Waiting On God [Paperback]

MURRAY ANDREW (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1981

In all areas of their lives, Christians need more of God. Andrew Murray shares thirty-one heartfelt meditations to help renew your vision and quicken your desire to turn to God for His quiet, peaceful strength. Discover how God's presence and love can refresh the weary heart that learns to wait on Him.

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From the Back Cover

How often the 'busyness' of life can creep up and overwhelm us. Rather than depending upon our own strength, as Christians it is our privileged birthright to enter into a daily time of reverent meditation and silence, waiting only upon God for: His answers to our problems, His direction in our lives, and, most importantly, His awesome presence refreshing our spirits and teaching us more about Himself.Andrew Murray shares thirty-one heartfelt meditations, one for each day of the month, to help renew our vision and quicken our desire to turn to the Lord for His quite, peaceful strength. Murray's own prayer was that the Lord would use these meditations "to draw all to Himself, to learn in practice and experience the blessed art of waiting only upon God."

About the Author

South African pastor and author Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was an amazingly prolific writer. Murray began writing on the Christian life for his congregation as an extension of his local pastoral work, but he became internationally known for his books, such as Abide in Christ, that searched men's hearts and brought them into a deep relationship with Christ. Writing with an intensity of purpose and zeal for the message of the Gospel, Murray wrote numerous books even after his "retirement" at age seventy-eight.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Whitaker House (May 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883681013
• ISBN-13: 978-0883681015
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #639,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Few books alter the life as much as this one does., September 24, 1999

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This review is from: Waiting On God (Paperback)

Andrew Murray is the master of devotional literature. In his devotional books he usually breaks a subject down into a month of daily lessons which require approximately 20-30 minutes of prayerful reading.

One of the most difficult lessons of the Christian life is how to patiently wait on God. In 1993 I devoted 30 minutes a day for one month to studying this book. This altered my life. Since then waiting on God has been one of the greatest joys in my life! It doesn't get any better than this!

Thank you, Andrew Murray and thank you, Jesus.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seminary 101, June 7, 2003

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Bridget M. Wilard "www.moreofjesus.com" (Dana Point, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waiting On God (Paperback)

Few Christians today even grasp the concept of waiting: the true meaning of the aspects of the word. This book clearly delinates the concept of why we wait, what we wait for, what it means to wait, and the blessing of waiting. You absolutely have to read it.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars we must wait on the Lord..., January 16, 2007

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K. Lin "yesuaini99" (Walnut, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waiting On God (Paperback)

Wow! I bought this book way back in the 90's. But my Christian life wasn't yet mature, (still isn't), so I couldn't grasp what Waiting on the Lord is all about. We have been trained to "do" things, to take on "action items", to "Just do it".
I recently attended a winter conference by Forerunner Christian Church in Fremont, CA. They are a church that focuses on "waiting on the Lord" and to have an "inner life" with our Lord.
After the conference, I picked up this book again on my bookshelves, and what a new revelation it is.
In Isaiah 40:31, they that "hope or wait" on the Lord, shall renew their strength.... The Hebrew word of "hope or wait" also means to be bound together. After reading this book, I can better understand what it means to "wait on the Lord". It doesn't mean that we just Don't do it, but that we let God do thing His Way. If He along is the author of our salvation, could He not also master everything that we encounter in our lives?
The insights offered in this book are so valuable one hardly hears this kind of teaching in sermons nowadays.
Highly recommended.