It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Faith
God never made a promise that was too good to be true.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Promises
A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Christians, Christianity
We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Heaven
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Light
There’s no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Bible
light for every darkness, life in death, the promise of our Lord’s return, and the assurance of everlasting glory.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Bible
A good example is far better than a good precept.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Christianity, Christians
You can always tell when a man is a great way from God—when he is always talking about himself, how good he is.
—Dwight L. Moody
If we do not love one another, we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Prayer
Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not these fifty things I dabble in.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Focus, Concentration
Either these unsaved people are to be evangelized, or the leaven of communism and infidelity will assume such enormous proportions that it will break you in a reign of terror such as this country has never known.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Cities, City Life
Someday you will read in the papers that Moody is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now. I was born of the flesh in 1837, I was born of the spirit in 1855. That which is born of the flesh may die. That which is born of the Spirit shall live forever.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Age, Aging
The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Bible
The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church…is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Religion
I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I’ve met.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Trouble, Christianity, Christians, Being True to Yourself, Acceptance, Difficulty, Integrity, Awareness, Realization
I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Forgiveness, Prayer
Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Religion, Churches
Give me a man who says, “This one thing I do,” and not, “These fifty things, I dabble in.”
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Purpose
Spread out your petition before God, and then say, “Thy will, not mine, be done”. The sweetest lesson I have learned in God’s school is to let the Lord choose for me.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Prayer
A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian… and most of all, his family ought to know.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Family
Character is what you are in the dark.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Character
God doesn’t seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Dedication
No man can resolve himself into Heaven.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Heaven
Prayer is a serious thing. We may be taken at our words.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Prayer
Suppose that a man would advertise to take photographs of the heart; would he get many customers?
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Heart
By the grace of God, I’ll be that man.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Dedication
Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Example
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Character, Reputation
Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
—Dwight L. Moody
Topics: Christians, Christianity
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