Quotes by E. M. Bounds

“It (prayer) dispels frivolity and drives away all skin-deep forms of worship, and makes worship a serious and deep-seated service, impregnating body, soul, and spirit with its heavenly infusion.”

“We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible h...”

“Faith and hope and patience and all the strong beautiful vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer his personal salvation and perso...”

“God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.”

“By prayer the ability is secured to feel the law of love to speak according to the law of love and to do everything in harmony with the law of love.”

“Non-praying is lawlessness discord anarchy.”

“Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer succeeds when all else fails.”

“The goal of prayer is the ear of God a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him pouring out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us. Only ...”

“Prayer honors God acknowledges His being exalts His power adores His providence secures His aid.”

“Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care much thought practice and labour are required to be a skillful tradesman in praying. Practice in...”

“Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer but a capacity for faith the power of a thorough consecration the ability of self-littleness an abso...”

“The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be the mightier the forces against evil everywhere.”

“Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if an inquest could be secured on this dire spiritua...”

“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 i...”

“Trouble and prayer are closely related. . . . Trouble often drives men to God in prayer while prayer is but the voice of men in trouble.”

“Private place and plenty of time are the life of prayer.”

“Straight praying is never born of crooked conduct.”

“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 qu...”

“Our praying to be strong must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith.”

“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.”