Quotes about Temptation

We can remain surrendered to the cause of Christ, sacrificial and sanctified, gospel driven to the bone, and our fruitfulness can still suffer loss. All the devil has to do is lure us away from abiding in Christ.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Man is weak, greedy, craven, lustful, prey to every species of vice and depravity. He will lie, steal, cheat, murder, melt down the very statues of the gods and coin their gold as money for whores. This is man.

When our heart wants to live in purity & do the right thing, God will keep us from falling into sin.

Our flesh takes over when we decide to be self-centered instead of self-sacrificing. Then there is Satan. God

no temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it" (1 Corinthians 10:13).

1. List your own top three lust triggers. How can you avoid them? 2. What time of day or week are you most tempted by lust? What can you do to prepare for those times? 3. Which locations are the most tempting for you? How can you limit your time in those places? 4. What five little battles do you need to be fighting more faithfully? Describe in detail what it looks like for you to fight—and win—these battles.

We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.

Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.

The moment you begin a serious study of the scriptures, you will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the straight and narrow path.... When you begin to hunger & thirst after those words, you will find life in greater abundance.