E.M. Bounds was a remarkable Methodist preacher. His life spanned the Civil War and the turn of the 20th Century.
When his message on prayer was no longer considered in vogue by his denomination, he was removed from leadership and from speaking at their conventions.
Bounds retired to his home in Washington, GA, and continued to intercede. He rose every morning and prayed aloud from 4-7am. I have visited his home. His prayer room was on the third floor of the house. Go figure.
In his old age, he would walk through the small town, going from house to house to pray for families. The police were under standing orders to protect this man of God, and return him safely to his home when darkness fell.
Take to heart the words of a man who fought the good fight over a century ago.
"Christian soldiers, fighting the good fight of faith, have access to a place of retreat, to which they continually repair for prayer. 'Praying always, with all prayer,' is a clear statement of the imperative need of much praying, and of many kinds of praying, by him who...would win out...over all his foes." E.M. Bounds, The Necessity of Prayer
TALK LESS! PRAY MORE!