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. MoodyI never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him in His work; but God cannot make much use of him, for there is not much for the Holy Ghost to work upon.
Dwight L. MoodyIf a man just stops to think what he has to praise God for, he will find there is enough to keep him singing praises for a week.
Dwight L. MoodyI prayed for Faith, and thought that some day Faith would come down and strike me like lightning. But Faith did not seem to come. One day I read in the tenth chapter of Romans, 'Now Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God'. I had closed my Bible, and prayed for Faith. I now opened my Bible, and began to study, and Faith has been growing ever since.
Dwight L. Moody