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God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil

Edward McKendree Bounds

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Edward McKendree Bounds
Age: 78 †
Born: 1835
Born: August 15
Died: 1913
Died: August 24
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Shelby County
Missouri
E. M. Bounds
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Prayer
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Prayer in Jesus' name puts the crowning crown on God, because it glorifies Him through the Son and it pledges the Son to give to men 'whatsoever and anything' they shall ask.
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Our praying, however, needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage which never fails.
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No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire. Prayer ascends by fire. Flame gives prayer access as well as wings, acceptance as well as energy. There is no incense without fire no prayer without flame.
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The lazy man does not, will not, cannot pray, for prayer demands energy.
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Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.
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The prayers of God's saints strengthen the unborn generation against the desolating waves of sin and evil.
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He who is too busy to pray will be too busy to live a holy life. Satan had rather we let the grass grow on the path to our prayer chamber than anything else.
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The only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises.
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