"Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him……" — Edward McKendree Bounds
"Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him to work. This is the meaning of prayer as it concerns God. This is the doctrine of prayer, or else there is nothing whatever in prayer."
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130 Quotes by Edward McKendree Bounds
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There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous,…
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The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong.
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Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.
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Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
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if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his…
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God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be,…
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No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply…
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Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God's saints have been…
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We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles,…
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Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a…
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God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.
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By prayer, the ability is secured to feel the law of love, to speak according to the law of love,…
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