Quotes related to James 4:7
The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
— Vance Havner
Why should the devil have all the best tunes?
— William Booth
The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes for himself.
— Martin Luther
I believe Satan exists for two reasons: first, the Bible says so, and second, I've done business with him.
— DL Moody
The Devil, it is true, is not exactly a doctor who has taken degrees, but he is very learned, very expert for all that. He has not been carrying on his business during thousands of years for nothing.
— Martin Luther
Son, as long as you live, Satan will use what you see and what you hear against you.
— Perry Stone
Even Believers can yield to the wrong spirits. Peter once rebuked Jesus, telling Him that He would not suffer.
— Perry Stone
Your enemy is not a Baptist, Pentecostal, or charismatic—your enemy is a destroyer of souls called Satan and his spirit rebels (Eph. 6:12). You can't fight right unless you're in the light—and the light is the Word of God.
— Perry Stone
God wants us to worry about our sins before we sin; the devil wants us to worry after we sin. God wants us to feel free after we repent (for we really are free then); the devil is a deceiver). The devil tempts us to cavalier pride before we sin and worrisome despair afterward, since pride and despair both separate us from God, and anything that separates us from God is the devil's friend and our enemy, while anything that brings us close to God is the devil's enemy and our friend.
— Peter Kreeft
There is something in us that fears prayer as a maggot fears light. We must do violence to this voice, for it is not ourselves. It is our Enemy.
— Peter Kreeft
No happiness on earth can be deeper than the happiness that comes from our willing and active submission to God's will even when he wills suffering.
— Peter Kreeft
another principle demons use in spiritual warfare: multiple attacks, from many directions at once, or with many different weapons at once.
— Peter Kreeft