“The preacher must be preeminently a man of prayer. His heart must graduate from the school of prayer where only the heart can learn to preach. No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack. Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.”
E. M. Bounds, Pastor and Prayer: Why and How Pastors Ought to Pray (p. 25). Aneko Press. Kindle Edition.
