Quotes related to James 4:7
I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he's drunk.
— CS Lewis
If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased.
— Thomas Monson
Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.
— St. John Chrysostom
You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that's available to us as Christians.
— Joyce Meyer
Whenever God's will is in the ascendant all compulsion is gone. When we choose deliberately to obey Him then with all His almighty power.
— Oswald Chambers
You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.
— John Bunyan
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
— John Bunyan
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.
— John Owen
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
— Mother Teresa
When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.
— Eugene Peterson
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
— Bernard of Clairvaux