Portrait of Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray on Surrender & Obedience

I beseech you therefore, brethren, … that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice.
— Romans 12:1

9 quotations from Andrew Murray on Surrender & Obedience, each traced to the exact paragraph it comes from. Follow any of them into the full text — free, and without an account.

Holy in Christ 1

  1. The spirit of separation is the spirit of self-sacrifice, of surrender to the love of God; the truly separate one will be the most loving and love-winning, given up to serve God and man.
    Chapter 11 ¶21

The Inner Chamber 1

  1. The word is nothing if it is not kept, obeyed, or done.
    Chapter 9 ¶5

The True Vine 2

  1. Ever stand before God, in Christ; ever wait for all grace from God, in Christ; ever yield yourself to bear the more fruit the Husbandman asks, in Christ.
    Chapter 11 ¶5
  2. It was by obedience Christ as Vine honored the Father as Husbandman; it is by obedience the believer as branch honors Christ as Vine.
    Chapter 23 ¶1

Waiting on God 1

  1. God only asks of us to yield, to consent, to wait upon Him, and He will do it all.
    Chapter 4 ¶4

With Christ in the School of Prayer 4

  1. The Lord does not demand of us a perfect fulfilment of the law; no, but only the childlike and whole-hearted surrender to live as a child with Him in obedience and truth.
    Chapter 7 ¶5
  2. With our whole being consciously yielded to the inspiration of the Word and Spirit, our desires will be no longer ours but His; their chief end the glory of God.
    Chapter 21 ¶11
  3. Faith is obedience at home and looking to the Master: obedience is faith going out to do His will.
    Chapter 22 ¶5
  4. Obedience is the only path that leads to the glory of God.
    Chapter 24 ¶6