Purpose In Prayer

"The more praying there is in this world, the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil everywhere. Prayer, in one phase of its operation, is a disinfectant and a preventive. It purifies the air; it destroys the contagion of evil. Prayer is no fitful, short-lived thing. It is no voice crying unheard and unheeded in 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." Purpose in Prayer will awaken those who have neglected prayer, encourage those who desire help in this spiritual exercise, and give significant instruction to all who read its pages.

God, in all His power and all His majesty, stops and listens when you pray. Dr. Myles Munroe's biblically-based, time-tested principles will ignite and transform the way you pray.

Purpose in Prayer is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) prominently known as E.M. Bounds, was an American author, attorney, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy. He is known for writing 11 books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer. Only two of Bounds' books were published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias Chilton, Jr., grandson of William Parish Chilton and admirer of Bounds, worked on preserving and preparing Bounds' collection of manuscripts for publication. By 1921, Homer W. Hodge completed additional editorial work. Edward McKendree Bounds was born on August 15, 1835, in Shelbyville, Missouri. He is the son of Thomas Jefferson and Hester A. (née Purnell) Bounds. In the preface to E.M. Bounds on Prayer, published by Hendrickson Christian Classics Series over 90 years after Bounds' death, it is surmised that young Edward was named after the evangelist, William McKendree, who planted churches in western Missouri and served as the fourth bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was the fifth child, in a family of three sons and three daughters.

Your 40-day guide to experiencing more passionate, persistent, intimate communication with God. Do you pray as often and as bravely as you want to? Are you looking to strengthen your relationship with God and experience a deeper, more intentional prayer life? Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker, is here to teach you all about a new, life-changing way to pray. After the release of The Circle Maker, thousands of readers quickly became many tens of thousands, and soon enough, true stories of miraculous and inspiring answers to prayer began to pour in. Draw the Circle shares these inspiring testimonies and combines them with timely scriptures and daily prayer prompts designed to stir you to pray like never before. Through these moving stories and encouraging devotionals, you'll learn all about: The life-changing power of intentional prayer Why prayer is such a crucial aspect of your relationship with God How to start applying the principles of The Circle Maker in your everyday life How to stay humble, patient, and focused as you start your 40-day journey Building prayer habits that will support your faith for a lifetime There's a way for all of us to experience a deeper, more passionate, persistent, and intimate prayer life. Batterson invites you to begin a lifetime of watching God work, believe in the God who can do all things, and experience the power of bold prayer and even bolder faith. Let Draw the Circle be the first forty days on your way to a lifetime of watching God work and believing in the God who can do all things.

Most people realize the importance of prayer in their lives. We also know that Jesus prayed regularly during His earthly ministry. But how can we pray effective prayers? How can our prayers become practical? PRAYING WITH PURPOSE is a “prayer school” or practical guide focused on directing readers in purposeful and practical prayers. In PRAYING WITH PURPOSE 30% of the content is theory, and 70% is based on exercising practical praying. The author discusses 40 topics to help readers to pray Scripture step by step. Each topic is supported by Scripture verses paraphrased as prayers that can be used as guidelines. At the end of the book a study guide will help readers assess their progress as they work through the topics. PRAYING WITH PURPOSE is a practical guide that shows Christians how to use Scripture in their prayer time with God.

In this work, Bounds explores the reason behind our own personal prayers. Too often when we pray, we think of the importance of prayer but not of the reasons behind it. Why should we pray? What does it accomplish? By exploring these questions, Bounds opens up the reality of prayer in our lives.

Are you ever at a loss for words during prayer? God encourages us to approach Him with confidence, yet often we don't know what to say. We wonder if we'll pray the "wrong" way—or we simply have no words at all. A Prayer for Every Occasion inspires readers with prayer prompts, tips on how to pray, and ways to grow a habit of prayer. Organized by occasion and need, this prayer book offers abundant prayer examples to share with others or pray privately, and includes: Prayers for when you’re suffering Prayers during a waiting season Prayers for when you seek growth and transformation Prayers for weddings, funerals, births, and loss Prayers for graduations, praise, celebrations, and more Including beloved prayers from Scripture as well as historical prayers, this lovely gift book teaches us how to pray with passion and joy. This book is a great gift for just about every occasion--birthdays, Easter, Mother’s Day, Christmas, a loved one grieving, a friend needing encouragement, or someone achieving a milestone. Written for veteran pray-ers as well as for those of us who find prayer intimidating, A Prayer for Every Occasion provides an overview of the most common elements found in well-known prayers—including the words of Jesus—to help us find new confidence in our prayer lives.

Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain Edward McKendree Bounds (1835-1913) considered conversation with God as fundamentally vital to the Christian's life as physical breath. He devoted the last 17 years of his life to intense intercession and to penning some of the most perennially popular works about prayer. This attractive volume features the very best of his beloved writings. "God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed in death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them and prayers outlive the lives of those who uttered them; they outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world." --from E.M. Bounds on Prayer Every Christian library needs the classics--the timeless books that have spoken powerfully to generations of believers. Hendrickson Christian Classics allow readers to build an essential classics library in affordable modern editions. Each volume is freshly retypeset for reading comfort, while thoughtful new introductions place each in historical and spiritual context. Attractive, classically bound covers look great together on the shelf. Best of all, value pricing makes this series easy to own. Planned to span the spectrum of Christian wisdom through the ages, Hendrickson Christian Classics set a new standard for quality and value.