Quotes About Temptation

Easy, laid back and sexy as all get out. That pretty much summed up Josh Dixon. And none of those things were what she should be thinking about right now. Untrustworthy, unreliable and unfaithful. That's what she should be thinking.

She couldn't deny that a part of her was tipping over the precipice that held up her resolve. A part of her was falling for every single word, every crooked smile, every flash of his blue eyes.

I bought a piece of God, ground to dust and mixed with alcohol in a glass bottle the colour of molasses.

They see my fingers, they run. Dominique. Alicia. Penny. They see my fingers, they want their hair pulled. Alex. Renee. Kristin.

This is the iGods' alluring and dangerous promise—to place us in the center of our own self-reflexive universe. But what if we don't necessarily know what is best?

It is good to be connected to family and friends, but when we cannot resist the urge to check updates or upload a photo, we are veering toward idolatry. Idols serve our needs according to our schedule. When we call, they answer. They give us a false sense of being in control. But over time, the relationship reverses. We end up attending to their needs, centering our lives on their priorities and agendas.

I haven't had a drink in thirteen years, but occasionally I'm tempted to have one beer. The problem is that if I have that one beer, I wake up in Tijuana four days later with a tattoo and a sore ass.

Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde is a metaphor for alcoholism. He drinks a potion, becomes a monster. I know exactly how he feels.

From this moment on I'd dedicate my life to rock and roll and take as many drugs as possible. What could possibly go wrong?

Oh Satan you're a wily one.

Hotel rooms have an aphrodisiac quality.

I'm not evil enough to love money, but I am naughty enough to fuck around with it, spank it, pull its hair a little bit.

I've heard it said, "If the Devil can't make us really bad, then he'll try to make us really busy.

Once we acknowledge that God is the main character, only then can we even begin to get to that place where we're no longer tempted to let our emotions drive us. We

Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you have a tendency to drift into habitual sin- and you recognize this about yourself.

Wise people put as much distance between themselves and sexual temptation as possible. They not only get away but also plan their escape route.

Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise.

As we become scarred and desensitized to what is right and wrong, good and evil, life-giving and life-draining, we lose sight of our first love. We move away from God one degree at a time.

the more God wants to use you, the more likely you'll be tempted to quit.

The current of normalcy will pull you away from God at every opportunity if you let it.

Like a sneeze, sin feels good at first, but it leaves a huge mess.

You can't build a foundation of sin now for a life of purity later.

The second admission my young adult friends made is that they know their obsession is distracting them from God. Again, let me ask you to be honest. Do you think more about what God says in his Word or what people say on your feed? How much time do you think about God versus what to say online? Work hard to tell the truth. No matter how tempting it is to ignore him, if God is trying to get your attention, don't shake him off.

In the great balancing equations of Dog's mind, there are two things he cannot resist - ham, and me holding open a vehicle door. I'm pretty sure that ham is first and the only reason me holding open a vehicle door is in the running is because it might mean that we are going somewhere to get ham.