Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.
DWIGHT L. MOODY
DWIGHT L. MOODY
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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.
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Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody 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.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. 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. MoodyDwight L. Moody Real true faith is man’s weakness leaning on God’s strength.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody He who kneels the most, stands the best.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody Small numbers make no difference to God. There is nothing small if God is in it.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody Those who say they will forgive but can’t forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody To be tempted is not to sin. The strongest attacks are made on the strongest forts.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody Many a professing Christian is a stumbling-block because his worship is divided. On Sunday he worships God; on weekdays God has little or no place in his thoughts.
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