“Whatever affects the intensity of our praying affects the value of our work.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“It is better to let the work go by default than to let the praying go by neglect.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Public prayers of are of little value unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“The Word of God is the fulcrum upon which the lever of prayer is placed, and by which things are mightily moved.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Our praying needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Nothing is well done without prayer for the simple reason that it leaves God out of the account.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Our devotions are not measured by the clock, but time is of the essence. The ability to wait, and stay, and press… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Spiritual work is taxing work, and men are loath to do it. Praying, true praying, costs an outlay of serious attention and… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Long, discursive, dry, and inane are the prayers in many pulpits. Without unction or heart, they fall like a killing frost on… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“The praying of Jesus Christ drew on the mightiest forces of His being. His prayers were His sacrifices, which He offered before… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by supplication and prayer, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God." That… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“A prayerless age will have but scant models of divine power. The age may be a better age than the past, but… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“What a study in importunity, in earnestness, in persistence, promoted and propelled under conditions which would have disheartened any but a heroic,… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Obedience is love, fulfilling every command, love expressing itself. Obedience, therefore, is not a hard demand made upon us, any more than… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“The praying which makes a prayerful ministry is not a little praying put in as we put flavor to give it a… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“When we pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," we are, in a measure, shutting tomorrow out of our prayer. We… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Men and women are needed whose prayers will give to the world the utmost power of God; who will make His promises… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“Short devotions are the bane of deep piety. Calmness, grasp, strength, are never the companions of hurry.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“The world is one of the enemies which must be fought and conquered on the way to heaven.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“A prayerless age will have but scant models of divine power. The age may be a better age than the past, but there is… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“Satan is always at church before the preacher is in the pulpit or a member is in the pew. He comes to hinder the… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“True prayers are born of present trials and present needs. Bread for today is bread enough. Bread given for today is the strongest sort… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“The praying which makes a prayerful ministry is not a little praying put in as we put flavor to give it a pleasant smack,… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“God wants elect men--men out of whom self and the world have gone by a severe crucifixion, by a bankruptcy which has so totally… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“What a study in importunity, in earnestness, in persistence, promoted and propelled under conditions which would have disheartened any but a heroic, constant soul.… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by supplication and prayer, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God." That is the… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“Faith must be definite, specific; an unqualified, unmistakable request for the things asked for. It is not to be a vague, indefinite, shadowy thing;… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“This transference of strength from God to the world, this rejection of the Holy Spirit’s endowment of might and power, must be recognized as… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“Obedience is love, fulfilling every command, love expressing itself. Obedience, therefore, is not a hard demand made upon us, any more than is the… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“Public prayers of are of little value unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
“When we pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," we are, in a measure, shutting tomorrow out of our prayer. We do not… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share
![“What a study in importunity, in earnestness, in persistence, promoted and propelled under conditions which would have disheartened any but a heroic, constant soul. [Jesus] teaches that an answer to prayer is conditional upon the amount of faith that goes to the petition. To test this, He delays…” quote by E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/66b/e-m-bounds-15811_education_what-a-study-in-importunity-in-earnestne_652622.jpg)
