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10/27/2023 – ““Praying is spiritual work; and human nature does not like taxing, spiritual work. Human nature wants to sail to heaven under a favoring breeze, a full, smooth sea. Prayer is humbling work. It abases intellect and pride, crucifies vainglory, and signs our spiritual bankruptcy, and all these are hard for flesh and blood to bear. It is easier not to pray than to bear them. So we come to one of the crying evils of these times, maybe of all times–little or no praying. Of these two evils, perhaps little praying is worse than no praying. Little praying is a kind of make-believe, a salvo for the conscience, a farce and a delusion.” ― E.M. Bounds, The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds: Power Through Prayer, The Reality of Prayer, The Essentials of Prayer, The Weapon of Prayer, Satan: His Personality, Power And Overthrow and More.

E.M. Bounds bio:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/942850.E_M_Bounds

Soli Deo Gloria!

10/17/2023 – “The lazy man does not, will not, cannot pray, for prayer demands energy. Paul calls it a striving, an agony.” E.M. Bounds, The Complete Collection of E. M. Bounds on Prayer // Bio attached

E.M. Bounds biography:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/942850.E_M_Bounds

Soli Deo Gloria!

09/30/2023 – “The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.” – E.M. Bounds / Again, bio link & comment attached.

https://www.revival-library.org/prayer_makes_history/bounds_em.shtml

Question : (see story in link above)- Five brothers regularly prayed faithfully for revival for an entire year with no apparent results. Then suddenly, one day the Holy …

09/27/2023 – “Spiritual work is taxing work, and men are loath to do it. Praying, true praying, costs an outlay of serious attention and of time, which flesh and blood do not relish.” ― E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer / (bio link attached)

https://www.revival-library.org/prayer_makes_history/bounds_em.shtml

I recall: “If you want to know what a man values, observe where he spends his time.” Do we really believe what we say we believe …