Praying With Purpose

by E.M. Bounds

Prayer is the one force that can turn your life into a testimony of God's divine power and bring victory to your life. E. M. Bounds unfolds the exciting ways that God will move on your behalf and explains how you can obtain all that God has for you, know what to pray for, receive miracles, bring loved ones to Christ, turn problems into victories, and develop a deeper relationship with God. This book is your passport to answered prayer and a successful, changed life.

172 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2005

About the 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.

Reviews

[Rachel Svendsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an excellent book on the importance of prayer. It encouraged you to seek God regularly and faithfully. My only complaints were the occasional repetitiveness of the author as well as his writing style. I found myself mentally rewording some of his sentences for more clarity of thought. Other than that this book was encouraging and uplifting. I would recommend it to anyone who desires encouragement to pray more frequently and earnestly.