Must Reads in Christian Classics:
Absolute Surrender
by Andrew Murray
A short but fully packed book, Absolute Surrender first caught my attention with the illustration used of true surrender, as one uses a pencil.The pencil is totally surrender to the one who uses it, as the believer should be to his/her Lord.
This is one of my favorite books, perhaps because it provoked such thoughts of what true surrender is in the life of the Christian.
Should you ever find yourself driven to know the truth about the surrendered life, select this book and encounter the concepts within.
Quick Review
Revealing and challenging, Absolute Surrender is a wonderful devotional. Based around a series of sermons by Andrew Murray.
Absolute Surrender extols the need for "absolute surrender" to God. Murray provides concrete steps for bringing about such surrender in one's life.
He also describes both the fruit of surrendering, e.g. true experience of the Holy Spirit in one's life, and the different "stages" one goes through on the "path to Christian liberty." Thus, anyone not fully experiencing Christian liberty can profit from reading this book, either in a group Bible study or simply in personal study.
Full of insight, Absolute Surrender is a timeless devotional that will aid every believer in surrendering to Christ.
(source - CCEL.org)
About the Author
Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was an amazingly prolific Christian author. He lived and ministered as both a pastor and a writer from the towns and villages of South Africa. All of his publications were originally written in Dutch and then translated into English. As his popularity grew, Murray's books found their way into more than twelve foreign languages during his lifetime alone.
Resources:
Read or Listen to the entire book on Project Gutenberg
Read or Listen to the entire book on Christian Classic Ethereal Library
Read more about Andrew Murray at Wikipedia
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