Original title: Preacher and Prayer. New, updated and annotated edition. "What the church needs today is not more and better machinery, not new organizations or more innovative methods, but men whom the Holy Spirit can use - men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Spirit does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not show up on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men - men of prayer." - E. M. Bounds List of Discussions: The Need for Preachers Who Pray Depending Solely on God Preaching that Kills Pastoral Tendencies to Be Avoided The Preacher's Main Business is Prayer What Prayer Can Do for Your Ministry Make Time for Prayer Examples of Praying Men Early Morning Prayer Devoted Prayer An Example of Devotion Preparation of the Heart Working from the Heart The Necessity of Anointing Anointed Preaching Genuine Anointing Spiritual Leaders Pray Prayer for the Preacher Giving Yourself to Prayer A Praying Pulpit Begets a Praying Pew
Author
Edward McKendree Bounds was a Methodist minister, revivalist, author and lawyer. Unsuccessful in the California gold rush of 1849, E.M. Bounds returned home to Missouri and became the state’s youngest practicing attorney at age 19. In his early twenties he was deeply impacted by the Third Great Awakening, and at age 24 he was ordained for ministry. During his lifetime he pastored churches, traveled as an evangelist, served as a Civil War chaplain, edited a Christian periodical and was a devoted husband and father. But E.M. Bounds is best known for prayer. His daily habit was to spend the time between 4 am and 7 am praying. His writings on prayer are widely acclaimed to be among the finest of any author before or since.
