That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents. Edward McKendree Bounds More Quotes by Edward McKendree Bounds More Quotes From Edward McKendree Bounds We cannot talk to God strongly when we have not lived for God strongly. The closet cannot be made holy to God when the life has not been holy to God. Edward McKendree Bounds holy prayer made if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his dominion. Edward McKendree Bounds church prayer believe Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God. Edward McKendree Bounds christian impossible doe Preaching is not the performance of an hour. It is the outflow of a life. It takes twenty years to make a sermon because it takes twenty years to make the man. The true sermon is a thing of life. The sermon grows because the man grows. Edward McKendree Bounds twenties men years Prayer is a specific divine appointment, an ordinance of Heaven, whereby God purposes to carry out His gracious designs on earth and to execute and make efficient the plan of salvation. Edward McKendree Bounds design prayer heaven Trouble and prayer are closely related. Trouble often drives men to God in prayer, while prayer is but the voice of men in trouble. Edward McKendree Bounds voice prayer men A man can pray better because of the prayers of the past; a man can live holier because of the prayers of the past; the man of many and acceptable prayers has done the truest and greatest service to the incoming generation. Edward McKendree Bounds prayer men past Pray for 'all men.' We usually pray more for things than we do for men. Our prayers should be thrown across their pathway as they rush in their downward course to a lost eternity. Edward McKendree Bounds pathways prayer men Prayer succeeds when all else fails Edward McKendree Bounds succeed prayer christian Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet. Edward McKendree Bounds revival classroom prayer Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct. Edward McKendree Bounds office prayer doe Prayer, in one phase of its operation, is a disinfectant and a preventive. It purifies the air; it destroys the contagion of evil. Edward McKendree Bounds prayer evil air No insistence in the Scripture is more pressing than that we must pray...How clear it is, when the Bible is consulted, that the almighty God is brought directly into the things of this world by the prayers of His people. Edward McKendree Bounds prayer people world Praying men are God's agents on earth, the representative of government of Heaven, set to a specific task on the earth. Edward McKendree Bounds tasks men heaven The character of our praying will determine the character of our preaching. Light praying makes light preaching. Edward McKendree Bounds light praying character Bible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty. Edward McKendree Bounds revelations use reason The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying. Edward McKendree Bounds lasts praying firsts We must lose all for Christ in order to gain all for Christ. Edward McKendree Bounds gains order christ Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man. Edward McKendree Bounds preaching giving men The resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary to establish the truth of his mission and put the stamp of all-conquering power on his gospel. Edward McKendree Bounds resurrection conquer jesus
