Tag: E. M. Bounds

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 11 David Brainerd was pursued by unearthly adversaries who were resolved to rob him of his reward. He knew he must never take off his armor, but lie down to rest with his [sandals] laced. The stains that marred the perfection of his llustrous dress and the spots of rust on his…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 10 Prayer and Full Surrender Many exemplary men have I known, holy in heart and life, within my four score years. But one equal to John Fletcher — one so inwardly and outwardly obedient and devoted to God — I have not known. – John Wesley It is important to note that…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 9 An obedience discovered itself in John Fletcher, which I wish I could describe or imitate. It produced in him a mind ready to embrace every cross with alacrity and pleasure. He had a singular love for the lambs of the flock and applied himself with the greatest diligence to their instruction…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 8 General Charles James Gordon, the hero of Khartoum, was a truly Christian soldier. Shut up in the Sudanese town, he gallantly held out for one year, but finally was overcome and slain. On his memorial in Westminster Abbey are these words: “He gave his money to the poor, his sympathy to…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 7 Two thirds of the praying we do is for that which would give us the greatest possible pleasure to receive. It is a sort of spiritual self-indulgence in which we engage and, as a consequence, is the exact opposite of self-discipline. God knows all this and keeps His children asking. In…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 6 Prayer That Is Persistent How glibly we talk of praying without ceasing! Yet, we are quite ready to quit if our prayer remains unanswered but one week or month! We assume that by a stroke of His arm or an action of His will, God will give us what we ask.…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 5 Prayer and Enthusiasm St. Teresa rose off her deathbed to finish her work. She inspected, with all her quickness of eye and love of order, the whole house where she had been carried to die. She saw everything put in its proper place and everyone answering to their proper order. After…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 4 Prayer and Desire There are those who will mock me and tell me to stick to my trade as a cobbler. They will tell me to not trouble my mind with philosophy and theology. But the truth of God did so burn in my bones that I took my pen in…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 3 PRAYER AND TRUSTING GOD One evening I left my office in New York with a bitterly cold wind in my face. I had with me (as I thought) my thick, warm muffler, but when I proceeded to button up against the storm, I found that it was gone. I turned back,…

  • PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE

    E. M. BoundsChapter 2 Prayer That Gets Results The guests at a certain hotel were being made uncomfortable by the repeated banging on a piano by a little girl who possessed no musical knowledge. They complained to the owner with the hope of having the annoyance stopped. “I am sorry you are annoyed,” he said,…