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That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents.
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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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 prayers of God's saints strengthen the unborn generation against the desolating waves of sin and evil.
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Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.
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In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men.
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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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A man can pray better because of the prayers of the past a man can live holier because of the prayers of the past the man of many and acceptable prayers has done the truest and greatest service to the incoming generation.
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God's cause is committed to men God commits Himself to men. Praying men are the vice-regents of God they do His work and carry out His plans.
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Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.
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It is necessary to iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone through by routine or in a professional way, is a dead and rotten thing.
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The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying.
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I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else.
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Prayer thrives in the atmosphere of true devotion.
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary to establish the truth of his mission and put the stamp of all-conquering power on his gospel.
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Mans access in prayer to God opens everything and makes his impoverishment his wealth. All things are his through prayer.
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if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his dominion.
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By prayer, the ability is secured to feel the law of love, to speak according to the law of love, and to do everything in harmony with the law of love.
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