SCRIPTURE
DEUTERONOMY, Chapter 7 (WEB1) Verse 9 “Know therefore that Yahweh your God Himself Is God, the Faithful God, Who Keeps Covenant and Loving Kindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His Commandments,” and
DEUTERONOMY, Chapter 5 (WEB) Verses 8 “You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 9 You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me 10 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.“
QUOTE
Edward McKendree Bounds: E.M. BOUNDS ON PRAYER,2 page 13
Prayer puts GOD in full force in the world. To a prayerful man, GOD Is Present in realized Force.
THOUGHT CHALLENGE
Prayer fuels blessings. Absence of prayer allows curses.
DISCUSSION
Words are important to GOD, the Holy One, Who Became flesh and Dwelt among us. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and the Word Was GOD.3 Jesus, the Word Made Flesh, Taught us the patterns of a life of prayer. He Prayed without ceasing as He Walked in continuous relationship with GOD. GOD beckons each of us to partake of that Lifestyle.
The sins of the father/mother are punished unto many generation of the children of those who failed to fill the Heavenly storehouse with fuel for the release of GOD’s Power on earth as it is in Heaven. His offspring landed in a barren land where fallen angelic beings fly more slowly and with less power.
On the other hand, the prayers of the saints of old fuel the Heavenly angelic host, even to this day, to press mightily into the battle against principalities, darknesses and spiritual wickedness in high places.
The Prayers of Old live, move and breath
in a realm where angelic hosts
are fleet and strong.
Prayer fuels the Blessings
To the Third and Fourth Generations.
Praise GOD!
Stoke the fire,
Bend your knees,
Pray!
MATTHEW (BSB ) Chapter 6
9 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father In Heaven, Hallowed Be Your Name. 10 Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done, on earth as It Is In Heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And Forgive us out debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And Lead us not into temptation, but Deliver us from the evil one.4
- The World English Bible (WEB) is a Public Domain (no copyright) Modern English translation of the Holy Bible. That means that you may freely copy it in any form, including electronic and print formats. https://worldenglish.bible/ Retrieved 2026June12 by ERE. ↩︎
- Bounds, E. M. (1997). E.M. Bounds ON PRAYER. Whitaker House. ↩︎
- JOHN 1:1. World English BIBLE (WEB) [Public Domain]. https://ebible.org/study/ Retrieved 2026June12. ↩︎
- MATTHEW 6: 9-13. Berean Study BIBLE (BSB). [Public Domain]. BibleHub-Matthew-6:9-13 Retrieved 2026June15. ↩︎