Aiden Wilson Tozer Quotes

A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.

Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.

When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them.

Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.

I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him

You've got to walk and talk with God to go to heaven... I have the devil in me! If I didn't have, I'd be Christian!

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less.

It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, when the cross is heaviest.

Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning.

If a man does not argue with the thoughts that the enemy secretly sows in us, but by prayer to God uproots conversation with them, this is a sign that his mind has attained wisdom, and that he has found a short path.

Most Christians never associate joy with repentance. But repentance is actually the mother of all joy in Jesus. Without it, there can be no joy. Yet, any believer who walks in repentance will be flooded with the joy of the Lord.

God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down

When your spirit is heavy, when your heart is broken, when your burdens seem unbearable - trust Him. Look to Him.

World, death, devil, hell, away and leave me in peace! You have no hold on me. If you will not let me live, then I will die. But you won't succeed in that. Chop my head off, and it won't harm me. I have a God who will give me a new one.

There are other kinds of joy found in other places in the world, but there is no place where you can find Christian joy except in Christ.

When a man understands who he is, who God is, who the devil is... then he can pick himself up out of the gutter; he can clean himself up and stand up like a man should before his God.

The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.

We Christian writers must paint evil with the blackest of brushes, not to sow fear, but to call out the monsters to be scattered by our light. If Satan cloaks himself as an angel of white, intent on deceiving the world, any attempt on our parts to minimize evil is only complicit with his strategy... Turn to the light; don’t fear the shadows it creates.

If you walk with Jesus, he's gonna save your soul. You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole. He's got the fire and the fury at his command.

The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a 'happy Christian.' Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prayed 'that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.'