Secret Power; Or, The Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work

“It is the work of the Spirit to impress the heart and seal the preached word. His office is to take of the things of Christ and reveal them unto us.””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“There are a great many people now that are willing to observe what they like about Christ, but the things that they don’t like they just dismiss and turn away from.””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“I believe firmly, that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking, and everything that is contrary to God’s law, the Holy Ghost will come and fill every corner of our hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit, and ambition and self-seeking, and pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God; and 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. There must be an emptying before there can be a filling; and when the heart is turned upside””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“I don’t think a man gains much by loading himself down with weapons to defend himself. There has been life enough sacrificed in this country to teach men a lesson in this regard. The Word of God is a much better protection than the revolver.””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“The only true, happy Christian is one that is growing, constantly growing in the love and favor of God, growing in all those delightful graces of the Spirit.””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“To form the habit of finding fault constantly, is very damaging to spiritual life; it is about the lowest and meanest position that a man can take.””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“We can not work for God without love. It is the only tree that can produce fruit on this sin-cursed earth, that is acceptable to God. If I have no love for God nor for my fellow man, then I can not work acceptably. I””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“Some put on a strange kind of dress, that they may be known as Christians, and some put on a crucifix, or something else, that they may be known as Christians. But love is the only badge by which the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ are known. “By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one toward another.” Therefore,””

— Dwight Lyman Moody

“The first work of the Spirit is to give life – spiritual life. He gives it and He sustains””

— Dwight Lyman Moody