Resolve to make the coming year a year of commitment to prayer. Pastor and civil war chaplain E. M. Bounds penned his classic book on prayer for the simple reason that Christians don’t pray enough. It quickly became perhaps the most well-known book on prayer ever written. He decried the great evil of his times to be: little or no praying.

“The little estimate we put on prayer is evident from the little time we give to it,” Bounds wrote.

“Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.” Simple and concise, Bounds’ volume has helped multitudes of Christians renew and strengthen their habits of prayer.