We cannot talk to God strongly when we have not lived for God strongly. The closet cannot be made holy to God when the life has not been holy to God.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

Prayer makes a godly man, and puts within him “the mind of Christ,” the mind of humility, of self-surrender, of service, of pity, and of prayer. If we really pray, we will become more like God, or else we will quit praying.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless or that He will bless, but that He does bless, here and now. Trust always operates in the present tense. Hope looks toward the future. Trust looks to the present. Hope expects. Trust possesses. Trust receives what prayer acquires. So, what prayer needs, at all times, is abiding and abundant trust.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test on His promises. It is His highest pleasure to answer prayer, to prove the reliability of His promises.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

It is hard to wait and press and pray, and hear no voice, but stay till God answers.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God’s saints have been held.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

No man can do a great and enduring work for God who is not a man of prayer, and no man can be a man of prayer who does not give much time to praying.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)

Prayer succeeds when all else fails.

Edward M. Bounds (Author, 1835 – 1913)