“The preacher must have, "bonds of a servant with the spirit of a king, a king in high, royal, independent bearing, with the simplicity and sweetness of a child.” — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“God’s revelation does not need the light of human genius, the polish and strength of human culture, the brilliancy of human thought, the force of human brains to adorn or enforce it; but it does demand the simplicity, the docility,… — 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 Image
“The world is one of the enemies which must be fought and conquered on the way to heaven.” — 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 there is… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/66b/e-m-bounds-15811_education_what-a-study-in-importunity-in-earnestne_652622.jpg)
