“Our devotions are not measured by the clock, but time is of the essence. The ability to wait, and stay, and press belongs essentially to our intercourse with God.” — 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)
