D L Moody Prayer Quotes & Sayings

Next to the wonder of seeing my Savior will be, I think, the wonder that I made so little use of the power of prayer. — Dwight L. Moody

Fervency in prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit is a good preservative against thoughts rushing in. Flies never settle on the boiling pot. — Dwight L. Moody

Now the next I will is in John, seventeenth chapter, twenty-fourth verse: "Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am." This was in His last prayer in the guest-chamber, on the last night before He was crucified and died that terrible death on Calvary. Many a believer's countenance begins to light up at the thought that he shall see the King in His beauty by and by. Yes; — D.L. Moody

Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything. — Dwight L. Moody

So all through the Scriptures you will find that when believing prayer went up to God, the answer came down. — D.L. Moody

If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit, which may be the only hindrance to the boon you ask. — Dwight L. Moody

We may sing our hymns and psalms, and offer prayers, but they will be an abomination to God, unless we are willing to be thoroughly straightforward in our daily life. — Dwight L. Moody

Christ never preached any funeral sermons. — Dwight L. Moody

Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered. — Dwight L. Moody

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. — Dwight L. Moody

The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves. — Dwight L. Moody

I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone. — Dwight L. Moody

John Bunyan once said, "In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart." If — Diane Moody

I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray. — Dwight L. Moody

For you and me, just knowing His presence is all around us can help lift us from the darkest night, embrace us in the loneliest hour, give us strength when we are tempted, and enable us to live confident and secure in His promises. — Diane Moody

Out of a very intimate acquaintance with D. L. Moody, I wish to testify that he was a far greater pray-er than he was preacher. Time and time again, he was confronted by obstacles that seemed insurmountable, but he always knew the way to overcome all difficulties. He knew the way to bring to pass anything that needed to be brought to pass. He knew and believed in the deepest depths of his soul that nothing was too hard for the Lord, and that prayer could do anything that God could do. — R.A. Torrey

My friends, if we are going to do a great work for God, we must spend much time in prayer; we have got to be closeted with God. — Dwight L. Moody

The good news is we don't have to suffer alone. We don't have to carry the burdens of our messy lives alone. God is there for us. He wants to be the Comforter in Chief for the worst that life on this earth may hand us. but we need to know Him - genuinely know Him - not just when tragedy strikes. We need to know Him every moment of every day we live. We need to quit leaving it to the professionals and make know Him the most important mission of our lives. — Diane Moody

He who kneels the most, stands the best. — D.L. Moody

How far away is Heaven? It is not so far as some imagine. It wasn't very far from Daniel. It was not so far off that Elijah's prayer and those of others could not be heard there. Men full of the Spirit can look right into heaven. — Dwight L. Moody

I have never been religious. I talk to God every day, but He's never said a word to me about religion! I think the most powerful prayer is surrender. — Raymond Moody

In our prayers, we talk to God, in our Bible study, God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking. — Dwight L. Moody

Sometimes when your child talks, your friends cannot understand what he says; but the mother understands very well. So if our prayer comes from the heart, God understands our language. — Dwight L. Moody

If we do not love one another, we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer. — Dwight L. Moody

We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man. — Dwight L. Moody

Some men's prayers need to be cut short at both ends and set on fire in the middle. — Dwight L. Moody

I'm sure the holy refrigerator is packed solid with cartons of Blue Bell ice cream - times a million. All those amazing flavor combinations minus the calories and fat grams, of course. After all, we are talking about heaven here, amen? — Diane Moody

We must have a warrant for our prayers. If we have some great desire, we must search the scriptures to find if it be right to ask it. — Dwight L. Moody

Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according to my foolish, silly, and sometimes sinful notions. Prayer means that I am to be raised up into feeling, into union and design with him; that I am to enter into his counsel and carry out his purpose fully. — Dwight L. Moody

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. — Dwight L. Moody

Let us pray, and as we pray, let us make room for Jesus in our hearts. — Dwight L. Moody

Prayer is a serious thing. We may be taken at our words. — Dwight L. Moody

Every one of our children will be brought into the ark, if we pray and work earnestly for them. — Dwight L. Moody

You could pay Arthur Janov to teach you to scream about history, or you could learn prayer or a mantra, or you could write your life down and hope to make peace with it, write it down, or paint it, or turn it into improvisational theater, but that was the best you could probably do. You were stuck. — Rick Moody

Prayer for the work will soon arouse your own sympathy and effort. — D.L. Moody

If we truly believe He is who He says He is, then we must acknowledge His sovereignty and know within our heart of hearts that what He allows to happen to us always has a purpose. Even on the darkest night. Even when our souls cry out in unspeakable pain. Even when we can't face another day. Even when we can't sense His presence. We hold on because we know He's holding on to us as well - whether it feels like it or not. — Diane Moody

There is no true prayer without confession. As long as we have unconfessed sin in our soul, we are not going to have power with God in prayer. He says if we regard iniquity in our hearts, He will not hear us, much less answer. As long as we are living in any known sin, we have no power in prayer. God is not going to hear it. — Dwight L. Moody

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

The world knows little of the works wrought by prayer. — Dwight L. Moody

A man who prays much in private will make short prayers in public. — Dwight L. Moody

El Shaddai. My all-sufficient God who is able to handle all my needs. Everything I will ever need I can find in Him. Think about that for a moment. Do you sense the power He offers us in those words? There is nothing, absolutely nothing in your life that He cannot handle. — Diane Moody