E.M. Bounds - Necessity of Prayer - Chapter 4

Here are a few passages from Rev. E.M. Bound's fourth chapter in his book 'The Necessity of Prayer.'

The fourth chapter is called 'Prayer & Desire'.

Holy desire is much helped by devout contemplation. Meditation on our spiritual need, and on God's readiness and ability to correct it, aids desire to grow. Serious thought engaged in before praying, increases desire, makes it more insistent, and tends to save us from the menanace of private prayer - wandering thought.

Nothing short of being red hot for God, can keep the glow of heaven in our hearts, these chilly days. The early Methodists had no heating apparatus in their churches. They declared that the flame in the pew and the fire in the pulpit must siffice to keep them warm.

Ardent desire is the basis of unceasing prayer.

God draws mightily near to the praying soul. To see God, to know God, and to live for God - these form the objective of all true praying. Thus praying is, after all, inspired to seek after God.

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