I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. - John 10:10
James H. McConkey's study of the abundance found in a dedicated Christian life focuses on three areas:
- THE SECRET OF HIS INCOMING - Union with Christ
- THE SECRET OF HIS FULLNESS - Yielding to Christ
- THE SECRET OF HIS CONSTANT MANIFESTATION - Abiding in Christ
Although the word "secret" is used quite often in this book, the reader will quickly realize that it is only a secret in that many Christians will never take the time to seek out these instructions that are so readily available in God's Word.
Also, this is not a book on obtaining the Spirit. The author makes it very clear that at the time of salvation, all of the Holy Spirit is immediately present in our lives. However, as McConkey says, "[The believer] is misled, confused, and disappointed, because he has failed to see that a man may have received the Spirit, been filled with the Spirit, and yet need to learn how to walk in the Spirit."
Therefore, this is is a study on how to walk in the Spirit.
Each believer who takes up this book and meditates on its piercing truths will be challenged to consecrate every area of life to the Spirit's control, for only then can we have the overflowing abundance in our Christian life that our God longs to give to each of us!
82 pages.
"After being in the ministry for a few years, I realized I lacked what I saw in the life of my Spirit-filled peers in the ministry. I began to seek the Spirit’s power on my life...I read [this book] carefully and it hit me broadside...Kneeling in my home, I confessed every known sin and yielded myself completely to Christ. He filled me there with His Precious Holy Spirit. I have never been the same since. He has transformed my life and my ministry, and for these last forty-two years His presence and anointing has been on my life. How I praise God for the truth of this great book!" ~Dr. D.L. Green (Parker Memorial Baptist Church, Lansing, Michigan, August 9, 1997)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Henry McConkey (1858-1937) graduated from Princeton in 1880 as the president of his class, with a degree in law and was later admitted to the bar. He was influential in the early days of the YMCA and in the founding of the Africa Inland Mission, speaking to his tremendous love for the lost.
McConkey accepted Christ as his Saviour when he was 20, and although he had grown up in church, it was around this time that he truly began to study the Scriptures. God began to deal with him on the issue of surrender, and he surrendered his life to the service of his Lord. He went on to write numerous volumes on a variety of Christian topics, some of the most popular being The Three-Fold Secret of the Holy Spirit and The Surrendered Life.
By a tremendous step of faith, James McConkey never sold his books. When the copies were dwindling, God always provided the funds to order another printing. As his ministry grew and staff was hired, he always paid every worker a decent wage. Despite his ailing health, he himself never collected a salary, and God always provided for all his needs.
