Quotes about Enemy

We're fighting against humanism, we're fighting against liberalism...we are fighting against all the systems of Satan that are destroying our nation today...our battle is with Satan himself.

Contemplative prayer is a method of exposing and disengaging from the ordinary obstacles to our awareness of God's presence with us. This prayer is not an end, but a beginning. It's easy to give in to the temptation to chase after the enemy every time he shows himself; sometimes it's the right thing to do. There is a better way to defeat him—fix our eyes and our hearts steadfastly on Jesus. His light will drive out the darkness.

Sometimes we must be very aggressive in our dealings with the enemy. Gordon Lindsay used to say every Christian should pray at least one violent prayer every day.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

Power controlled or abridged is almost always the rival and enemy of that power by which it is controlled or abridged.

The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.

In fact, I would say that the demand for the perfect is the greatest enemy of the good.

greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection.

That is Pride," explained Wisdom. "It is the hardest enemy to see after you have been in the glory. Those who refuse to put on this cloak will suffer much at the hands of that most devious enemy.

We must always seek to ally ourselves with that part of the enemy that knows what is right.

If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts I'd choose to have?

Prayer sweeps the battlefield, slays the enemy, and buries the bones.