Understanding Prayer: Its Purpose, Its Power, Its Potential
Prayer doesn’t have to be mysterious—and Understanding Prayer will clearly explain the purpose, power, and potential of regular conversation with God. This brand-new compilation from the writings of E. M. Bounds—a noted authority on prayer from the nineteenth-century—will show you the elements of effective, God-pleasing prayer. Whether he’s discussing the proper mindset for prayer, the prayer lives of Bible characters, or the role of the Holy Spirit in our prayers, Bounds makes practical application to every believer today. Text has been lightly updated for ease of reading, and space is provided for readers to record their own thoughts and observations.
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Prayer doesn’t have to be mysterious. . .
. . .and Understanding Prayer will help you see the purpose, power, and potential of regular conversation with God. This brand-new compilation from the writings of E. M. Bounds—a noted authority on prayer from the nineteenth-century—will show you the key elements of effective, God-pleasing prayer.
Whether he’s discussing the proper mindset for prayer, the prayer lives of Bible characters, or the role of the Holy Spirit in our prayers, Bounds always makes practical application to every believer today.
Text has been lightly updated for ease of reading—and there’s even space for you to record your own thoughts and observations.
Top Highlights
“When God’s house on earth is a house of prayer, then God’s house in heaven is busy and effective in its plans and movements, then His earthly armies are clothed with the triumphs and spoils of victory and His enemies defeated on every hand.” (source)
“He does the most for God who is the highest skilled in prayer” (source)
“To have God this near is to enter the holy of holies—to breathe the fragrance of the heavenly air, to walk in Eden’s delightful gardens. Nothing but prayer can bring God and man into this happy communion. That was the experience of Samuel Rutherford, just as it is the experience of everyone who passes through the same gateway. When this saint of God was confined in jail at one time for conscience’s sake, he enjoyed in a rare degree this divine companionship, recording in his diary that Jesus entered his cell, and that at His coming ‘every stone flashed like a ruby.’” (source)
“The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil everywhere.” (source)
“one who can wield the power of prayer is the strong one, the holy one in Christ’s kingdom.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Understanding Prayer: Its Purpose, Its Power, Its Potential
- Author: Bounds, E. M.
- Publisher: Barbour Books
- Publication Date: 2013
- ISBN: 9781624160141