Dwight L. Moody Quotes
The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the child of God. There must be light, else there could be no shadow. Jesus is the light. He has overcome death.
Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered.
No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.
I would rather a thousand times be five minutes at the feet of Christ than listen a lifetime to all the wise men in the world.
Lust is the devil's counterfeit for love. There is nothing more beautiful on earth than a pure love and there is nothing so blighting as lust.
Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment; trust in money and you may have it taken from you, but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.
Go through John's Gospel, and study the "believes," the "verilys," the " I ams; "and go through the Bible in that way, and it becomes a new book to you.
The first thing a man must do if he desires to be used in the Lord's work, is to make an unconditional surrender of himself to God.
It is not the man that can preach the best that is the most successful, but the man who knows how to get his people together to pray.
If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent.
Faith takes God without any ifs. If God says anything, faith says, "I believe it"; faith says, "Amen" to it.
The fact is, we are leaky vessels, and we have to keep right under the fountain all the time to keep full of Christ, and so have fresh supply.
The object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good.
Satan is willing to have us worship anything, however sacred - the Bible, the crucifix, the church - if only we do not worship God Himself.
If God has given you a message, go and give it to the people as God has given it to you. It is a stupid thing to try to be eloquent.
When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.
Man is born with his face turned away from God. When he truly repents, he is turned right round toward God; he leaves his old life.
I thank God that the gospel is to be preached to every creature. There is no man so far gone, but the grace of God can reach him; no man so desperate or black, but He can forgive him.
It is easier for me to have faith in the Bible than to have faith in D.L. Moody, for Moody has failed me lots of times.
How many people would like to get up in a social prayer-meeting to say a few words for Christ, but there is such a cold spirit of criticism in the church that they dare not do it.
Right now I'm having so much trouble with D.L. Moody that I don't have time to find fault with the other fellow.
I never yet have known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord's people were divided.
God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges
As a dead man cannot inherit an estate, no more can a dead soul inherit heaven. The soul must be resurrected in Christ.
The impression that a praying mother leaves upon her children is life-long. Perhaps when you are dead and gone your prayer will be answered.
If we have got the true love of God shed abroad in our hearts, we will show it in our lives. We will not have to go up and down the earth proclaiming it. We will show it in everything we say or do.
