--- title: "5 Too busy Quotes By Edward McKendree Bounds" description: "5 Too busy quotes by Edward McKendree Bounds. Plus more from Edward McKendree Bounds and more Too busy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_been_woe-to-the-generation-of-sons-who-find-t_992073.png" --- > [Woe to the generation of sons who find their censers empty of the rich incense of prayer, whose fathers have been too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/woe-to-the-generation-of-sons-who-find-their-censers-empty-of-the/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_been_woe-to-the-generation-of-sons-who-find-t_992073.png) > [Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/heaven-is-too-busy-to-listen-to-half-hearted-prayers-or-to-respond-to/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_bounds_heaven-is-too-busy-to-listen-to-half-hea_1129207.png) > [He who is too busy to pray will be too busy to live a holy life. Satan had rather we let the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/he-who-is-too-busy-to-pray-will-be-too-busy-to-live-a-holy-life-satan/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_bounds_he-who-is-too-busy-to-pray-will-be-too-b_1769562.png) > [There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/there-is-neither-encouragement-nor-room-in-bible-religion-for-feeble/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_ardent_there-is-neither-encouragement-nor-room_1901694.jpg) > [Enthusiasm is more active than faith, though enthusiasm cannot remove mountains nor call into action any of the omnipotent forces which faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/enthusiasm-is-more-active-than-faith-though-enthusiasm-cannot-remove/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_action_enthusiasm-is-more-active-than-faith-tho_2164461.jpg) ## Other authors on Too busy ## More by Edward McKendree Bounds > [Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter, not with vain repetitions, but with urgent repetitions. We repeat, not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/importunity-is-a-condition-of-prayer-we-are-to-press-the-matter-not/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [The pride of learning is against the dependent humility of prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/the-pride-of-learning-is-against-the-dependent-humility-of-prayer/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [Men who pray are, in reality, the only religious men, and it takes a full-measured man to pray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/men-who-pray-are-in-reality-the-only-religious-men-and-it-takes-a/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/if-god-is-not-first-in-our-thoughts-and-efforts-in-the-morning-he/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [Prayer is a specific divine appointment, an ordinance of Heaven, whereby God purposes to carry out His gracious designs on earth and to execute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/prayer-is-a-specific-divine-appointment-an-ordinance-of-heaven/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [It is necessary to iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone through by routine or in a professional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/it-is-necessary-to-iterate-and-reiterate-that-prayer-as-a-mere-habit/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [There is power through prayer. For many Christians, prayer is nothing special, just something we're supposed to do - go to church, tithe, read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/there-is-power-through-prayer-for-many-christians-prayer-is-nothing/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/the-most-important-lesson-we-can-learn-is-how-to-pray-prayers-do-not/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [If we would have God in the closet, God must have us out of the closet. There is no way of praying to God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/if-we-would-have-god-in-the-closet-god-must-have-us-out-of-the-closet/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [They are not leaders because of brilliancy. ...but because, by the power of prayer, they could command the power of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/they-are-not-leaders-because-of-brilliancy-but-because-by-the-power/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [God's Word does not say, "Call unto me, and you will thereby be trained into the happy art of knowing how to be denied.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/god-s-word-does-not-say-call-unto-me-and-you-will-thereby-be-trained/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [The resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary to establish the truth of his mission and put the stamp of all-conquering power on his gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/the-resurrection-of-jesus-christ-was-necessary-to-establish-the-truth/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/jesus-taught-that-perseverance-is-the-essential-element-of-prayer-men/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [Prayer makes a godly man, and puts within him "the mind of Christ," the mind of humility, of self-surrender, of service, of pity, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/prayer-makes-a-godly-man-and-puts-within-him-the-mind-of-christ-the/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) > [Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/prayer-like-faith-obtains-promises-enlarges-their-operation-and-adds/) [Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-busy/edward-mckendree-bounds/#itemlist", "name": "5 Too busy Quotes By Edward McKendree Bounds", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Woe to the generation of sons who find their censers empty of the rich incense of prayer, whose fathers have been too busy or too unbelieving to pray, and perils inexpressible and consequences untold are their unhappy heritage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward McKendree Bounds" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/woe-to-the-generation-of-sons-who-find-their-censers-empty-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_been_woe-to-the-generation-of-sons-who-find-t_992073.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_been_woe-to-the-generation-of-sons-who-find-t_992073.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_been_woe-to-the-generation-of-sons-who-find-t_992073.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Woe to the generation of sons who find their censers empty of the rich incense of prayer, whose fathers have…” — Edward McKendree Bounds", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward McKendree Bounds" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/heaven-is-too-busy-to-listen-to-half-hearted-prayers-or-to-respond-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_bounds_heaven-is-too-busy-to-listen-to-half-hea_1129207.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_bounds_heaven-is-too-busy-to-listen-to-half-hea_1129207.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/edward-mckendree-bounds-1955_bounds_heaven-is-too-busy-to-listen-to-half-hea_1129207.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls.” — Edward McKendree Bounds", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He who is too busy to pray will be too busy to live a holy life. 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