The faith which creates powerful praying is faith which centers itself on a powerful person. Faith in Christ’s ability to do and to do greatly, is the faith which prays greatly… It was to inspire faith in his ability to do that Jesus left behind him, that last, great statement, which, in the final analysis, is a ringing challenge to faith. ‘All power,’ he declared, ‘is given unto me in heaven and in earth.’

E. M. Bounds (1835-1913), Prayer and Faith, The Necessity of Prayer