Power Through Prayer"What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men men of prayer. from Chapter 1: Men of Prayer Needed Some Christians insist that 19th-century American pastor Edward M. Bounds offered a more profound understanding of prayer for modern believers than any other contemporary religious thinker. This classic book on personal communication with God explores how sincere prayer brings faith to life. It examines prayer, the great essential why a praying ministry will be successful prayer and devotion united an example of devotion the necessity of preparing the heart grace from the heart rather than the head and much more. Seekers of wisdom are sure to find words of truth in this inspirational volume.American Methodist minister and writer EDWARD McKENDREE BOUNDS (1835 1913) served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He wrote several best-selling books on prayer, including The Necessity of Prayer, Possibilities of Prayer, The Weapon of Prayer, and others." |
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... Christ was bound up in that man John . " Unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given " ( Isaiah 9 : 6 ) . The world's salvation comes out of that cradled Son . When Paul appeals to the personal character of the men who rooted the ...
... Christ was bound up in that man John . " Unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given " ( Isaiah 9 : 6 ) . The world's salvation comes out of that cradled Son . When Paul appeals to the personal character of the men who rooted the ...
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... Christ , the charac- ter and conduct of the followers of Christ— Christianize the world , transfigure nations and individuals . Of the preachers of the gos- pel it is eminently true . The character as well as the fortunes of the gospel ...
... Christ , the charac- ter and conduct of the followers of Christ— Christianize the world , transfigure nations and individuals . Of the preachers of the gos- pel it is eminently true . The character as well as the fortunes of the gospel ...
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... Christ's ministry must be molded into and mastered by this same holy motto . It is a crying shame for the Christian ... Christ . The heaven I de- sired was a heaven of holiness . " The gospel of Christ does not move by popular waves . It ...
... Christ's ministry must be molded into and mastered by this same holy motto . It is a crying shame for the Christian ... Christ . The heaven I de- sired was a heaven of holiness . " The gospel of Christ does not move by popular waves . It ...
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... Christ . Preachers are not sermon- makers , but men - makers and saint - makers and he only is well - trained for this business who has made himself a man and a saint . It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that ...
... Christ . Preachers are not sermon- makers , but men - makers and saint - makers and he only is well - trained for this business who has made himself a man and a saint . It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that ...
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... Christ. Preachers are not sermon- rs, but men-makers and saint-makers le only is well-trained for this business has made himself a man and a saint. It is ;reat talents or great learning or great :hers that God needs, but men great in ...
... Christ. Preachers are not sermon- rs, but men-makers and saint-makers le only is well-trained for this business has made himself a man and a saint. It is ;reat talents or great learning or great :hers that God needs, but men great in ...
Contents
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Talking to God for Men | 31 |
How to Get Results for God | 39 |
Great Men of Prayer | 47 |
Early Will I Seek Thee | 61 |
The Secret of Power | 67 |
Power Through Prayers | 79 |
Under the Dew of Heaven | 89 |
The Example of the Apostles | 105 |
What God Would Have | 109 |
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