Satan is so much more in earnest than we are—he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.
– Amy Carmichael –
Spiritual Warfare
2 Ways to get out of a trial – AB Simpson
There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is to simply try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of Divine grace. Thus even the adversary becomes an auxiliary, and the things that seem to be against us turn out to be for the furtherance of our way. Surely, this is to be more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
– AB Simpson –
Christians never retreat – Gladys Aylward
Christians never retreat.
– Gladys Aylward –
Prayer is a strong wall – Martin Luther
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
– Martin Luther –
Attempting to keep you from the Word – Martin Luther
All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the Word.
– Martin Luther –
Satan dreads nothing but prayer – Samuel Chadwick
Satan dreads nothing but prayer. His one concern is to keep the saints from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, he mocks our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Sensitive to the Lord’s presence – AW Tozer
Do you find your own heart sensitive to the Lord’s presence, or are you among those who are “samplers” and “nibblers”? God help you if you are, for the child of the King isn’t a sampler and a nibbler—he’s a sheep who loves his Shepherd, and he stays close to his Shepherd. That’s the only safe place for a sheep—at the Shepherd’s side, because the devil doesn’t fear sheep—he just fears the Shepherd. Your spiritual safety and well-being lies in being near to the Shepherd. Stay close to Jesus and all of the wolves in the world cannot get a tooth in you.
– AW Tozer –
from Tozer Speaks, Volume One, vol. 2 (Chicago, IL: WingSpread, 2010), 21–22.
Armed against the assaults of our spiritual enemies – Matthew Henry
The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.
– Matthew Henry –
The devil trembles when we pray – Samuel Chadwick
The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.
– Samuel Chadwick –