Absolute Surrender

Ah, yes, a good conscience is complete obedience to God day by day, and fellowship with God every day in His Word and prayer.  That is a life of absolute surrender.

[Andrew Murray]

James 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.

Romans 1:5 ... By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

Philippians 2:12 ... Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.❤

Be Holy

It needs no proof that it is of infinite importance to know aright what God has called us to. A misunderstanding here may have fatal results. You may have heard that God calls you to salvation or to happiness, to receive pardon or to obtain heaven, and never noticed that all these were subordinate. It was to ‘salvation in sanctification,’ it was to Holiness in the first place, as the element in which salvation and heaven are to be found. The complaints of many Christians as to lack of joy and strength, as to failure and want of growth, are simply owing to this; the place God gave Holiness in His call they have not given it in their response. God and they have never yet come to an agreement on this.

[Andrew Murray]

1 Peter 1:13-16 ... Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. ❤

Expect

Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation.

[Andrew Murray]

Matthew 21:21 ... Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

Hebrews 11:1 ... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Matthew 21:22 ... And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.❤

Thankfulness

Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.

[Andrew Murray]

Psalm 50:14 ... Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

Psalm 95:2 ... Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Psalm 100:4 ... Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

 

Colossians 4:2 ... Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;


Philippians 4:6 ... Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.❤

Don't Limit God

Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do.

[Andrew Murray]

Ephesians 3:20 ... Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Jeremiah 33:3 ... Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

1 Timothy 2:8 ... I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

John 14:12-13 ... Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Mark 10:27 ... And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. ❤

Expect Beyond!

Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation.

[Andrew Murray]

Matthew 19:26 ... But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Hebrews 11:1 ... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.


Romans 8:28 ... And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.❤

Lower Down

Here is the path to the higher life: down, lower down! Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds you abased and empty, His glory and power flow in.

[Andrew Murray]

1 Peter 5:6-7 ... Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

James 4;10 ...  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Proverbs 29:23 ... A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. ❤

Trust in the Lord ~

 Christ will always accept the faith that puts its trust in Him.

[Andrew Murray]

Isaiah 12:2 ... Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 26:4 ... Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:


Psalm 32:10 ... Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. ❤

Abide

Abide in Jesus, the sinless One - which means, give up all of self and its life, and dwell in God's will and rest in His strength. This is what brings the power that does not commit sin.

[Andrew Murray]

Isaiah 40:29 ... He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

John 15:4 ...  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

Philippians 2:13 ... For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

1 Peter 1:5 ... Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ❤