Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.

Let us ask the Lord for the grace to take these things seriously. He came to fight for our salvation. He won against the devil! Please, let us not do business with the devil! He seeks to return home, to take possession of us Do not relativize; be vigilant! And always with Jesus!

It is said that there are three sources of evil, "the world, the flesh, and the Devil"; but the world and the flesh would be innocent were it not for the Devil.

There are like to be short graces where the devil plays host.

Whatever sin the heart of man is most prone to, that the devil will help forward.

I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction

Never forget that the devil is there 24/7 too. He's very, very busy.

We've got to remember the Book says the devil "walketh about the earth to and fro seeking who he may devour", and he nearly got me and he had me for a while. It didn't mean that I was no longer a Christian or that God had disowned me.

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.

God scorns and mocks the devil, in setting under his very nose a poor, weak, human creature, mere dust and ashes, yet endowed with the firstfruits of the Spirit, against whom the devil can do nothing.

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

Satan is a "roaring lion, [who] walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." And he will devour us unless we "put on the whole armour [or power] of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (See 1 Peter 5 and Ephesians 6)

On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.

Dreaming be damned, this is control. Raping your soul, devil's hole.

So now the devil's in my soul.

To kill sin is the work of living men; where men are dead (as all unbelievers, the best of them, are dead), sin is alive, and will live.

The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.

And I flirted with the devil and he dealt me a card. He told me that you will never win. So I sold my soul to the devil. I never thought it could be this bad. And I got the devil takin' me away

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

Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing!

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

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.