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> [“A prayerless age will have but scant models of divine power. The age may be a better age than the past, but there is an infinite distance between the betterment of an age by the force of an advancing civilization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/a-prayerless-age-will-have-but-scant-models-of-divine-power-the-age/)

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## More by E.M. Bounds

> [“Short devotions are the bane of deep piety. Calmness, grasp, strength, are never the companions of hurry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/short-devotions-are-the-bane-of-deep-piety-calmness-grasp-strength/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“The world is one of the enemies which must be fought and conquered on the way to heaven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/the-world-is-one-of-the-enemies-which-must-be-fought-and-conquered-on/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/the-holy-ghost-does-not-flow-through-methods-but-through-men/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“A prayerless age will have but scant models of divine power. The age may be a better age than the past, but there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/a-prayerless-age-will-have-but-scant-models-of-divine-power-the-age/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“Satan is always at church before the preacher is in the pulpit or a member is in the pew. He comes to hinder the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/satan-is-always-at-church-before-the-preacher-is-in-the-pulpit-or-a/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“True prayers are born of present trials and present needs. Bread for today is bread enough. Bread given for today is the strongest sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/true-prayers-are-born-of-present-trials-and-present-needs-bread-for/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“The praying which makes a prayerful ministry is not a little praying put in as we put flavor to give it a pleasant smack,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/the-praying-which-makes-a-prayerful-ministry-is-not-a-little-praying/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/god-wants-elect-men-men-out-of-whom-self-and-the-world-have-gone-by-a/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“What a study in importunity, in earnestness, in persistence, promoted and propelled under conditions which would have disheartened any but a heroic, constant soul.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/what-a-study-in-importunity-in-earnestness-in-persistence-promoted/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by supplication and prayer, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God." That is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/be-careful-for-nothing-but-in-everything-by-supplication-and-prayer/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“Faith must be definite, specific; an unqualified, unmistakable request for the things asked for. It is not to be a vague, indefinite, shadowy thing;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/faith-must-be-definite-specific-an-unqualified-unmistakable-request/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/this-transference-of-strength-from-god-to-the-world-this-rejection-of/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“Obedience is love, fulfilling every command, love expressing itself. Obedience, therefore, is not a hard demand made upon us, any more than is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/obedience-is-love-fulfilling-every-command-love-expressing-itself/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“Public prayers of are of little value unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/public-prayers-of-are-of-little-value-unless-they-are-founded-on-or/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

> [“When we pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," we are, in a measure, shutting tomorrow out of our prayer. We do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/when-we-pray-give-us-this-day-our-daily-bread-we-are-in-a-measure/)

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