The New Life by Andrew

Andrew Murray on The New Life: Words of God for Young Disciples Text
Joh 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy
may be full.
They are in Him, and He is in them, and out of Him they pray, and their prayer comes before the
Father in His power. O let the name of Jesus be really the point of union, the meeting place, in our
prayer meetings, and we shall be conscious that He is in our midst.
Then there is the third feature of united prayer of which the Lord has told us: our request shall
certainly be done of the Heavenly Father. The prayer shall certainly be answered. O we may well cry
out in these days, 'Where is the God of Elijah?' for He was a God that answered. 'The God that shall
answer, He shall be God,' said Elijah to the people. And he said to God, 'Answer me, Lord; answer
me; that this people may acknowledge that Thou, O Lord, art God.' (2 Kings 2:14; 1 Kings 18:36; 1
Chron. 17:26; Acts 4:24; Jas. 5:16)
2 Ki 2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said,
Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither
and thither: and Elisha went over.
1 Ki 18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah
the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known
this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these
things at thy word.
1 Chr 17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Ac 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said,
Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
When we are content with much praying, with continuous praying, without answer, then there will be
little answer given. But when we understand that the answer as the token of God's pleasure in our
prayer is the principal thing, and are not willing to be content without it, we shall discover what is
lacking in our prayer, and shall set ourselves so to pray that an answer may come. And this surely we
may firmly believe: the Lord takes delight in answering. It is a joy to Him when His people so enter
into the name of Jesus, and pray out of it, that He can give what they desire. (Acts. 12:5; 2 Cor. 1:11;
Jas. 4:8; 5:16,17)
Ac 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church
unto God for him.
2Co 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the
means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
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