D. L. Moody

D. L. MoodyDwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899), also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with Keswickianism, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers.

D. L. Moody Quotes

Better a man to be sure of his salvation than to have the wealth of the world rolled to his feet.

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No sooner has a soul escaped than the great Adversary takes steps to ensnare it again. The fiercest attacks are made on the strongest forts, and the fiercer the battle the young believer is called on to wage, the surer evidence it is of the work of the Holy Spirit in his heart.

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Let us trust him when we cannot see him. Let us put our confidence in him, and he will surely not fail us.

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Bear in mind that God does not see as you see. These very men that the world applauds and that so many try to imitate are the very men that Christ calls fools.

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God alone is the Author of life; and if you are to be born again, it must be God’s work. You cannot save yourself.

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If a man is full of the Holy Spirit, then there is no room for the world, there is no room for self.

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Men don’t like to have Christ preached faithfully; but it is just what they don’t like to have that we must give them. I learned that long ago. The very truths that men object to, and that make them angry, are the truths that bring them to the cross of Christ.

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Although it is easy to deceive one another and to be deceived by others, there is one thing we cannot do – we cannot deceive God.

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The reason why so many of our prayers go unanswered is that we are not right ourselves.

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We should not limit the Holy One, for nothing is too hard for Him.

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Walk circumspectly, because you don’t know who will be influenced by your words and actions.

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It would be well for us to be more careful how we sing. I don’t know why it is not as bad to sing a lie as to speak one.

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You can tell a man who is filled by the Holy Spirit; he is all the time talking about Christ, has nothing to say of himself, but is constantly holding Jesus Christ up as an all-sufficient Savior.

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God takes up little things, and although they seem small in our sight, they are mighty when He is in them.

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Faith is an outward look, not an inward look. A great many people are looking at their feelings, a great many people are looking down here. Don’t be looking at your feelings, but look at heaven; and if you have got the right kind of Christ, you will have the right kind of faith.

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Many a man that shines and glitters now on the platform will soon be forgotten, but the man or woman who does anything for Christ will never be forgotten.

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God’s honor is something worth seeking. Man’s honor doesn’t amount to much.

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Thank God, I can proclaim the good news that Christ can deliver us from all our sins, and I don’t care if you are bound hand and foot with sin, if you only come to him, he will save you.

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Let us pray for those who do not want our prayers. God is able to reach them.

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The poor have a friend in Jesus. If no one else loves them, Jesus loves them. He came to give them liberty, to proclaim to them the gospel of God’s grace.

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There is no limit to God’s power. That is the great mistake with men; they are always limiting God’s power by their own.

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All the devils in hell cannot break God’s Word. They have been at it six thousand years and failed.

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There is something down in the human heart that is so under the power of the devil that men begin to resist you when you preach Christ; but you may preach everything else but that, and there is no opposition.

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Christ is the anointed one, the sent one. God sent Him to deal in grace with men; and if you want the God of all grace to meet you and bless you, you must meet Him at the foot of the cross; you must meet Him in Christ.

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There is not one that is troubled with any sin but that he can find a Deliverer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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If our sermons are going to reach the hearts and consciences of the people, we must be in much prayer to God, that there may be power with the Word.

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But if everyone else has gone astray, it is your duty to follow Christ. He is the perfect example.

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We must not allow the devil to take advantage of us, and make us believe that God does not love us because He does not grant all our petitions in the time and way we would have Him do.

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You can’t have true faith without works no more than you can have fire without heat.

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I would a thousand times rather that God’s will should be done than my own.

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