Purpose in Prayer - Bounds, Edward M.

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Résumé :
Purpose in Prayer is a classic Christian devotional work by Edward M. Bounds, one of the best-known writers on prayer in modern evangelical literature. Bounds treats prayer not as a formal religious habit, but as a living discipline of faith, dependence, persistence, and spiritual power. With urgency and conviction, he argues that purposeful prayer shapes the life of the believer, strengthens Christian service, deepens communion with God, and lies at the centre of effective spiritual life. Written in the plain, forceful style that made Bounds's works enduring devotional classics, Purpose in Prayer belongs beside Power Through Prayer, The Necessity of Prayer, The Essentials of Prayer, and his other writings on Christian devotion. The book speaks to readers interested in prayer, spiritual growth, Christian living, faith, revival, ministry, and the disciplined inner life. For the Sublime catalogue, it fits cleanly within the line's cluster of serious religious classics, devotional literature, and practical works on Christian spiritual formation....

Sommaire:
Edward McKendree Bounds was an American Methodist minister, lawyer, chaplain, editor, and devotional writer whose books on prayer became enduring classics of Christian spiritual literature. Born in Missouri, Bounds first trained in law before entering the Methodist ministry, where he served as a pastor, preacher, and later as a chaplain during the American Civil War. His experience in ministry, hardship, pastoral labour, and spiritual discipline shaped the intense devotional character of his writing.Bounds is best remembered for his works on prayer, including Power Through Prayer, Purpose in Prayer, The Necessity of Prayer, The Essentials of Prayer, The Reality of Prayer, The Weapon of Prayer, and related collections that circulated widely after his death. His central conviction was that prayer is not secondary to Christian life or ministry, but foundational to spiritual power, preaching, holiness, revival, and faithful service. He wrote with unusual insistence on persistence, humility, dependence upon God, and the inward life of the believer.Although Bounds did not become widely famous during his lifetime, his influence grew steadily through later editions of his devotional writings. His books remain important to readers of Christian living, prayer, Methodist devotional literature, evangelical spirituality, pastoral ministry, revival history, and classic works of spiritual formation. For many readers, Bounds remains one of the clearest and most forceful writers on the necessity, discipline, and purpose of prayer in the Christian life....