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  THE NEED FOR A MISSIONARY REVIVAL IS URGENT.
  by Andrew Murray
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Summary: The church needs a missionary revival, driven by a special
intervention of God's omnipotence, to cast aside mere religiosity and
live at the height of our profession.

Topics: "Missionary Work", "Personal Responsibility"
Scripture References: Matthew 28:19

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Andrew Murray emphasizes the urgent need for a missionary revival within
the church, calling for a departure from mere religious formalities and
a genuine commitment to God's mission. He challenges believers to take
personal responsibility for the work of God, urging them to sacrifice
their comforts and live out their faith actively. Murray stresses that
true spiritual understanding and empowerment come only through God's
intervention, and he calls for a deep reflection on what individuals
have truly given to the mission. The time has come for the church to
awaken and fully engage in the work of spreading the Gospel.

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The incapacity to grasp spiritually the meaning of God's command and his

promise of the power of the Holy Spirit for our work, can only be cast
out

by a special intervention of God's omnipotence.

It is high time for the church to bestir herself; we have played at
missions

long enough. What we need is to cast aside the mask of all mere

religiosity, all that is simply form and tradition, and to live at the
height of

our profession.

Long enough have we patronized the work of God and interested

ourselves in it as amateurs; what we want today is to make it our work,
to

feel each of us his personal responsibility, to spend and be spent for
it -

not what we possess and can spare, but our very selves.

In reality what have we done? What have we given? What have we

sacrificed? Where does this spirit show itself in the details of daily
life?

What discipline are we willing to submit to? What ease, what luxuries,

have we denied ourselves? The need for a missionary revival is urgent.

(Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 53)

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