Edward McKendree Bounds
Edward McKendree Bounds
Edward McKendree Boundsprominently known as E.M. Bounds, was an American author, attorney, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy. He is known for writing 11 books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer. Only two of Bounds' books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. ClaudiusLysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer of Bounds, worked on preserving and preparing Bounds' collection of manuscripts for publication. By 1921, more editorial work was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 August 1835
CountryUnited States of America
Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.
It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God...
Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God.
Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer. His will and His glory are bound up in praying.
Praying men are God's agents on earth, the representative of government of Heaven, set to a specific task on the earth.
The Scriptures bear ample and continuous evidence that the faith of the resurrection of the body lies in the faith that Jesus Christ died and rose again.
Mans access in prayer to God opens everything and makes his impoverishment his wealth. All things are his through prayer.
Bible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty.
Non-praying is lawlessness, discord, anarchy.
The character of our praying will determine the character of our preaching. Light praying makes light preaching.
The only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises.
Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man.
Praying that does not result in right thinking and right living is a farce. We have missed the whole office of prayer if it fails to purge our character and correct conduct. We have failed entirely to understand the virtue of prayer, if it does not bring about the revolutionizing of life. In the very nature of tings, we must either quit praying or quit our bad conduct.
Bread for today is bread enough.