The world's sewage system threatens to contaminate the stream of Christian thought. Satan will contest every hour you spend in Bible reading or prayer.

Satan is the sower of compromise—leaving a bit of God's truth into the dirty rags of sin. Satan is the commander in deceit, Satan is the ringleader in rebellion against the faithful. Satan is the sly serpent of temptation. Satan is the false hope of security. Satan is the great pretender. Satan is the great spoiler of everything good. And Satan wants to destroy you.

The Bible teaches that you have three enemies . . . the devil . . . the world . . . the flesh.

We can be convicted of sin—we can pray and confess our sin—we can repent—but the real test is our willingness to obey.

We can't flee from temptation in our own strength—but God will give us the strength we need, if we'll only seek it. A friend of mine says, "When the devil knocks, I just send Jesus to the door!

Revelation is a pastor's letter to his floundering flock, an urgent telegram bearing a brilliant battle plan for a people at war.

Every stage of life has its own temptations and dangers, and Satan will do all he can to exploit them . . .the time to prepare is now, not when it arrives.

The devil doesn't need to invent any new temptations; the old ones work as well as they ever have.

Temptation requires definite, decisive action.

Be sure that Satan will tempt you at your weak point, not the strong.

Many Christians give in to various temptations through peer pressure and find themselves surrendering to worldly passions, justifying pleasures the world offers.

When Jesus was tempted, He didn't debate the devil. He quoted Scripture: "It is written . . . It is written . . . It is written" (Matthew 4:4—10 NKJV). And each time the devil was defeated.