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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... pulpit , by holy lives out of it . These can mold a generation for God . After this order , the early Christians were formed . Men they were of solid mold , preachers after the heavenly type - heroic , stalwart , soldierly , saintly ...
... pulpit , by holy lives out of it . These can mold a generation for God . After this order , the early Christians were formed . Men they were of solid mold , preachers after the heavenly type - heroic , stalwart , soldierly , saintly ...
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... pulpit of this day is weak in praying . The pride of learning is against the depen- dent humility of prayer . Prayer is with the pulpit too often only official — a performance for the routine of service . Prayer is not to the modern pulpit ...
... pulpit of this day is weak in praying . The pride of learning is against the depen- dent humility of prayer . Prayer is with the pulpit too often only official — a performance for the routine of service . Prayer is not to the modern pulpit ...
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... pulpit, by holy out of it. These can mold a generation od. :er this order, the early Christians were 3d. Men they were of solid mold, :hers after the heavenly type — heroic, art, soldierly, saintly. Preaching with meant self-denying ...
... pulpit, by holy out of it. These can mold a generation od. :er this order, the early Christians were 3d. Men they were of solid mold, :hers after the heavenly type — heroic, art, soldierly, saintly. Preaching with meant self-denying ...
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... pulpit . Long , discur- sive , dry , and inane are the prayers in many pulpits . Without unction or heart , they fall like a killing frost on all the graces of wor- ship . Death - dealing prayers they are . Every vestige of devotion has ...
... pulpit . Long , discur- sive , dry , and inane are the prayers in many pulpits . Without unction or heart , they fall like a killing frost on all the graces of wor- ship . Death - dealing prayers they are . Every vestige of devotion has ...
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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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