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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... give out dead sermons , and dead sermons kill . Every- thing depends on the spiritual character of the preacher . Under the Jewish dispensation the high priest had inscribed in jeweled let- ters on a golden frontlet : " Holiness to the ...
... give out dead sermons , and dead sermons kill . Every- thing depends on the spiritual character of the preacher . Under the Jewish dispensation the high priest had inscribed in jeweled let- ters on a golden frontlet : " Holiness to the ...
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... gives life and force to all . The real sermon is made in the closet . The man - God's man - is made in the closet . His life and his profoundest convictions were born in his secret communion with God . The burdened 14 Power Through Prayer.
... gives life and force to all . The real sermon is made in the closet . The man - God's man - is made in the closet . His life and his profoundest convictions were born in his secret communion with God . The burdened 14 Power Through Prayer.
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... gives life and force to all. e real sermon is made in the closet. The —God's man — is made in the closet. His ffld his profoundest convictions were born in his secret communion with God. The burdened and Power Through Prayer.
... gives life and force to all. e real sermon is made in the closet. The —God's man — is made in the closet. His ffld his profoundest convictions were born in his secret communion with God. The burdened and Power Through Prayer.
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... gives life , but sunstrokes are death . Preaching is to give life ; it may kill . The preacher holds the keys ; he may lock as well as unlock . Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life . When ...
... gives life , but sunstrokes are death . Preaching is to give life ; it may kill . The preacher holds the keys ; he may lock as well as unlock . Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life . When ...
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... gives life , gives life as the spring gives life ; gives life as the resurrection gives life ; gives ardent life as the summer gives ardent life ; gives fruitful life as the autumn gives fruitful life . The life - giving preacher is a ...
... gives life , gives life as the spring gives life ; gives life as the resurrection gives life ; gives ardent life as the summer gives ardent life ; gives fruitful life as the autumn gives fruitful life . The life - giving preacher is a ...
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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