Quotes about Temptation

All of us are not subjected to the same weaknesses and temptations. To one, alcohol may be the temptation; to another, it may be impure thoughts and acts; to another, greed and covetousness; to another, criticism and an unloving attitude.

Temptation is not a sin. It is the yielding that is sin. All temptation is from the devil.

Only a strong faith—a faith based on God's Word—will protect us from temptation and doubt.

Satan has slaughtered, plundered, and bludgeoned his way through the centuries, manifesting himself in every false ideology, sect, and cult.

A thought enters; we pamper it; it germinates and grows into an evil act.

If we are going to touch the people of our communities, we too must know their sorrows, feel for them in their temptations, stand with them in their heartbreaks. Jesus Christ entered into the arena of our troubles, and He wept with them that wept and rejoiced with them that rejoiced.

When something brings profit or pleasure to us, we are inclined to call evil good, even if we know it is dead wrong.

Some evangelists spend too much time thinking and even planning about how to achieve visible results. This is an easy trap to fall into.

The closer you are to God, the farther you are from the devil.

The devil's overriding goal is to block God's work— and if he can convince you God doesn't really love you, or that you can't fully trust Him, then he has blocked God's work in your life and achieved his goal.

The Bible says there is a certain pleasure in sin. However, it is short-lived and fatal.

There is a difference between sin and sins. Sin is the root; sins are the fruit.