Prayer puts God's work in his hands-and keeps it there. Edward McKendree Bounds More Quotes by Edward McKendree Bounds More Quotes From Edward McKendree Bounds It is hard to wait and press and pray, and hear no voice, but stay till God answers. Edward McKendree Bounds voice prayer waiting I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else. Edward McKendree Bounds religious christian god It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God. Edward McKendree Bounds passion prayer heart The sanctity of prayer is needed to impregnate business. We need the spirit of Sunday carried over to Monday and continued until Saturday. But this cannot be done by prayerless men, but by men of prayer. Edward McKendree Bounds sunday prayer monday Prayer is our most formidable weapon, the thing which makes all else we do efficient. Edward McKendree Bounds formidable weapons prayer Prayer in Jesus' name puts the crowning crown on God, because it glorifies Him through the Son and it pledges the Son to give to men 'whatsoever and anything' they shall ask. Edward McKendree Bounds prayer son jesus We can do nothing without prayer. Edward McKendree Bounds nothingness prayer can-do Holy living is essential preparation for prayer. Edward McKendree Bounds essentials preparation prayer The stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living. Edward McKendree Bounds fountain praying prayer A holy life does not live in the closet, but it cannot live without the closet. Edward McKendree Bounds holy prayer doe Prayer is the lungs through which holiness breathes. Prayer is not only the language of spiritual life, but also makes its very essence and forms its real character. O for a faith that will not shrink though pressed by every foe; That will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe. Lord, give us such a faith as this... whatever may come. Edward McKendree Bounds real prayer spiritual Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still. He will never talk well and with real success to men for God who has not learned well how to talk to God for men. Edward McKendree Bounds real talking men In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men. Edward McKendree Bounds praying prayer men Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get faint-hearted and quit praying at the point where we ought to begin. We let go at the very point where we should hold on strongest. Our prayers are weak because they are not impassioned by an unfailing and resistless will. Edward McKendree Bounds perseverance letting-go jesus True praying has the largest results for good; and poor praying, the least. We cannot do too much of real praying; we cannot do too little of the sham. We must learn anew the worth of prayer, enter anew the school of prayer. There is nothing which it takes more time to learn. Edward McKendree Bounds motivation prayer jesus Prayer is the highest intelligence, the profoundest wisdom, the most vital, the most joyous, the most efficacious, the most powerful of all vocations. Edward McKendree Bounds powerful prayer christian We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution. Edward McKendree Bounds real spiritual father Our praying, however, needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage which never fails. Edward McKendree Bounds energy prayer needs God's Word does not say, "Call unto me, and you will thereby be trained into the happy art of knowing how to be denied. Ask, and you will learn sweet patience by getting nothing." Far from it. But it is definite, clear and positive: "Ask, and it shall be given unto you." Edward McKendree Bounds knowing sweet art We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the teaching of Jesus Christ Edward McKendree Bounds teaching prayer jesus
