray supplies substantial scriptural reference for further exploration.
Words of God for Young Disciples of Christ. The New Life aids Christians in their examination of the scripture and offers valuable information to believers who want to overcome sin and live the Christian life. While Murray's book is specifically designed for young converts, the text is useful to all Christians. Murray's chapters cover a variety of different topics that Christians, particularly those new to the faith, will find remarkably helpful. Murray discusses how Christians should approach the tasks of missionary work, prayer, confession, and baptism. The text also provides practical guidance regarding money, self-denial, discretion, and the temptations of worldly evil. New Life is a personal devotional, but it is also a resourceful tool for large congregations, small groups, and prayer meetings. The text is simply and easy to understand, and while each individual entry is rather short, Murray supplies substantial scriptural reference for further exploration.
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<strong>Andrew</strong> Murray on <strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Life</strong>: Words of God for Young Disciples Text<br />
to make us happy, but that we should still further communicate His blessing. (Matt. 5:34,35; 10:8;<br />
18:33)<br />
Mt 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither <strong>by</strong> heaven; for it is God's throne:<br />
Mt 5:35 Nor <strong>by</strong> the earth; for it is his footstool: neither <strong>by</strong> Jerusalem; for it is the city of the<br />
great King.<br />
Mt 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have<br />
received, freely give.<br />
Mt 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity<br />
on thee?<br />
God Himself is love, and therefore He blesses. Love seeketh not itself: when the love of God comes to<br />
us, it will seek others through us. (Isa. 43:10,11; 1 Cor. 13:5; 1 John 4:11)<br />
Isa 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye<br />
may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed,<br />
neither shall there be after me.<br />
Isa 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.<br />
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh<br />
no evil;<br />
1Jo 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.<br />
<strong>The</strong> young Christian must from the beginning understand that he has received grace with the definite<br />
aim of becoming a blessing to others. Pray, keep not for yourself what the Lord gives to you for<br />
others. Offer yourself expressly and completely to the Lord, to be used <strong>by</strong> Him for others: that is the<br />
way to be blessed oveflowingly yourself. (Ps. 112:5,9; Prov. 11:24,25; Matt. 25:40; 1 Cor. 15;58; 2<br />
Cor. 9:6; Heb. 6:10)<br />
Ps 112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.<br />
Ps 112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his<br />
horn shall be exalted with honour.<br />
Pr 11:24 <strong>The</strong>re is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is<br />
meet, but it tendeth to poverty.<br />
Pr 11:25 <strong>The</strong> liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.<br />
Mt 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye<br />
have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.<br />
1Co 15:58 <strong>The</strong>refore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in<br />
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.<br />
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