The Secret of Fellowship by Andrew Murray
Part of his classic Secret Series devotionals, Andrew Murray wrote this month-long devotional to emphasize the necessity of daily fellowship with God. He teaches in The Secret of Fellowship that without taking this daily time to come into His presence, feel your weakness and need, and wait upon the Lord, you cannot fully experience the joy and power of God's Holy Spirit in your daily life. Written over a period of five years, The Secret Series books contain a wealth of teaching that is based on Andrew Murray's mature and full experience in Christ. Briefly yet eloquently, Murray teaches that our lives and faith are strengthened when we persistently pursue God. The Secret of Fellowship contains one month of daily selections that emphasize the necessity of daily fellowship with God for a life full of the joy and power of the Holy Spirit.
Part of his classic Secret Series devotionals, Andrew Murray wrote this month-long devotional to emphasize the necessity of daily fellowship with God. He teaches in The Secret of Fellowship that without taking this daily time to come into His presence, feel your weakness and need, and wait upon the Lord, you cannot fully experience the joy and power of God's Holy Spirit in your daily life. Written over a period of five years, The Secret Series books contain a wealth of teaching that is based on Andrew Murray's mature and full experience in Christ. Briefly yet eloquently, Murray teaches that our lives and faith are strengthened when we persistently pursue God. The Secret of Fellowship contains one month of daily selections that emphasize the necessity of daily fellowship with God for a life full of the joy and power of the Holy Spirit.
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"And Jesus said, unto them, 'Because<br />
<strong>of</strong> your unbelief. Howbeit this kind goeth<br />
not out but <strong>by</strong> prayer and fasting.' " -<br />
MATT. xvii. 20, 21.<br />
UR Lord here teaches us that a life<br />
O <strong>of</strong> faith requires both prayer and<br />
fasting. That is, prayer grasps the power<br />
<strong>of</strong> heaven, fasting loosens the hold on<br />
earthly pleasure.<br />
Jesus Himself fasted to get strength<br />
to resist the devil. He taught His disciples<br />
that even as with prayer and almsgiving,<br />
fasting should be in secret, and<br />
the Heavenly Father would reward<br />
openly. Abstinence from food, or temperance<br />
in taking it, helps to strengthen<br />
the soul for intercourse with God.<br />
Let us .learn this great lesson that<br />
abstinence, temperance, and self-denial in<br />
temporal things, is a help to the spiritual<br />
life. After having partaken <strong>of</strong> a hearty<br />
meal, one does not feel much desire to<br />
pray. To willingly sacrifice our own<br />
pleasure, or bodily enjoyment, and to<br />
subdue the lust <strong>of</strong> the flesh, and the lust<br />
<strong>of</strong> the eyes, will help to set our minds<br />
more fully on heavenly things. <strong>The</strong><br />
very exertion needed in overcoming the<br />
desires <strong>of</strong> the flesh will give us strength<br />
to take hold <strong>of</strong> God in prayer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> great lesson is this. Our dullness<br />
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