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Saturday Evening Devotionals
by Amanda Rowe
There's something special about a Saturday night. It's the turning of a new week. It's a chance to reposition yourself emotionally, mentally, and spiritually as you prepare for the worship and work that inevitably lay ahead. Saturday Evening Devotionals are geared to be an encouragement for you as you wind down from this week's hustle and get ready to worship the Lord on Sunday morning. Of course, you can listen to these podcasts anytime, but like I said, there's just something special about a Saturday night.
Episodes
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Episode 31: Pray Without Ceasing
"To the faith that knows it gets what it asks, prayer is not a work or a burden, but a joy and a triumph; it becomes a necessity and a second nature... It is Christ who ever lives to pray, who saves and reigns. He communicates His prayer-life to us; He maintains it in us if we trust Him. He is...
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Episode 30: The Ministry of Intercession
"But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of God..." Isaiah 61:6 "A priest is thus a man who does not at all live for himself. He lives with God and for God. His work is... to care for [God's] House, His honour, and His worship, to make known to men His love...
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Bonus: Clearing Up Confusion About the Will of God
"God wills a great deal of blessing to His people, which never comes to them... This is the great mystery of man's creation with a free will... it is the very nature of God to love and to bless. Downward and ever downward His love longs to come wit its quickening and refreshing streams. But He…
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Episode 29: Praying God's Will
Live it, love it, pray it. Everything we need to know about God's will has already been revealed to us in Scripture. If you want to be able to pray with boldness and to see those prayers answered, you first need to know what God says. When you know, choose to believe it and express faith by…
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Lesson 28: Christ the Sacrifice
A break down of the Lord's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Christ was willing to go through the experience of having His request denied so that I too can sacrifice my will for the Father's will. Was it a painful experience? Yes. But not as painful as it would be to allow the world to continue...
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Lesson 27: Christ the High Priest
A break down of the Lord's prayer in John 17 and how it should influence the way we intercede for others.
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Bonus: Going Direct to the Father
A note taken from Christliche Ethik (Christian Ethics), by Dr. Beck
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Lesson 26: Christ the Intercessor
Have you ever wondered what Jesus is doing right now in Heaven? Maybe you've heard or read in Romans that He is "at the right hand of God, making intercession for us (Rom. 8:34)." "But what does He have to pray about?" Well, everything actually. Did you know that every salvation, every answered...
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Lesson 25: The Holy Spirit and Prayer
We can't expect our prayer-life to exist as a separate entity from the rest of our lives. The way we live during every other part of our day does affect the way we pray. It affects the effectiveness and power of our prayers. When we abide in Christ, our prayers avail much. When we walk in the...
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Bonus: In Christ's Name
What does "in Christ's name" really mean? Simply put, it is to be identified with Christ in all of our desires, all of our prayers, and all of our will so that whatever He would ask, we ask; whatever He would do, we do. Again, it's more than just the words. It's actually living in union with the...
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Lesson 24: The All-prevailing Plea
Ever wonder why praying in the NAME of Jesus is so important? Well in this lesson, Mr. Murray gives us three illustrations to help us understand this idea. Praying in Christ's name is more than just saying those words. "The free use of the name of another is always the token of great confidence…
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Lesson 23: Bear Fruit
"The one thing He commands us as His branches is to bear fruit. Let us live to bless others..." - Andrew Murray
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Lesson 22: My Words in You
Not just Him, but His Words. What if God limited Himself to answering our prayers only as far as we were willing to obey Him? We know His blessings are directly connected to our obedience. When we obey, He blesses. When we disobey, He confronts and corrects. As His children, we have the...
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Lesson 21: If Ye Abide in Me
"Let us not be so much occupied with the abiding, as with Him... It is not the effort of faith, seeking to cling to Thee, nor even the rest of faith, trusting Thee to keep me; it is not the obedience of the will, nor the keeping the commandments; but it is Thyself living in me... that alone can...
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Lesson 20: That the Father May be Glorified
The definition of "glory" as given by the New Oxford American Dictionary is: 1) High renown or honor won by notable achievements, 2) Magnificence or great beauty. Examples further down in the 2nd definition go on to use words like "splendor," "bliss," distinctive," and "special cause for pride,...
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Lesson 19: Power for Praying and Working
Jesus was ready to leave His life work in the hands of His disciples. Along with some final instructions came two very big promises: “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; AND GREATER WORKS than these…”and “WHATSOEVER ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.” (Jn.…
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Lesson 18: Prayer in Harmony with the Destiny of Man
The destiny of man... Hear what Murray has to say about this: "The image he bears decides his destiny. Bearing God's image, he belongs to God: prayer to God is what he was created for. Prayer is part of the wondrous likeness he bears to His Divine original; of the deep mystery of the fellowship…
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Lesson 17: Prayer in Harmony with the Being of God
Andrew Murray touches on the very nature of prayer itself in this episode. How can such a form of communication exist between God and man? If God is perfect and perfectly independent of human authority, what gives us the right to approach Him and even to influence His course of action? Does…
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Lesson 16: The Power of Persevering Prayer
Have you ever wondered why we sometimes have to pray more than once before we get an answer that has already been promised? Could it be that God just isn't willing to answer that particular request? How can God promise to "avenge us speedily," but then expect us to come to Him over and over about...
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Lesson 15: The Power of United Prayer
Unity, agreement, under the authority and in the name of Jesus equals great power in the spiritual realm. Whether it is a husband and wife, a group of friends, or a whole church family, Jesus promises a special presence and recognized answers to corporate prayer. In the words of Mr. Murray, "When...
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Lesson 14: Prayer and Forgiveness
Being right with God is only half the picture. If you want your prayers to be effective, the stipulation is clear: you must be right with others as well. Living a life of love toward others is not only one of the hallmarks of the Christian faith, it is also an essential ingredient to effectual...
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Lesson 13: Prayer and Fasting
The disciples wanted to know why they could not cast out this one particularly stubborn demon. Jesus' answer was plain: "Because of your unbelief." Surely the next thoughts that came to His students' minds were something like: "Well, we've done this before. What makes this one different? We do…
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Lesson 12: Have Faith in God
"Faith in the promise is the fruit of faith in the promiser; the prayer of faith is rooted in the life of faith... We seek God's gifts; God wants to give us HIMSELF first... Therefore, child of God, take time, take time, to bow before Him, to wait on Him to reveal Himself. Take time, and let thy...
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Lesson 11: The Faith That Takes
We've been promised many things that we haven't yet received in personal experience. Jesus' physical presence on this earth for example. But faith that has already experienced a God whose hands always deliver what His mouth has spoken knows that if He has promised something, He will deliver…
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Lesson 10: Prayer Must Be Definite
Do you know what you really want when you pray? As children and as servants of God, we need to remember that there is a "business" element of prayer. Specific requests will receive specific answers. When you order a product for your business, don't you expect to have it delivered? A good supplier...
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Lesson 9: Prayer Provides Labourers
“Wherever there is a complaint of the want of helpers, or of fit helpers in God’s work, prayer has the promise of a supply.” - Andrew Murray
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Lesson 8: The Boldness of Gods Friends
In this lesson, Andrew Murray explores the friendship aspect of prayer: friendship with God and friendship with the poor and needy (both physically and spiritually) around us. “God’s friendship to us and ours to others go hand-in-hand…The one thing by which man can honour and enjoy his God is...
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Lesson 7: How Much More the Holy Spirit
Is it a foreign concept to us that a father might want to impart not only his blessings and gifts to his children but also his own perspective of the past, his own spirit, strength of character, and integrity for the present, his dreams, will, plans, and desires for the future? This is what God...
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Lesson 6: The Infinite Fatherliness of God
Infinity is a measurement beyond comprehension. God's desire to provide for us, to meet our requests, to supply our needs, and to protect us from harm is so far beyond our comprehension that it helps to think in terms of the father-child metaphor. If an earthly father would be willing to give…
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Lesson 5: The Certainty of the Answer to Prayer
When you pray, do you expect to receive a solid answer? According to Matthew 7:8, receiving an answer to prayer is the proof of that prayer’s effectiveness. Sometimes it is easier to be content without a distinct answer than to let our prayers be examined for disconnect. But as Andrew Murray…
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Lesson 4: The Model Prayer
Have you ever noticed how the model prayer brings us full circle from "Thy name, Thy kingdom, Thy will" to "Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and glory" while "give us, forgive us, lead us, and deliver us" come in between? In this lesson, Andrew Murray reminds us that, "The sooner [we] learn…
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Lesson 3: Alone With God
If you were guaranteed a meeting place with the infinite God, how often would you go there? If you could look into His face and call Him Father and know that He has promised to reward your requests openly, how long would you stay? Do you have an "inner chamber?" A place where you long to go and...
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Lesson 2: The True Worshippers
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." John 4:24 But what is the secret to worshipping in spirit and truth? Is it possible for us to gain a child's liberty of access into the Father's presence? If Jesus could lovingly teach the woman at the well what...
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Lesson 1: The Only Teacher
"As much as I need to know about the mysteries of the prayer world, Thou wilt unfold for me." - Andrew Murray. With a teacher like Christ Himself, who is literally interceding at the throne of God for us at this very moment, why should we not have the confidence that, with Him training us, we too...
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Season 2 Trailer: With Christ in the School of Prayer
Welcome to Season 2! Meet my cohost for this season: Andrew Murray. *For relevance to this podcast, a few notes and sections have been omitted from the original lessons.
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Episode 25: Last Words
(Gen. 48-50) How fitting that the book of beginnings should end with a dozen or so prophetic statements about the future. The children of Israel who were leaving Egypt with Moses would have been the first recipients of Genesis. They would have needed encouragement from the life of Joseph and an...
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Episode 24: Surrender
(Gen. 47:13-31) If the Egyptians were willing to come to Joseph during the famine and offer themselves and their land in exchange for survival, how much more should we be willing to continually offer ourselves to God? He has planned much more for us than mere survival. He's given us eternal life....
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Episode 23: The Best in the Worst of Times
(Gen. 47:1-12) Even in the very worst of times, Joseph was able to richly provide for his father’s household. As a type of Christ, Joseph reminds us that our wonderful Savior can abundantly sustain us through good times and bad with all the very best of what He has to offer. For a possible…
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Episode 22: Another Reunion
(Gen. 45:6-46:34) God is in the business of reconciliation. And He doesn't do things half-way. When Jacob and his beloved son Joseph get reunited, they are able to be together for another 17 years in Egypt. God is in the business of mending broken relationships, but He also requires our...
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Episode 21: A Reunion
(Gen. 42-45:5) At last, Joseph finds himself face to face again with his childhood dreams. How is he going to respond to these men now bowing before him - the brothers that had once sold him into slavery? He has the power to forgive or to seek revenge. He chooses a reunion.
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Episode 20: Due Credit
(Gen. 40:5-41:57) After two long years in prison, Joseph is finally released to interpret a troubling dream for the king of Egypt himself. Maybe Joseph's gift of interpreting dreams will finally start to pay off! Rather than take credit for himself, however, Joseph points out that it is only God...
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Episode 19: And He Served Them
(Gen. 40:1-4) No one is above being a servant, and no one is below being served. Much like Jesus, Joseph was a servant leader who served even the least of the people around him. In a prison ward, acts of service probably included menial and perhaps even demeaning tasks. Joseph could have easily...
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Episode 18: Faithful
(Gen. 38-39) God greatly rewards Joseph's faithfulness. Joseph's brother Judah experiences an embarrassing predicament rather than the favor of God due to his unfaithfulness. God promises a way of escape for every temptation. He is always faithful to us. He deserves our loyalty in return. Because...
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Episode 17: Useful
What do you do when your circumstances give you a lot of unanswered questions? The life of Joseph presents many parallels to the life of Christ. Joseph was hated and betrayed by his brothers. Jesus was hated by the Jewish religious leaders and betrayed by one of His own disciples. Before Egypt,...
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Episode 16: Life and Legacy
(Gen. 35:16-29) Jacob's beloved wife Rachel died fairly young. Many believe his father Isaac lived 5 times as long as she did. But at the end of the day, when they died, they were both gone just the same. It's sobering to think about how short this earthly life is compared to eternity (no matter...
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Episode 15: Bethel Part II
(Gen. 34-35:15) Jacob was headed back to Bethel, but he decided to camp out near the city of Shalem for awhile. It was here that a respected prince took Jacob's daughter and tried to negotiate marriage arrangements. Two of Jacob's sons had different ideas and wiped out the entire city after some...
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Episode 14: Deliver Me
(Gen. 31-33) Even though Jacob was making his way back to back to the place where he had first met God, he and his family were carrying hidden idols with them. Jacob was afraid of his brother Esau, who was coming out to meet him. He was willing to call upon God for deliverance, but was still...
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Episode 13: Bethel
(Gen. 25-31:18) It is always significant when God chooses to meet with us and to speak to us. I refuse to believe any life is insignificant when Someone so significant made life and cares so deeply about it. The fact that we have a record of God personally meeting with or speaking to the specific...
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Episode 12: Isaac and Rebekah
(Gen. 22-24) Prayer was an essential part of Isaac and Rebekah's love story. It is also an essential part of our relationship with God under any circumstances. I like the picture of Abraham lifting up his eyes to see the Ram caught in the thicket - the answer to his silent prayer that God would...
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Episode 11: A Well in Every Wilderness
(Gen. 21) Water is necessary to life and therefore precious. Spiritual water is precious too. When you find yourself in a spiritual wilderness, cry out to God like Hagar did. He already sees you. He'll open your eyes to a new perspective of the same old Source of life, a pure, clean Well of…
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There's something special about a Saturday night. It's the turning of a new week. It's a chance to reposition yourself emotionally, mentally, and spiritually as you prepare for the worship and work that inevitably lay ahead. Saturday Evening Devotionals are geared to be an encouragement for you as you wind down from this week's hustle and get ready to worship the Lord on Sunday morning. Of course, you can listen to these podcasts anytime, but like I said, there's just something special about a Saturday night.
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