Prayer’s Answer

It is the answered prayer which brings praying out of the realm of dry, dead things, and makes praying a thing of life and power. It is the answer to prayer which brings things to pass, changes the natural trend of things, and orders all things according to the will of God.

It is the answer to prayer which takes praying out of the regions of fanaticism and saves it from being Utopian, or from being merely fanciful. It is the answer to prayer which makes praying a power for God and for us and makes praying real and divine.

—E. M. Bounds, The Possibilities of Prayer