E. M. Bounds Quotes

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Little praying is a kind of make believe, a salve for the conscience, a farce and a delusion.
- E. M. Bounds

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Prayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid.
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The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying.
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The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation.
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The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
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Heaven is too busy to listen to half hearted prayers or to respond to pop calls.
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The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong.
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Praying men must be strong in hope, and faith, and prayer.
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It is necessary to iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone through by routine or in a professional way, is a dead and rotten thing.
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God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil….
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Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer.
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Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God’s saints have been held.
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The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer.
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A life growing in its purity and devotion will be a more prayerful life.
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Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.
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The goal of prayer is the ear of God.
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Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.
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