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Edward McKendree Bounds was an American author known for his spiritual writings. His works primarily focused on personal growth, spirituality, and moral修养. Bounds' writing style was deeply influenced by Christian thought, and his books and lectures had a profound impact on many readers.

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“Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God.”

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Book:The necessity of prayer

Source: The necessity of prayer

“Prayer is the highest intelligence, the profoundest wisdom, the most vital, the most joyous, the most efficacious, the most powerful of all vocations.”

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Book:The Reality of Prayer

Source: The Reality of Prayer

“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 personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer.”

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

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Book:E.M. Bounds: Man of Prayer

Source: E.M. Bounds: Man of Prayer

“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.”

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Book:Purpose in Prayer

Source: Purpose in Prayer

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

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Book:Purpose in Prayer

Source: Purpose in Prayer

“I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go.”

Source: Purpose in Prayer

“Love is kindled in a flame, and ardency is its life. Flame is the air which true Christian experience breathes. It feeds on fire; it can withstand anything rather than a feeble flame; but when the surrounding atmosphere is frigid or lukewarm, it dies, chilled and starved to its vitals. True prayer must be aflame.”

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“There is power through prayer. For many Christians, prayer is nothing special, just something we're supposed to do - go to church, tithe, read the Bible, pray. But prayer should be so much more than an item on our "to do" lists.”

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Author:Edward McKendree Bounds

“The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer.”

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Book:Purpose in Prayer

Source: Purpose in Prayer

“Only God can move mountains, but faith and prayer can move God”

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“Prayer succeeds when all else fails”

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Book:Purpose in Prayer

Source: Purpose in Prayer

“It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting.”

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Book:Power Through Prayer

Source: Power Through Prayer

“Heavenly citizenship and heavenly homesickness are in prayer. Prayer is an appeal from the lowness, from the emptiness, from the need of earth, to the highness, the fullness and to the all-sufficiency of heaven.”

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Book:The Reality of Prayer

Source: The Reality of Prayer

“It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God.”

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Book:Power Through Prayer

Source: Power Through Prayer

“That man cannot possibly be called a Christian, who does not pray.”

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Book:The necessity of prayer

Source: The necessity of prayer

About the Author

Born: August 15, 1835
Died: August 24, 1913
Known for: Author
Quotes: 163

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