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Prayer and devotion · 1828–1917

Andrew Murray

Murray wrote influential devotional works on prayer, humility, surrender, and religious life. His writing can support reflection but also requires careful distinction between devotional aspiration and universal guarantees about spiritual outcomes.

How to study this writer

Read a chapter on humility or prayer and compare it with the relevant biblical passage. What does the text require, and what does the writer invite? Avoid promises that prayer will produce an exact result.

Historical caution: Do not use older devotional language to imply that sickness or suffering results from inadequate faith.

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