“Public prayers of are of little value unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.” — E.M. Bounds Prayer Copy Share Image
“The world is one of the enemies which must be fought and conquered on the way to heaven.” — E.M. Bounds Enemies Copy Share Image
“It is not by the obvious works of evil that Satan perverts the church, but by quiet displacement and unnoticed substitution.” — E.M. Bounds Devil Copy Share Image
“The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men.” — E.M. Bounds Ghost Copy Share Image
“Short devotions are the bane of deep piety. Calmness, grasp, strength, are never the companions of hurry.” — E.M. Bounds Devotions Copy Share Image
“A prepared heart is much better than a prepared sermon. A prepared heart will make a prepared sermon.” — E.M. Bounds Preaching Copy Share Image
“Arrested spiritual development, either in the initial or the more advanced stages, is always an exposed position. Spiritual immaturity always leaves us… — E.M. Bounds Religion Copy Share Image
“The character as well as the fortunes of the gospel is committed to the preacher. He makes or mars the message from… — E.M. Bounds Christianity 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 Courage 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 Development 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… — E.M. Bounds Pulpit Member 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… — E.M. Bounds Religion 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 Prayer 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 Daily bread 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 Prayer 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… — E.M. Bounds Elect 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,… — E.M. Bounds Children 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,… — E.M. Bounds Belief in god Copy Share Image
“Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be the friend of… — E.M. Bounds End of the world 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 Love 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 Fear 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 Divine power Copy Share Image
“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 Deathless Copy Share Image
“Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer.” — E.M. Bounds Prayer Copy Share Image
“It is better to let the work go by default than to let the praying go by neglect.” — E.M. Bounds Prayer Copy Share Image
“The glory and efficiency of the gospel is staked on the men who proclaim it.” — E.M. Bounds Christianity 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 God Copy Share Image
“The preacher must have, "bonds of a servant with the spirit of a king, a king in high, royal, independent bearing, with… — E.M. Bounds Children Copy Share Image
“Nothing is well done without prayer for the simple reason that it leaves God out of the account.” — E.M. Bounds Prayer Copy Share Image
“The Gospel is represented as a training school in which to deny worldly desires is one part of its curriculum.” — E.M. Bounds Education 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 Flesh and blood 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 Prayer Copy Share Image
“he declares the necessity of men and his dependence on them as a channel through which to exert his power upon the… — E.M. Bounds Freedom Copy Share Image
“Another scheme of Satan is to eliminate from the church all the humble, self-denying ordinances that are offensive to unsanctified tastes and… — E.M. Bounds Devil Copy Share Image
“Topical preaching, polemical preaching, historical preaching, and other forms of sermonic output have, one supposes, their rightful and opportune uses. But expository… — E.M. Bounds History 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 Education Copy Share Image
“The Devil put a thorn in Paul’s flesh and made a special effort to acquire Peter’s loyalty. He directed the whirlwind, kindled… — E.M. Bounds Devil 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)
