Quotes about Temptation
Satan is an opportunist.
— Beth Moore
Just keep telling God how much you want to give Him your whole heart and mind. The wayward, defeated mind and the willfully depraved mind are not the same thing. Left unchecked, however, the former can lead to the latter.
— Beth Moore
Lord, I have too long given the devil a foothold. (Eph. 4:27) Please help me to stop offering him so many opportunities to bring defeat into my life. Your plan for me is victory.
— Beth Moore
If we have received Christ as our Savior, Satan is forced to work from the outside rather than the inside. Thus, he manipulates outside influences to affect the inside decision-makers of the heart and mind.
— Beth Moore
First, be aware of this: scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, following their own lusts. 2 Peter 3:3
— Beth Moore
Here's a rule of thumb for the thought life that will be a catalyst for victory in all parts of life: starve the flesh and feed the spirit.
— Beth Moore
By demanding that we seek his glory alone, God is calling us to overcome the natural temptation to seek our own.
— Beth Moore
Satan will try to stir up what our faithful Refiner wants to skim off.
— Beth Moore
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.
— Beth Moore
Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.
— DH Lawrence
Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.
— DH Lawrence
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.
— Steven Pressfield