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Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.
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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The soul which has come into intimate contact with God in the silence of the prayer chamber is never out of conscious touch with the Father the heart is always going out to Him in loving communion, and the moment the mind is released from the task upon which it is engaged, it returns as naturally to God as the bird does to its nest.
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The reformer is one who with clarion voice will call the ministry back to it's knees.
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The stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living.
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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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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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We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the teaching of Jesus Christ
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Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.
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Prayer is God's plan to supply man's great and continuous need with God's great and continuous abundance.
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It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting.
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The world needs more true praying to save it from the reign and ruin of Satan.
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