The only safe place for sheep is by the side of the shepherd, because the devil does not fear sheep; he just fears the shepherd.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
Spiritual Warfare
Satan is busy when Christ is near – Robert Murray M’Cheyne
I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –
Precision in Prayer – Charles Spurgeon
There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It’s as if a regiment of soldiers were to all fire off their weapons anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed.
– Charles Spurgeon –
The Devil Knows Theology – AW Tozer
The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.
– AW Tozer –
Storms are Temporary – William Gurnall
Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary. The clouds that are temporarily rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather, an eternal sunshine of glory. Can you not watch with Christ for one hour?
– William Gurnall –
The Greatest Battles Are Fought in Prayer – Samuel Logan Brengle
The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of agony.
– Samuel Logan Brengle –
Pray With All Your Might – William Booth
You must pray with all your might … fervent, effectual, untiring wrestling with God …This kind of prayer be sure the devil and the world and your own indolent, unbelieving nature will oppose. They will pour water on this flame.
– William Booth –
The Freedom of Humility – Jonathan Edwards
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility, and so prepares the mind for true divine light without darkness, and so clears the eye to look on things as they truly are.
– Jonathan Edwards –
Getting 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 –