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01c. 1874 AD

The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.

E.M. Bounds / quote

02c. 1874 AD

Prayer puts God's work in his hands-and keeps it there.

E.M. Bounds / quote

03c. 1874 AD

I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell and then running away as fast as he can go.

E.M. Bounds / quote

04c. 1874 AD

It is hard to wait and press and pray and hear no voice but stay till God answers.

E.M. Bounds / quote

05c. 1874 AD

God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children just as far as God's ability goodness and perfection exceed our infirmities and evil.

E.M. Bounds / quote

06c. 1874 AD

Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things the simplest and the sublim-est the weakest and the most powerful its results lie outside the range of human possibilities-they are limited only by the omnipotence of God.

E.M. Bounds / quote

07c. 1874 AD

Prayer like faith obtains promises enlarges their operation and adds to the measure of their results.

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08c. 1874 AD

Prayer is our most formidable weapon the thing which makes all else we do efficient.

E.M. Bounds / quote