Quotes about Temptation
The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.
— John Piper
Too many Christians live their lives like slaves - to the devil - because they believe his lies more than they trust God.
— Joyce Meyer
You have to decide to servant the gods of materialism all around us or the true and the living God.
— Billy Graham
If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.
— Charles Spurgeon
People ... have tried to evoke God or devil to justify them in what their glands insisted upon.
— William Faulkner
Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.
— Khalil Gibran
The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God.
— Martin Luther
But things that are intrinsically good can also become idols-if we allow them to take over any of God's functions in our lives.
— Nancy Pearcey
The presence of the devil is on the first page of the Bible, and the Bible ends as well with the presence of the devil, with the victory of God over the devil.
— Pope Francis
Satan does not tempt us just to make us do wrong things- he tempts us to make us lose what God has put into us through regeneration, namely, the possibility of being of value to God.
— Oswald Chambers
Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.
— David Jeremiah
God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer