The Purpose of Prayer

by Edward McKendree Bounds

Publisher:

Faithlife

, 2004

Overview

“JESUS said, ‘If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.’ . . . That,is the Divine declaration, and it opens a vista of infinite resources and possibility.” Throughout his ministry, Bounds rose to pray at 4 a.m. and prayed until 7 a.m. Out of this deep prayer experience, he could say, “Without prayer the Christian life, robbed of its sweetness and beauty, becomes cold and formal, and dead; but in the secret place where God talks with His own, the Christian life grows into such a testimony of Divine power that all men will feel its influence and be touched by the warmth of its love . . . That, surely is the purpose of all real prayer and the end of all true service.”—E. M. Bounds

Contents

Top Highlights

“Ask of Me is the condition a praying people willing and obedient.” (Page 3)

“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.” (Page 7)

“Jesus Christ surrenders Himself to the importunity of a great faith.” (Page 22)

“Prayer is nothing else but a sense of God’s presence.” (Page 4)

“Without fire prayer has no spirit; it is, like dead spices, for corruption and worms.” (Page 6)

Product Details

• Title: The Purpose of Prayer
• Author: Edward M. Bounds
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems
• Publication Date: 2004

About Edward McKendree Bounds

Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835–August 24, 1913) was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and author of eleven books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer.