August 2, 2026
When Prayer Refuses to Flatter Us
A public-domain paper on prayer from E. M. Bounds, presented for focused reading and spiritual formation.
A strange mercy of the Christian tradition is that it refuses to flatter us. It gives us words when our own words have become too polished to be honest.
The old words are not museum pieces. They are tools with worn handles. Pick them up.
Source boundary: this post reflects on Elijah, The Praying Prophet, attributed in the corpus to E. M. Bounds. No outside sources used.