Prevailing Prayer (Updated, Annotated): A Thorough Study on the Subject of Prayer

by Dwight L. Moody

Moses wished to enter the Promised Land, but because of his earlier transgression, the Lord had something else in store for him. As someone has said, “God kissed away his soul, and took him home to himself.” God buried him – perhaps the greatest honor ever paid to mortal man. And then fifteen hundred years later, God answered the prayer of Moses; he allowed him to go into the Promised Land, and to get a glimpse of the coming glory. On the Mount of Transfiguration, with Elijah, the great prophet, and with Peter, James, and John, Moses heard the voice come from the throne of God, then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him (Luke 9:35). That was better than to have gone across the Jordan, as Joshua did, and to sojourn for thirty years in the land of Canaan.