"Woe to the generation of sons who find……" — Edward McKendree Bounds
"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."
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Edward McKendree Bounds
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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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