490 Quotes About Temptation

It's all very well to say resist temptation, but it's ever so much easier to resist it if you can't get the key.

Temptation knocks on everyone's door eventually - some ignore the scoundrel's approach, while others willingly admit that great impostor.

Temptations have their degrees, they are at first mere thoughts and do not appear dangerous; the imagination receives them without any fears; the pleasure grows; we dwell upon it, and at last we yield to it.

When I am tempted and feel the power of sin and its tug on my affections, the gospel gives me something to say: 'Christ bled and died for this sin—I will therefore have nothing to do with it. I am now united to Christ by the indwelling of the Spirit—how can I drag him into my sin?

Defenseless, destined to surrender... he danced to the rhythm of her hips.

My temptations have been my masters in divinity.

He studied the woman seated on his bed. Her brunette hair fell in soft waves down to her hips, and her skin was nearly luminescent beneath the thin material of her shift. Her focus never wavered from him as she waited with parted lips and bated breath for his response.She was temptation incarnate.His body tensed painfully at the thought of making her his.He had never wanted anything more.

The real problem was that the enemy had gained a corner of my life. . .and was using it to taunt me, distract me, and keep me living in bondage.I saw that he had lured me. . .promising immediate gratification to keep me from running to my Father. He was using my cravings to keep me chained to the desires of my flesh so I wouldn't let the Spirit take complete control of me.

The minute you start working with a high-profile celebrity, you will suddenly become the sexiest guy in the world. News flash: That attention is not really about you. They are hitting on you to get close to the VIP.