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“Out
of
100
men,
one
will
read
the
Bible,
the
other
99
will
read
the
Christian.”
-‐-‐
D.L.
Moody
Dwight
L.
Moody
(1837-‐1899)
was
a
history
maker
simply
because
he
gives
us
insight
into
what
a
fully
surrendered
life
looks
like.
Have
you
ever
thought
much
about
the
kind
of
excuses
we
give
God?
Our
Lord
is
not
interested
in
our
“but’s.”
To
many,
Moody
seemed
the
least
likely
person
that
God
would
use.
His
father
died
when
he
was
four.
He
was
raised
by
a
single
mom
with
7
kids
in
extreme
poverty.
He
was
only
able
to
go
to
school
through
the
7th
grade.
He
struggled
so
much
in
front
of
people
that
the
membership
board
of
his
church
denied
him
for
membership
at
his
interview
because
he
could
not
pull
it
together.
Why
would
God
use
a
guy
as
unlikely
as
Moody
to
touch
the
world?
At
his
funeral,
his
friend
Tory
said:
“Moody
had
no
but’s.”
In
other
words
when
he
said
yes
to
God,
he
said
yes
with
his
whole
life.
“However,
I
consider
my
life
worth
nothing
to
me,
if
only
I
may
finish
the
race
and
complete
the
task
the
Lord
Jesus
h as
given
me-‐the
task
of
testifying
to
the
gospel
of
God’s
grace.”
—
Acts
20:24
Is
there
less
of
you
so
there
can
be
more
of
God?
John
the
Baptist
said
it
this
way:
“He
must
increase,
but
I
must
decrease.”
John
3:30
Moody
was
asked:
“Who
has
given
you
the
most
problems,
who
has
haunted
you
more
as
a
minister
and
interfered
in
your
life
more
than
any
other.”
Moody
replied:
“I
have
had
more
trouble
with
D.L.
Moody
than
any
other
man
I’ve
ever
met.”
Two aspects of Moody’s life that we as Followers of Christ should also have...
• Decreasing
love
of
the
______________.
We
should
have
a
decreasing
hunger
for
the
things
of
this
world.
“Do
not
love
the
world
or
anything
in
the
world.
If
anyone
loves
the
world,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
n ot
in
him.”
1
John
2:15
As
you
grow
in
Christ,
is
there
a
decreasing
love
for
the
things
in
this
world
or
are
you
craving
more
and
more
material
things
hoping
that
will
make
you
happy?
Nowhere
in
the
bible
does
it
say
it
is
wrong
to
have
nice
things;
what
is
wrong
is
when
nice
things
start
to
________
us.
• Decreasing
_______________.
“May
I
never
boast
except
in
the
cross
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.”
Galatians
6:14a.
In
other
words,
“May
I
never
be
proud
of
myself,
may
I
only
be
proud
of
who
and
what
God’s
son
Jesus
Christ
did.”
When
God
does
start
to
use
you
—
it
is
easy
to
become
prideful.
“God sends no one away empty except the one who is full of himself.” D.L. Moody
Moody
taught
this
often,
he
said,
“To
those
of
you
who
God
is
using
understand
that
your
spiritual
enemy
will
attack
you
in
one
of
two
ways:
His
first
p lan
of
attack
is
often
this
“Who
do
you
think
you
are?
You’re
no
good.
You’re
a
looser.
You
don’t
know
enough,
you’re
not
good
enough,
you
don’t
pray
enough,
you
don’t
know
enough
Bible,
you’re
going
to
make
a
fool
of
yourself,
who
do
you
think
you
are
to
try
to
make
a
difference?
And
if
that
doesn’t
work
Satan’s
second
p lan
of
attack
is
this:
as
soon
as
God
starts
to
use
you
he’ll
say,
“Ah,
you
are
pretty
good,
aren’t
you?
You
may
be
one
of
the
best!”
Moody
would
say
if
your
spiritual
enemy
couldn’t
get
you
to
think
too
____________
of
yourself
he
will
try
to
make
you
think
too
____________
of
yourself.
2
Moody
often
said
“He
who
____________
the
most,
____________
the
best.”
The
one
most
dependent
on
the
power
of
God
is
the
one
God
most
often
will
use.
Moody
had
such
a
real
intimate
experience
with
God
that
he
only
talked
publicly
one
time
about
what
had
happened
and
here
is
what
he
said
of
that
experience:
“It
was
almost
too
sacred
an
experience
to
name
–
Paul
had
an
experience
of
which
he
never
spoke
for
fourteen
years
–
I
can
only
say
God
revealed
himself
to
me.
I
had
such
an
experience
of
His
holy
love
that
I
had
to
ask
Him
to
stay
His
hand.”
D.L.
Moody
Have
you
ever
had
such
an
experience
with
God?
The
Bible
teaches
this
that
if
you
s eek
God
with
your
whole
heart,
you
will
find
Him.
Moody’s
life-‐changing
moment
happened
when
an
evangelist
by
the
name
of
Henry
Varley
was
preaching
and
Moody
was
in
the
audience
listening
and
Varley
said
this:
“The
world
has
yet
to
see
what
God
will
do
with,
and
for,
and
through,
and
in,
and
by
the
man
who
gives
himself
up
wholly
to
Him.”
Henry
Varley
To
be
fully
surrendered
to
Jesus
Christ
means
we
write
a
blank
check
on
our
lives
and
say,
“God
you
cash
my
life
wherever
you
see
fit.”
For
most
American
Christians
the
answer
would
have
to
be
“No.”
What
you’ll
see
out
of
a
typical
Christian
is
a
lot
more
judging
than
you
will
see
loving.
Luke
15:4:
“Suppose
one
of
you
has
a
hundred
sheep
and
loses
one
of
them.
Does
he
not
leave
the
ninety-‐nine
in
the
o pen
country
and
after
the
lost
sheep
until
he
finds
it?”
As
followers
of
Christ
it’s
easy
to
become
comfortable
with
what
we
want,
and
keep
me
happy
and
do
what
I
want
rather
than
caring
about
the
people
who
don’t
know
Christ.
Moody
had
a
divine
love
for
those
who
are
outside
of
God’s
family.
ILLUS:
Moody
and
the
“Great
Chicago
Fire
of
1871”
How
long
has
it
been
since
you’ve
sat
down
one-‐on-‐one
with
someone
and
talked
to
them
openly
about
who
Jesus
is?
Do
you
really
love
those
who
don’t
know
Christ?
“I
looked
upon
this
world
as
a
wrecked
vessel.
God
has
given
me
a
lifeboat
and
said
to
me,
“Moody,
save
all
you
can!”
—
D.
L.
Moody
Further Study:
1. Moody’s
ministry
partnership
with
Ira
Sankey-‐Moody
preached
the
gospel
and
Sankey
sang
the
gospel
2. Moody’s
incredible
Sunday
School
ministry
(including
Sunday
School
in
a
saloon)
3. Moody’s
involvement
as
president
of
the
YMCA
4. Moody’s
dying
friend
who
transformed
Moody’s
life
as
a
soul
winner
5. Moody’s
mom
coming
to
Christ
at
age
64
while
Moody
was
preaching
6. See
www.christianword.org/sermons/other/usemoody.html
1
“Out
of
100
men,
one
will
read
the
Bible,
the
other
99
will
read
the
Christian.”
-‐-‐
D.L.
Moody
Dwight
L.
Moody
(1837-‐1899)
was
a
history
maker
simply
because
he
gives
us
insight
into
what
a
fully
surrendered
life
looks
like.
Have
you
ever
thought
much
about
the
kind
of
excuses
we
give
God?
Our
Lord
is
not
interested
in
our
“but’s.”
To
many,
Moody
seemed
the
least
likely
person
that
God
would
use.
His
father
died
when
he
was
four.
He
was
raised
by
a
single
mom
with
7
kids
in
extreme
poverty.
He
was
only
able
to
go
to
school
through
the
7th
grade.
He
struggled
so
much
in
front
of
people
that
the
membership
board
of
his
church
denied
him
for
membership
at
his
interview
because
he
could
not
pull
it
together.
Why
would
God
use
a
guy
as
unlikely
as
Moody
to
touch
the
world?
At
his
funeral,
his
friend
Tory
said:
“Moody
had
no
but’s.”
In
other
words
when
he
said
yes
to
God,
he
said
yes
with
his
whole
life.
“However,
I
consider
my
life
worth
nothing
to
me,
if
only
I
may
finish
the
race
and
complete
the
task
the
Lord
Jesus
h as
given
me-‐the
task
of
testifying
to
the
gospel
of
God’s
grace.”
—
Acts
20:24
Is
there
less
of
you
so
there
can
be
more
of
God?
John
the
Baptist
said
it
this
way:
“He
must
increase,
but
I
must
decrease.”
John
3:30
Moody
was
asked:
“Who
has
given
you
the
most
problems,
who
has
haunted
you
more
as
a
minister
and
interfered
in
your
life
more
than
any
other.”
Moody
replied:
“I
have
had
more
trouble
with
D.L.
Moody
than
any
other
man
I’ve
ever
met.”
Two aspects of Moody’s life that we as Followers of Christ should also have...
• world
Decreasing
love
of
the
______________.
We
should
have
a
decreasing
hunger
for
the
things
of
this
world.
“Do
not
love
the
world
or
anything
in
the
world.
If
anyone
loves
the
world,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
n ot
in
him.”
1
John
2:15
As
you
grow
in
Christ,
is
there
a
decreasing
love
for
the
things
in
this
world
or
are
you
craving
more
and
more
material
things
hoping
that
will
make
you
happy?
Nowhere
in
the
bible
does
have us.
it
say
it
is
wrong
to
have
nice
things;
what
is
wrong
is
when
nice
things
start
to
________
• pride
Decreasing
_______________.
“May
I
never
boast
except
in
the
cross
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.”
Galatians
6:14a.
In
other
words,
“May
I
never
be
proud
of
myself,
may
I
only
be
proud
of
who
and
what
God’s
son
Jesus
Christ
did.”
When
God
does
start
to
use
you
—
it
is
easy
to
become
prideful.
“God sends no one away empty except the one who is full of himself.” D.L. Moody
Moody
taught
this
often,
he
said,
“To
those
of
you
who
God
is
using
understand
that
your
spiritual
enemy
will
attack
you
in
one
of
two
ways:
His
first
p lan
of
attack
is
often
this
“Who
do
you
think
you
are?
You’re
no
good.
You’re
a
looser.
You
don’t
know
enough,
you’re
not
good
enough,
you
don’t
pray
enough,
you
don’t
know
enough
Bible,
you’re
going
to
make
a
fool
of
yourself,
who
do
you
think
you
are
to
try
to
make
a
difference?
And
if
that
doesn’t
work
Satan’s
second
p lan
of
attack
is
this:
as
soon
as
God
starts
to
use
you
he’ll
say,
“Ah,
you
are
pretty
good,
aren’t
you?
You
may
be
one
of
the
best!”
lowly
Moody
would
say
if
your
spiritual
enemy
couldn’t
get
you
to
think
too
____________
of
yourself
he
will
highly of
yourself.
try
to
make
you
think
too
____________
2
Moody
had
such
a
real
intimate
experience
with
God
that
he
only
talked
publicly
one
time
about
what
had
happened
and
here
is
what
he
said
of
that
experience:
“It
was
almost
too
sacred
an
experience
to
name
–
Paul
had
an
experience
of
which
he
never
spoke
for
fourteen
years
–
I
can
only
say
God
revealed
himself
to
me.
I
had
such
an
experience
of
His
holy
love
that
I
had
to
ask
Him
to
stay
His
hand.”
D.L.
Moody
Have
you
ever
had
such
an
experience
with
God?
The
Bible
teaches
this
that
if
you
s eek
God
with
your
whole
heart,
you
will
find
Him.
Moody’s
life-‐changing
moment
happened
when
an
evangelist
by
the
name
of
Henry
Varley
was
preaching
and
Moody
was
in
the
audience
listening
and
Varley
said
this:
“The
world
has
yet
to
see
what
God
will
do
with,
and
for,
and
through,
and
in,
and
by
the
man
who
gives
himself
up
wholly
to
Him.”
Henry
Varley
To
be
fully
surrendered
to
Jesus
Christ
means
we
write
a
blank
check
on
our
lives
and
say,
“God
you
cash
my
life
wherever
you
see
fit.”
For
most
American
Christians
the
answer
would
have
to
be
“No.”
What
you’ll
see
out
of
a
typical
Christian
is
a
lot
more
judging
than
you
will
see
loving.
Luke
15:4:
“Suppose
one
of
you
has
a
hundred
sheep
and
loses
one
of
them.
Does
he
not
leave
the
ninety-‐nine
in
the
o pen
country
and
after
the
lost
sheep
until
he
finds
it?”
As
followers
of
Christ
it’s
easy
to
become
comfortable
with
what
we
want,
and
keep
me
happy
and
do
what
I
want
rather
than
caring
about
the
people
who
don’t
know
Christ.
Moody
had
a
divine
love
for
those
who
are
outside
of
God’s
family.
ILLUS:
Moody
and
the
“Great
Chicago
Fire
of
1871”
How
long
has
it
been
since
you’ve
sat
down
one-‐on-‐one
with
someone
and
talked
to
them
openly
about
who
Jesus
is?
Do
you
really
love
those
who
don’t
know
Christ?
“I
looked
upon
this
world
as
a
wrecked
vessel.
God
has
given
me
a
lifeboat
and
said
to
me,
“Moody,
save
all
you
can!”
—
D.
L.
Moody
Further Study:
1. Moody’s
ministry
partnership
with
Ira
Sankey-‐Moody
preached
the
gospel
and
Sankey
sang
the
gospel
2. Moody’s
incredible
Sunday
School
ministry
(including
Sunday
School
in
a
saloon)
3. Moody’s
involvement
as
president
of
the
YMCA
4. Moody’s
dying
friend
who
transformed
Moody’s
life
as
a
soul
winner
5. Moody’s
mom
coming
to
Christ
at
age
64
while
Moody
was
preaching
6. See
www.christianword.org/sermons/other/usemoody.html