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Prayer and Character & Conduct: Understanding and Applying God's Greatest Gifts (Necessities of Prayer Book 6)
by E.M. Bounds
We can consciously work on changing who we are by improving our character, the development of which started in our youth and continues throughout our lives.
Yet nothing will affect character in a better, more positive and fruitful way than will prayer.
So teaches E.M. Bounds in Prayer and Character and Conduct Prayer and Character and ConductPrayer and Character and Conduct , sixth of a series of 10 short-reads of the author’s epic Necessity of Prayer Necessity of PrayerNecessity of Prayer .
Bounds, a lawyer, Methodist clergyman and pastor, Confederate army chaplain, editor, author, evangelist—a man of God, is considered a leading 19th / 20th century authority on prayer. He wrote volumes on the subject, surviving to see only two of his books in print before he died in 1913.
Distinctive religious character and Christian conduct happen only with prayer, he argues. “The more we pray, the better we are, the purer and better our lives,” he writes. This was Christ’s goal; because from praying, righteous character will yield righteous conduct.
“The very end and purpose of the atoning work of Christ is to create religious character and to make Christian conduct,” says Bounds, citing Titus 2:14. “In Christ's teaching, it is not simply works of charity and deeds of mercy upon which He insists, but inward spiritual character.”
In Prayer and Character & ConductPrayer and Character & Conduct Bounds shows how an effective prayer life brings you closer to God, helping you develop characteristics closer to His that you will project in day-to-day conduct.
Becoming holy in heart and righteous in life happens through earnest, persistent and faithful prayer. Bounds will show you also how prayer is based on our character and on our conduct; that what and who we are with God sets the meter of our influence with Him; that the character of our inner life is a condition for effectual praying.
So, if you want to work on your character, as we all should, grab a copy of this short-read book. You can read it in under 30 minutes; then, refer back to study the principles and apply them in your life.
Yet nothing will affect character in a better, more positive and fruitful way than will prayer.
So teaches E.M. Bounds in Prayer and Character and Conduct Prayer and Character and ConductPrayer and Character and Conduct , sixth of a series of 10 short-reads of the author’s epic Necessity of Prayer Necessity of PrayerNecessity of Prayer .
Bounds, a lawyer, Methodist clergyman and pastor, Confederate army chaplain, editor, author, evangelist—a man of God, is considered a leading 19th / 20th century authority on prayer. He wrote volumes on the subject, surviving to see only two of his books in print before he died in 1913.
Distinctive religious character and Christian conduct happen only with prayer, he argues. “The more we pray, the better we are, the purer and better our lives,” he writes. This was Christ’s goal; because from praying, righteous character will yield righteous conduct.
“The very end and purpose of the atoning work of Christ is to create religious character and to make Christian conduct,” says Bounds, citing Titus 2:14. “In Christ's teaching, it is not simply works of charity and deeds of mercy upon which He insists, but inward spiritual character.”
In Prayer and Character & ConductPrayer and Character & Conduct Bounds shows how an effective prayer life brings you closer to God, helping you develop characteristics closer to His that you will project in day-to-day conduct.
Becoming holy in heart and righteous in life happens through earnest, persistent and faithful prayer. Bounds will show you also how prayer is based on our character and on our conduct; that what and who we are with God sets the meter of our influence with Him; that the character of our inner life is a condition for effectual praying.
So, if you want to work on your character, as we all should, grab a copy of this short-read book. You can read it in under 30 minutes; then, refer back to study the principles and apply them in your life.
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E.M. Bounds (1835 - 1913)
Methodist minister and devotional writer, was born in Shelby County, Missouri. He spent the last 17 years of his life with his family in Washington, Georgia, writing his Spiritual Life Books. His burden was the neglect of prayer in the church and especially by ministers therefore his first book published was power through prayer which was originally published with the title: "The Pastor and Prayer."Practiced law for three years until he was called to preach the gospel. While serving as chaplain during the Civil War, he was captured and held prisoner in Nashville, Tennessee. After his release, he held several pastorates. His books on prayer have been continual best-sellers for over fifty years. Possibilities of Prayer.
Edward McKendree Bounds was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and author of eleven books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer.
Although apprenticed as an attorney, Bounds felt called to Christian ministry in his early twenties during the Third Great Awakening. Following a brush arbor revival meeting led by Evangelist Smith Thomas, he closed his law office and moved to Palmyra, Missouri to enroll in the Centenary Seminary. Two years later, in 1859 at the age of 24, he was ordained by his denomination and was named pastor of the nearby Monticello, Missouri Methodist Church.
He became a chaplain in the Confederate States Army (3rd Missouri Infantry CSA) During the First Battle of Franklin, Bounds suffered a severe forehead injury from a Union saber, and he was taken prisoner. On June 28, 1865, Bounds was among Confederate prisoners who were released upon the taking of an oath of loyalty to the United States.
According to people who were constantly with him, in prayer and preaching, for eight years "Not a foolish word did we ever hear him utter. He was one of the most intense eagles of God that ever penetrated the spiritual ether."
"As breathing is a physical reality to us, so prayer was a reality for Bounds. He took the command, 'Pray without ceasing' (1 Thess. 5:17) almost as literally as nature takes the law that controls our breathing. He did not merely pray well that he might write well about prayer. He prayed because the needs of the world were upon him. He prayed for long years, upon subjects that the easy going Christian rarely gives a thought, and for objects that men of less thought and faith are always ready to call impossible. From his solitary prayer vigils, year by year, there arose teaching equaled to few men in modern Christian history. He wrote transcendently about prayer, because he was himself transcendent in its practice." - Reverend Claude L. Chilton, minister and friend.
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