Edward McKendree Bounds Quotes

If prayer puts God to work on earth, then, by the same token, prayerlessness rules God out of the world's affairs and prevents Him from working.

Edward McKendree Bounds

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• If prayer puts God to work on earth, then, by the same token, prayerlessness rules God out of the world's affairs and prevents Him from working.

  

  Edward McKendree Bounds
  • World
  • Work
  • God