Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things; the simplest and the sublimest; the weakest and the most powerful; its results lie outside the range of human possibilities-they are limited only by the omnipotence of God.
Edward Mckendree BoundsRead
Prayer is no fitful, short-lived thing. It is no voice crying unheard and unheeded in the silence. It is a voice which goes into God's ear, and it lives as long as God's ear is open to holy pleas, as long as God's heart is alive to holy things.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Prayer is a lasting communication with God that is always heard and valued.
In this quote, Edward Mckendree Bounds stresses the significance of prayer as a persistent and powerful connection to the divine. He emphasizes that prayer is not fleeting or overlooked; instead, it continually resonates in the presence of God, as long as there is an openness in God's heart to receive such sacred communication.
Themes
PrayerCommunicationFaithDivineSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
A pastor might use this quote during a sermon on the importance of prayer.
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Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer.
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