Several years ago, as I visited with an older member of our congregation, he shared with me one of his favorite books. It was by an author I had not heard of, but he recommended it so highly that I got a copy to read for myself.
The author of the book was E.M. Bounds, a Methodist preacher of the nineteenth century, who studied and wrote extensively about prayer. I highly recommend his books on prayer to others. You can find them online. I believe you will be as thrilled and moved by the things you discover there as I was.
Some favorite quotes by E.M. Bounds include these:
“The prayers of God’s saints are the capital stock in heaven by which Christ carries on His great work upon earth.”
“Prayer is our most formidable weapon, but the one in which we are the least skilled, the most averse to its use.”
“Prayer in its highest form and grandest success assumes the attitude of a wrestler with God.”
“The Gospel cannot live, fight, conquer without prayer—prayer unceasing, instant and ardent.”
“A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.”
“The possibilities of prayer run parallel with the promises of God.”
“When prayer fails, the world prevails.”
“We pray feebly because we live feebly.”
“Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.”
There are many more, but you get the idea. Find and read one of E.M. Bounds volumes and you, too, will find yourself on a renewed path of prayer and faith.
Also remember that there is a worldwide daily prayer meeting you can easily access any time, day or night. It’s on the Seventh-day Adventist YouTube channel and on Facebook and is called “God First: Your Daily Prayer Meeting”. Feel free to share your prayer requests with Adventist prayer warriors around the world and know that someone will be praying with and for you.
“Be anxious for nothing…let your requests be made known…” Philippians 4:6
