Focuses on the right attitudes for either individual or corporate prayer. Bounds holds that no person with a divided allegiance to God can pray as he or she ought. He discusses the importance of humility in prayer, and also the fact that busy religious activity does not compensate for an empty prayer life. The connection between trouble and prayer, and the fact that no sinner is barred from the mercy seat, are also clearly explained. Bounds points out that the key to missionary success is prayer, rather than the compromises on purity that some churches make in order to bring in more members. Another excellent title by Bounds, "The Essentials of Prayer" will help readers to understand much more on this important topic, and approach it more seriously.