Biography
E. M. Bounds
The Methodist minister whose writings call the servant of God back to prayer.
Topic
Prayer
Learning to come before the Father with attention, trust and perseverance.
Witnesses
Lives connected to this theme.
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George Müller
A life of dependence on God expressed in sustained, practical care for children in Bristol.
Biography
Andrew Murray
A South African minister whose devotional writings return to prayer, surrender and dependence on Christ.
Biography
David Wilkerson
The Pentecostal pastor whose call to New York grew into ministry among gang members, people struggling with addiction, a local church and a worldwide burden for prayer and repentance.
Biography
Derek Prince
A philosopher turned Bible teacher whose worldwide ministry grew from a wartime encounter with Christ and a lifelong submission of thought to Scripture.
Quotations
Words in their source setting.
Quotation
“Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.”
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Chapter I
Bounds is addressing the character and prayer life of those who minister. Read the surrounding chapter alongside its strong rhetorical claims.
Quotation
“Prayer makes the man; prayer makes the preacher; prayer makes the pastor.”
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Chapter I
The paragraph concerns private communion with God and the preparation of the person who preaches.
Quotation
“The preaching man is to be the praying man. Prayer is the preacher's mightiest weapon.”
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Chapter I
Bounds calls those entrusted with preaching to make prayer part of their own lives.
Quotation
“To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man.”
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First lesson · Lord, teach us to pray
Murray introduces Christ as the teacher of prayer. The sentence belongs to his opening appeal to learn from Jesus.
Journal
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Journal
Learning to pray from Christ
Begin with what Jesus teaches about the Father and the place of prayer in an ordinary day.
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Reading edition
Power Through Prayer · Chapter I
Selected passages on prayer, with a link to the complete original edition.
Translations
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EN ESPAÑOL
“Los hombres son el método de Dios. La Iglesia busca mejores métodos; Dios busca mejores hombres.”
EN ESPAÑOL
“La oración es a la fe lo que el aliento es a la vida.”
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Scripture · Witness · Response
Prayer
Learning to come before the Father with attention, trust and perseverance.
Begin this pathBiography
Witnesses connected to prayer.
Biography
E. M. Bounds
162 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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R. A. Torrey
48 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Samuel Chadwick
34 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
Biography
P. T. Forsyth
53 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Oswald Chambers
50 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Watchman Nee
71 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Charles Finney
37 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Leonard Ravenhill
46 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Andrew Murray
50 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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J. C. Ryle
106 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Bertha Smith
40 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.
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Thomas Brooks
30 preserved quotations connect this witness to prayer.