E. M. Bounds

“Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God.”

“We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more.”

“There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Flamed desires, impassioned, unwearied...”

“It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.”

“To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened, till the m...”

“Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter, not with vain repetitions, but with urgent repetitions. We repeat, not to count the times, but to gain the prayer. We cannot...”

“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 get faint-hearted and quit praying at the point whe...”

“The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God, for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.”

“Prayer puts God's work in his hands-and keeps it there.”

“I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expe...”

“Prayer puts God's work in His hands-and keeps it there.”

“It is hard to wait and press and pray, and hear no voice, but stay till God answers.”

“God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness and perfection exceed our infirmitie...”

“Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things; the simplest and the sublim-est; the weakest and the most powerful; its results lie outside the range of human possibilities-they are limited...”

“Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.”

“Prayer is our most formidable weapon, the thing which makes all else we do efficient.”