Obtaining Answers to Prayers

by E.M. Bounds

A tremendous book about faith and promise.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

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

[Margaret Roberts]

Giving different biblical examples, bounds explains how we obtain answers to prayer by genuiness, persistence, humbleness, boldness and always choosing to glorify God. It isn't about the wording, it's about sincerity. A powerful and convicting read while also pressing in about the need to have a closer walk with God.

[Sara]

I don’t know why this took me so long to get through. But it went through the Bible and gave very specific examples of answered prayers. Very encouraging.