At a glance: this is a 14-week study and discussion guide for Humility by Andrew Murray, with 99 questions organized by reading assignment. Week 1 is free to read, with no card required.
Andrew Murray's Humility: The Beauty of Holiness is a short but searingly honest book built around a single, radical claim: humility is not merely one virtue among many — it is the root of every virtue, the essence of Christ's redemption, and the only true posture of the creature before the Creator. Murray argues that pride, the poison first breathed into humanity by Satan, is the source of all sin and all human suffering, and that Jesus came not merely to forgive us but to restore the lost humility of Eden by imparting His own lowly spirit to us. The book moves through twelve chapters, tracing humility from its cosmic origins in the creature's dependence on God, through Christ's life and teaching, into the daily grind of life with difficult people, and finally to the surprising truth that humility is the doorway not to misery but to exaltation and happiness.
This guide is designed for use over fourteen weeks — one week for the Preface and Introduction, one week per chapter, and a final week of Review and Reflection. Each week, read the assigned chapter slowly (the chapters are short; many can be read in fifteen minutes). Before you come to your group or sit down to journal, let the chapter's central claim settle on you: Does Murray's argument feel true? Does it convict you? Does it seem too hard? Bring those reactions with you. The questions are arranged to move from comprehension of what Murray actually says, to honest personal application, to wider theological reflection. There are no trick questions — only an invitation to think more carefully and honestly than we usually do about something we rarely examine.
What you can expect to gain from this study is not a comfortable endorsement of your current spiritual life, but a genuinely unsettling and ultimately liberating reorientation. Murray does not allow the reader to treat humility as an add-on grace. By the end of this book, most readers find that their understanding of prayer, faith, holiness, relationships, and even happiness has been quietly but thoroughly rearranged. Come expectantly, come honestly, and — as Murray urges throughout — come to Jesus Himself, who alone can give what He commands.