August 6, 2026
On Essentials of Prayer
Public-domain chapters from Essentials of Prayer, arranged as readable papers on prayer.
Some prayers do not decorate the soul. They undress it. That is part of their kindness.
Let the prayer be smaller than your anxiety and older than your mood. That is often enough for today.
Source boundary: this post reflects on Essentials of Prayer, attributed in the corpus to E. M. Bounds. No outside sources used.