Monday; January 6
I had never heard of E. M. Bounds until I came across a quote of his a few days ago. I still don’t know much about him, but the little I do know, it appears that he lived an interesting life during the latter part of the 19 th Century and the beginning of the 1900s. While I won’t go into the details of his life, I do want to share his insight ... actually two quotes that are attributed to his book, “Power Through Prayer”. The first is, “The church is looking for better methods – God is looking for better men.” The second tends to expound on this thought, “ What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use – men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men – men of prayer.” Having been associated with church work throughout most of th