The Letter Killeth {E.M. Bounds}

During this affliction I was brought to examine my life in relation to eternity closer than I had done when in the enjoyment of health. In this examination relative to the discharge of my duties toward my fellow creatures as a man, a Christian minister, and an officer of the Church, I stood approved by [...]

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Faith Enough for Today {E.M. Bounds}

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusted in Thee.”
When we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” we are, in a measure, shutting tomorrow out of our prayer. We do not live in tomorrow but in today. We do not seek tomorrow’s grace or tomorrow’s [...]

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Mighty Faith {E.M. Bounds}

Faith gives birth to prayer, and grows stronger, strikes deeper, rises higher, in the struggles and wrestlings of mighty petitioning. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the assurance and realization of the inheritance of the saints. Faith, too, is humble and persevering. It can wait and pray; it can stay on its knees, [...]

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Praying in His Name {E.M. Bounds}

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. [...]

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Foes of Faith {E.M. Bounds}

Doubt and fear are the twin foes of faith. Sometimes, they actually usurp the place of faith, and although we pray, it is a restless, disquieted prayer that we offer, uneasy and often complaining. Peter failed to walk on Gennesaret because he permitted the waves to break over him and swamp the power of his [...]

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The Power to Move {E.M. Bounds}

Only God can move mountains,
but faith and prayer
move God.

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Faith in Prayer {E.M. Bounds}

When faith ceases to pray,
it ceases to live.

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