Quotes about Resistance
We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.
— Joshua Harris
Bishops need to resist the defensiveness that institutions often fall back on in crisis moments.
— Blase J. Cupich
Be very sure that you do not deliberately place yourself in a position to be tempted.
— Billy Graham
Satan wants to lure us into his traps, and he knows exactly what kind of "bait" will appeal to us. He knows what we're like, and he will attack us exactly where we are the weakest.
— Billy Graham
Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.
— Billy Graham
In a decadent society the will to believe, to resist, to contend, to fight, to struggle is gone. In place of this will to resist, there is the desire to conform, to drift, to follow, to yield, and not give up.
— Billy Graham
We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God.
— Billy Graham
I am engaged in spiritual warfare every day. I must never let down my guard—I must keep armed.
— Billy Graham
Today—and every day—put on the full armor of God to fight Satan's attacks, so you can and "be strong in the Lord" (Ephesians 6:10).
— Billy Graham
If we are at peace with this world, it may be because we have sold out to it and compromised with it.
— Billy Graham
The Bible teaches that you have three enemies . . . the devil . . . the world . . . the flesh.
— Billy Graham
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!
— Billy Graham