What is the one thing that "puts God to work"? Prayer In response to His children's prayers and petitions, God has promised to answer, to do, and to give us "all things whatsoever." E. M. Bounds expounds on God's need of people who pray. He explains why prayer moves God to act, how busyness in church activities can hinder prayer, why Jesus could not dispense with prayer, how the early apostles gave themselves to prayer, and why prayer is essential...