E. M Bounds Quotes

Edward McKendree Bounds - American Preacher
Christian Liberty

"Holiness is wholeness."

"Heads never make martyrs."

"All things are under divine control."

"The very essence of prayer is the spirit of devotion."

"It is the heart which surrenders the life to love and fidelity."

"God cannot help hearing the prayer of an obedient child."

"You know the value of prayer: it is precious beyond all price."

"Without devotion prayer is an empty form, a vain round of words."

"Christian principles that are not aflame have neither force nor perfume."

"God's commandments are righteous and founded in justice and wisdom."

"The little estimate we put on prayer is evident from the little time we give to it."

"True prayer must be aflame. Christian life and character need to be all on fire."

"Prayer promotes the spirit of devotion, while devotion is favorable to the best praying."

"Devotion belongs to the devout man, whose thoughts and feelings are devoted to God."

"Trouble is God's servant, doing his will unless he is defeated in the execution of that will."

"The spirit of devotion prevents Christianity from being a thin veneer and puts it into the very life and being of our souls."

"Trouble is under the control of Almighty God, and is one of his most efficient agents in fulfilling his purposes and in perfecting his saints."

"He who would pray, must obey. He who would get anything out of his prayers, must be in perfect harmony with God. Prayer puts into those who sincerely pray a spirit of obedience, for the spirit of disobedience is not of God and belongs not to God's praying hosts."

"An obedient life is a great help to prayer. In fact, an obedient life is a necessity to prayer, to the sort which accomplishes things. The absence of an obedient life makes prayer an empty performance, a mere misnomer. A penitent sinner seeks pardon and salvation and has an answer to his prayers even with a life stained and debauched with sin. But God's royal intercessors come before him with royal lives. Holy living promotes holy praying. God's intercessors "lift up holy hands," the symbols of righteous, obedient lives."

Compiled by Thomas George
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