when a harmful thought or temptation comes into our minds, we have a choice. We can either discard that thought or entertain it. If we discard it, good. But if we enetertain it, that's when the Devil sits at our table.

but yet I was bound in the wings of the temptation, and the wind would carry me away.  I thought also of Saul, and of the evil spirit that did possess him: and did greatly fear that my condition was the same with that of his.  1 Sam. x.

still answering, as fast as the destroyer said, Sell Him; I will not, I will not, I will not, I will not; no, not for thousands, thousands, thousands of worlds: thus reckoning, lest I should, in the midst of these assaults, set too low a value on Him;

It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I'm not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.

Righteousness is innocence that has been maintained in the presence of temptation.

Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.

Without temptation the soul cannot grow.

If I'm in a situation where the temptation is overwhelming, I will have to choose to either remove the temptation or remove myself from the situation.

Compromise built upon compromise equals failure. Instead, resisting temptation allowed promise upon promise to be built up in my heart, and that creates empowerment.

The gravity of living in a sin-soaked world will always try to hold us back from living loved.

Everything in me wanted to just cross out that ridiculous 3.5-hour scheduled writing appointment and go eat fries in the midst of colored plastic tubes and screaming kids.

You make no agreements with whatever the temptation or accusation is.