Quotes about Temptation

The place to start controlling the cravings of our physical appetites is to reduce our exposure to temptation.

Most of us are tempted, from time to time, to question God's love for us.

Satan, whose very first act toward man was to question the goodness of God, will even plant the thought in our minds that God is up in heaven mocking us in our distress.

My own experience suggests that Satan attacks us far more in the area of God's love than either His sovereignty or His wisdom.

We might agree with what the Bible says about a certain sin, "and even make a commitment of sorts to put it out of our lives…..We would like to be rid of that sin, and even pray to God to take it away, but are we willing to say no to it?

If I complain about the difficult circumstances of my life, I impugn the sovereignty and goodness of God and tempt my listener to do the same.

John Owen said, "When [indwelling sin] is least felt, it is in fact most powerful."[2]

Being against evil doesn't make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like a tide... I just want to destroy them. But when you start taking pleasure in it you are awfully close to the thing you're fighting.

Being against evil doesn't make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like a tide... I just want to destroy them. But when you start taking pleasure in it you are awfully close to the thing you're fighting.

The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed animals

A young dame with pretty eyes and a smile can make an old man do just about anything.

Black flies, no-see-ums, deer flies, gnats and mosquitoes were instituted by the devil to force people to live in cities where he could get at them better. If it weren't for them everybody would live in the bush and he would be out of work. It was a rather successful invention.