Quotes About Temptation

Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.

Feel that? I don't walk around with a lead pipe in my jeans, so what do you think that tells you about how much I want you. (Simon Brant)

If you don't stop, I'm going to take you right here, in front of God, Jacob, and the seagulls.

When I first met Pierce Maverick, taking in his dark hair and sultry brown eyes, I never imagined he'd be the catalyst to awaken the beast; the sexual animal within me. There were rumors, so many rumors, about what happened between us in Las Vegas. The tape, the accessories, the third parties – the Sunday "arrangement". Speculations even fueled

When you want something bad, you'll tell yourself a thousand lies. Like: The fifth time's the charms. Like: Things between Zoe and me will be better once the baby's born. Like: One sip isn't going to kill me.

It's got to be a nice life, long as you don't get caught.

If you knew what those [pork rinds] did to your body, you wouldn't eat them.' 'If you knew when the last time I ate was, you wouldn't bother me.

It was one of those moments where I knew we were not having the conversation that we needed to be having. And since I didn't really know what to say, never having crossed this particular bridge between thought and deed before, I pressed my and against the thick ridge in his pants. He backed away from me.

The first time you make a decision like that, a decision which rubs against all your morals, is the hardest. The second time, though, is not so hard. And that makes you feel a fraction better about the first time. And so on. But you can keep dividing and dividing and you'll never entirely get rid of the sourness in your stomach that you taste when you think back to the moment you could have said no.

When you think about it, most of the good ideas came along to make sin a whole lot easier.

It's pretty hard not to like her," he says. "Even when you know you shouldn't.

Over-confidence is the way to give your soul to the devil an inch at a time.

It's one thing to wave at the Devil from afar, quite another to shake the bastard's hand.

But it is the same thing we are all seeing, Our world. Go after it, Go get it boy, says the man holding the stick. Eat, says the hunger, and we plunge blindly in again, Into the chamber behind the thought

you know I don't drink! The route to ruin, that's what drink is. Haven't drunk for near twenty years, so don't think you can tempt me. But I'll pour you another before I says goodnight, if you care?' 'And send me on the route to ruin?' 'There's many a route to ruin, as it says in the Bible. We all have to find our own?

13No temptationc has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be temptedd beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,e he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. Principle

D isables our feelings—2 Peter 2:19 E nergy drain—Psalm 146:7–8 N egates our growth—Psalm 107:13–14 I solates us from God—Genesis 3:7–8 A lienates us from other human relationships—Ephesians 4:25 L engthens our pain—Jeremiah 30:17

a thief's heart is an impetuous organ, and while inwardly he throbs for absolution, at the same time he can't keep from bragging.

They say we have weak wills. Do you know about the two drunks who went to the film of The Lost Weekend. Came out staggering. My God I'll never take another drink, said the first. My God I'll never go to another movie. How's that for commitment?

Stay submitted to God by not becoming offended; resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7). We resist the devil by not becoming offended. The dream or vision will probably happen differently than how you think it will, but His Word and His promises will not fail. We only risk aborting them by our disobedience.

When you live for the will of God, you will not fulfill the desires of men. As a result, you will suffer in the flesh.

A believer is drawn into idolatry when he allows his heart to be stirred with discontentment and looks for satisfaction outside of obedience to God. This satisfaction could be a person, possession, or activity.

If Eve could be swayed in a flawless environment, what is our protection in the midst of corruption? It's none other than Scripture.

Some think it is the big things that cause men to stumble. Often it is the minor ones that shake us the most. This shows the futility of self-confidence.