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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... character of the men who rooted the gospel in the world , he solves the mystery of their suc- cess . The glory and efficiency of the gospel are staked on the men who proclaim it . When God declares that " the eyes of the LORD run to and ...
... character of the men who rooted the gospel in the world , he solves the mystery of their suc- cess . The glory and efficiency of the gospel are staked on the men who proclaim it . When God declares that " the eyes of the LORD run to and ...
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... character have more to do with the revolutions of nations than either philosophic historians or democratic politi- cians will allow . This truth has its applica- tion in full to the gospel of Christ , the charac- ter and conduct of the ...
... character have more to do with the revolutions of nations than either philosophic historians or democratic politi- cians will allow . This truth has its applica- tion in full to the gospel of Christ , the charac- ter and conduct of the ...
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... character of the preacher . Under the Jewish dispensation the high priest had inscribed in jeweled let- ters on a golden frontlet : " Holiness to the LORD . " So every preacher in Christ's ministry must be molded into and mastered by ...
... character of the preacher . Under the Jewish dispensation the high priest had inscribed in jeweled let- ters on a golden frontlet : " Holiness to the LORD . " So every preacher in Christ's ministry must be molded into and mastered by ...
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... character and reputation if he did not bring his master influences to adulterate the preacher and the preaching . In face of all this , the exclamatory interrogatory of Paul , " Who is sufficient for these things ? ” ( 2 Corinthians 2 ...
... character and reputation if he did not bring his master influences to adulterate the preacher and the preaching . In face of all this , the exclamatory interrogatory of Paul , " Who is sufficient for these things ? ” ( 2 Corinthians 2 ...
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... character has shorn his preaching of its distinctive lifegiving power . Profes- sional praying there is and will be , but pro- fessional praying helps the preaching do its deadly work . Professional praying chills and kills both ...
... character has shorn his preaching of its distinctive lifegiving power . Profes- sional praying there is and will be , but pro- fessional praying helps the preaching do its deadly work . Professional praying chills and kills both ...
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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