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10 E.M. Bounds Quotes To Prayerfully Ponder

In a nutshell, the article presents a collection of profound quotes by E.M. Bounds, a significant figure in the Christian community known for his deep insights on prayer. It highlights Bounds’ emphasis on the power and necessity of prayer, reflecting his belief that a strong spiritual connection with God is central to Christian life.

The quotes selected from Bounds’ work showcase his thoughts on how prayer shapes individual lives and the broader Christian faith.

E.M. Bounds had a significant impact on my life on the subject of prayer. His thoughts and ideas about prayer have stayed with me all of my life. These E.M. Bounds quotes are some of the best. I hope you enjoy them.

A little more about E.M. Bounds

Edward McKendree Bounds prominently 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.

E.M. Bounds quotes

10 E.M. Bounds Quotes

Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make prayer a rare and feeble thing. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

Men are God’s method. The church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. What the church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men who the Holy Spirit can use – men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Spirit does not come on machinery but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men – men of prayer. – Edward McKendree (E.M.) Bounds

All God’s plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them…. But men’s plans ignore the offence of the cross or despise it. Men’s plans have no profound, stern or self-immolating denial in them. Their gain is of the world. How much of these destructive elements, esteemed by men, does the devil bring into the church, until all the high, unworldly and holy aims, and heavenly objects of the church are retired and forgotten? – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

The soul which has come into intimate contact with God in the silence of the prayer chamber is never out of conscious touch with the Father; the heart is always going out to Him in loving communion, and the moment the mind is released from the task upon which it is engaged, it returns as naturally to God as the bird does to its nest. What a beautiful conception of prayer we get if we regard it in this light. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

The central significance of prayer is not in the things that happen as results, but in the deepening intimacy and unhurried communion with God at His central throne of control in order to discover a sense of God’s need in order to call on God’s help to meet that need. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Inflamed desires, impassioned, unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold in their efforts. Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls. Our whole being must be in our praying. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him, pouring out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us. Only by so doing can we expect to know Him, and as we come to know Him better we shall spend more time in His presence and find that presence a constant and ever-increasing delight. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else. – Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

The Passion Of E.M. Bounds

As you can see, E.M. Bounds had a passion for God and souls.

Pastor Duke Taber
Pastor Duke Taber

Pastor Duke Taber

All articles have been written or reviewed by Pastor Duke Taber.
Pastor Duke Taber is an alumnus of Life Pacific University and Multnomah Biblical Seminary.
He has been in pastoral ministry since 1988.
Today he is the owner and managing editor of 3 successful Christian websites that support missionaries around the world.
He is currently starting a brand new church in Mesquite NV called Mesquite Worship Center, a Non-Denominational Spirit Filled Christian church in Mesquite Nevada.