100 Quotes About Spiritual Warfare

Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." .. [My dark side says, ] I am no good.. I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence. Henri J.m. Nouwen

It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy. His sophistry lessens the obligation of the divine law and gives men license to sin. At the same time he causes them to cherish false conceptions of God so that they regard Him with fear and hate rather than with love. The cruelty inherent in his own character is attributed to the Creator; it is embodied in systems of religion and expressed in modes of worship. . Ellen G. White

The nature of the enemy's warfare in your life is to cause you to become discouraged and to cast away your confidence. Not that you would necessarily discard your salvation, but you could give up your hope of God's deliverance. The enemy wants to numb you into a coping kind of Christianity that has given up hope of seeing God's resurrection power. Bob Sorge

Take God at His Word — because winning the battle doesn't requirephysical brawn, but spiritual brains! Pedro Okoro

We do well to be reminded that the devil hates a praying leader and a praying church. When we begin to pray, we pick a fight with the devil at a whole new level. Yet, our calling is to be praying menaces to the enemy. Daniel Henderson

Many Christians.. find themselves defeated by the most psychological weapon that Satan uses against them. This weapon has the effectiveness of a deadly missile. Its name? Low self-esteem. Satan's greatest psychological weapon is a gut level feeling of inferiority, inadequacy, and low self-worth This feeling shackles many Christians, in spite of wonderful spiritual experiences and knowledge of God's Word. Although they understand their position as sons and daughters of God, they are tied up in knots, bound by a terrible feeling inferiority, and chained to a deep sense of worthlessness. David A. Seamands

Persecution happens when we stand in the face of our enemy. Friendship with the world is to conspire with that same enemy. Unknown

Spiritual ignorance helps nobody. Unknown

Some people want the past repeated and have an interest in making sure we don't remember it. Paul Krugman

Love is the greatest strength. Lailah Gifty Akita

Music originated from God and was created solely for his worship, his glory, and his pleasure. Pedro Okoro

If you want to fight hell and the power of darkness that seek to destroy the hearts of our daughters, I know a type of spiritual warfare that creates value in a daughter's spirit. It is called "Taking your Daughter out for tea" or "Going to Her Soccer Game", and it works in direct opposition to the agenda of hell and darkness that wants to destroy their lives. Jim Anderson

They oppressed us but unable to kill our spirit. Lailah Gifty Akita

You must know your enemy to beat him at his own game, but be ready as well for the ultimate sacrifice, for nobody comes out of hell without a scratch. Robin Sacredfire

Joseph went from prison to prime minister from trials to triumph, from scar-weary to stardom Ikechukwu Joseph

The people living in land of deep darkness have seen a great light. Lailah Gifty Akita

This is what the LORD requires of every man; to do justice, to love mercy and to humbly work with God. Lailah Gifty Akita

We must pray for a change. Lailah Gifty Akita

Love evoke powerful force of divinity in every man. Lailah Gifty Akita

Lord save mankind from every darkness and bondage. Lailah Gifty Akita

A spark of divinity ignited a flame of fire within our spirit, our soul and our hearts. Lailah Gifty Akita

A world of goodness surrounds you. Lailah Gifty Akita

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for ten minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The idea of being vulnerable leaves a lot of room for choice. There is always room to be less foldable, more evil. Sherry Turkle

You possess a great soul, awaken the spirit. Lailah Gifty Akita

The Christian living is a spiritual welfare. As the year draws to an end, seek the face of the Lord for guidance in the coming year. Lailah Gifty Akita

The one plus side to demonic infestation is that children cannot be harmed by a demon. The sanctified aura of a child somehow repels the demon and they can only oppress them if the parent makes a contract allowing them to do so. Because they can be very clever in tricking people into agreeing to additional contracts, it is important to never converse with a demon. Either call in a priest or move out as soon as possible. . Alexei Maxim Russell

Every victory won was first won spiritually! Lailah Gifty Akita

You're looking at me as though I'm weird. My God! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which believes in the Devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the Devil! It's in the Gospels! You travel in circles that are so, so removed from mainstream America that you are appalled that anybody would believe in the Devil! Most of mankind has believed in the Devil, for all of history. Many more intelligent people than you or me have believed in the Devil. Antonin Scalia

Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself. John Piper

A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience. Ian Fleming

Prayer is picking a fight with the Enemy. It's spiritual warfare. Intercession transports us from the sidelines to the front lines without going anywhere. And that is where the battle is won or lost. Prayer is the difference between us fighting for God and God fighting for us. But we can't just hit our knees. We also have to take a step, take a stand. And when we do, we never know what God will do next. Mark Batterson

Great faith surfaces in great problems - have faith Ikechukwu Joseph

Eight weeks of practice in meditation, even with those with no previous experience, was enough reconfigure the brains of participants. The gray matter which fuels worry shrank, and the area associated with healthy thought awareness group. Andrew Zolli

If you are not praying the type of prayers that scare you, your prayers are certainly not frightening our enemy. Lisa Bevere

Be sure of this: when you make time for the Holy Spirit, He will make time to visit you. Tiffany Domena

Just as electricity is unseen, but by the flip of the switch, lights turn on, so also by the words spoken in prayer, miracles manifest. Tiffany Domena

You cannot fall or stumble while on your kneels Ikechukwu Joseph

The truly Christian imagination never lets Jesus Christ out of her sight. Richard J. Foster

Thomas Merton writes that if we have meditated on the events of the Passion but have not meditated on Dachau and Auschwitz, our perception of God at work in present times is incomplete. Richard J. Foster

The second cause whence these rebellions sometimes proceed is the devil, who, in order to disquiet and disturb the soul, at times when it is at prayer or is striving to pray, contrives to stir up these motions of impurity in its nature; and if the soul gives heed to any of these, they cause it great harm. For through fear of these not only do persons become lax in prayer–which is the aim of the devil when he begins to strive with them–but some give up prayer altogether, because they think that these things attack them more during that exercise than apart from it, which is true, since the devil attacks them then more than at other times, so that they may give up spiritual exercises. Unknown

Another part or piece, ' said Diabolus, 'of mine excellent armour, is a dumb and prayerless spirit, a spirit that scorns to cry for mercy, let the danger be ever so great; therefore be you, my Mansoul, sure that you make use of this. John Bunyan

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King Saul, we are called to fight in the way God has equipped us uniquely. N.T. Wright

It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity. Eric Metaxas

Life is hope. Hope is faith. Faith is believe. Believe is possibilities. Possibility is miraculous. Miraculous is divine. Divine is supernatural. Supernatural is spiritual. Lailah Gifty Akita

I am a great warrior. Lailah Gifty Akita

Lord grant me a humble spirit and a willing heart. Lailah Gifty Akita

I dwell on God's blessings. Lailah Gifty Akita

Awake my soul, the glory of the Lord is upon me. Lailah Gifty Akita

Love is divine. Forgiveness is divine. Forgive for the love for yourself and others. Forgiveness is a spiritual healing for the person who forgives. Lailah Gifty Akita

A difficult journey is spiritual rewarding. There is a more dependence on God, His supernatural power, grace and divine favour along the travel. Lailah Gifty Akita

If you do not pray, you easily become a prey! Pedro Okoro

It is not for you to determine your purpose, the reason for your existence. You discover your purpose by asking the Creator why he created you! Pedro Okoro

Do you not wonder about the mysteries of life? Lailah Gifty Akita

Laboratory research suggests that how we look and act in the virtual affect our behavior in the real. Sherry Turkle

We find it difficult to distinguish between spiritual combatants… and their hostages. Russell D. Moore

The Russian people were just like us. They were victims of their own government. Ronald Reagan Chris Matthews

The purpose of Karate is to guide you out of trouble by any means necessary, both in actual combat and in life Soke Behzad Ahmadi

What we strive to restore and re-animate will never come from the promises of the middle class politicians, but will come instead from the spirit of the last Delphic prophecy, which foresaw that, ‘One day Apollo will return and it will be forever’. Guillaume Faye

My body is a political battlefield. It is a place of war, of death and suffering, of triumph and victory, of damage and repair, of blood and tears and sweat. It is a place where memories go to find purpose for their existence. It is a place where humans cast all inhibitions aside to discover what exists at their very core. It is a place of growth wearing a mask of destruction. It is a challenge, not for the faint of heart, beckoning us to face it with eyes wide open. The only war is within. When you are ready to fight it, the field awaits. Agnostic Zetetic

Old fighters keep making comebacks. We are more alive when boxing than at almost any other time. Davis Miller

Many will argue that there is nothing remotely spiritual in combat. Consider this. Mystical or religious experiences have four common components: constant awareness of one's own inevitable death, total focus on the present moment, the valuing of other people's lives above one's own, and being part of a larger religious community such as the Sangha, ummah, or church. All four of these exist in combat. The big difference is that the mystic sees heaven and the warrior sees hell. Whether combat is the dark side of the same version, or only something equivalent in intensity, I simply don't know. I do know that at the age of fifteen I had a mystical experience that scared the hell out of me and both it and combat put me into a different relationship with ordinary life and eternity. Most of us, including me, would prefer to think of a sacred space as some light-filled wonderous place where we can feel good and find a way to shore up our psyches against death. We don't want to think that something as ugly and brutal as combat could be involved in any way with the spiritual. However, would any practicing Christian say that Calvary Hill was not a sacred space?. Karl Marlantes

Sometimes the imagination could be even crueler than the bone saw. Robert Kurson

Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross. Megan McKenna

Once darkness has what its wants, it drops you like a hot potato. Mark Andrew Poe

To stand against the enemy is to rest in what Jesus has already done. Pedro Okoro

Although terrifying, the evil ghost will probably pose no real danger to you or your family. On the other hand, if you have a demonic infestation, your entire household is in very real danger. A demonic entity will not usually confront you or induce you to flee the home. Because, unlike the evil ghost, the demon does not actually want you to leave. On the contrary, it wants you to stick around so it can destroy your life and sully your soul from the inside. Alexei Maxim Russell

Potter is mocked by a faculty member for the idea that there is evil in the world from which even children need to learn to defend themselves by the actual practice of doing so rather than familiarity with theory. J.k. Rowling

If all the world were Christian, it might not matter if all the world were educated. But a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exists inside or not. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered. C.s. Lewis

We as Christians are called to battle. The problem is, we don’t fight about the right things and we do fight about the wrong things. We aren’t getting in the battle that we should and so we fight over petty, insignificant things. Why? Because we are bored. We are soldiers created for fighting against the enemy, Satan, but instead we fight against each other. Lisa Bedrick

No matter how fierce the enemy seems--when fear cripples us, anger enrages us, or selfishness possesses us; when adversity crushes us, opposition hounds us, or temptation plagues us-- God is greater. Katy Kauffman

Since the basic cause of man’s anxiety is the possibility of being either a saint or a sinner, it follows that there are only two alternatives for him. Man can either mount upward to the peak of eternity or else slip backwards to the chasms of despair and frustration. Yet there are many who think there is yet another alternative, namely, that of indifference. They think that, just as bears hibernate for a season in a state of suspended animation, so they, too, can sleep through life without choosing to live for God or against Him. But hibernation is no escape; winter ends, and one is then forced to make a decision–indeed, the very choice of indifference is itself a decision. White fences do not remain white fences by having nothing done to them; they soon become black fences. Since there is a tendency in us that pulls us back to the animal, the mere fact that we do not resist it operates to our own destruction. Just as life is the sum of forces that resist death, so, too, man’s will must be the sum of the forces that resist frustration. A man who has taken poison into his system can ignore the antidote, or he can throw it out the window; it makes no difference which he does, for death is already on the march. St. Paul warns us, “How shall we escape it we neglect so great a salvation” (Heb 2:3). By the mere fact that we do not go forward, we go backward. There are no plains in the spiritual life, we are either going uphill or coming down. Furthermore the pose of indifference is only intellectual. The will must choose. And even though an “indifferent” soul does not positively reject the infinite, the infinite rejects it. The talents that are unused are taken away, and the Scriptures tell us that, “But because though art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth” (Rev. 3:16). Fulton J. Sheen

For specific prayers, there are specific answers. Unknown

Joseph moved to prove his sincerity in his vision-they moved ahead to invalidate his sincerity and what they think is his imaginative illusion. Ikechukwu Joseph

Have you ever wondered why you did not rapture and go to heaven the day you became a Christian? It is because God has work for you to do here on earth! Having gone to heaven, Jesus expects you to be his body on earth. You are his hands, his feet, his voice. Pedro Okoro

A heroine makes progress against an enemy who would manipulate her thoughts when she begins to probe his and see weakness. Unknown

Even Satan can quote scripture out of context why are we surprised when men do it. Gary Rohrmayer

The Bible explains that Satan is real, nurses a serious grudge and has impressive power. But having been created, he has limitations. He can never be equal to God in anything."-- Kristine McGuire, An Insider's Guide to Spiritual Warfare, Chapter 3, "Know Your Enemy. Kristine McGuire

Fear is a scheme that the devil uses to great effect. From my personal study, the words “do not be afraid” or “fear thee not” (depending on the Bible translation) appear over one hundred times in the Bible! The message from God is quite clear: we need not be afraid! Pedro Okoro

The modern world has forgotten the necessity of encouraging men to be better. They speak of sick men or healthy men, of interesting people or uninteresting people; they never, or seldom, indicate that there is and must be an interior and spiritual improvement in man before any of the glowing coals of humanity can be reached. They have cultivated everything but the goodness of man. The result of such shallowness is everywhere apparent. . Francis Beauchesne Thornton

There can be no substitute for a personal study of the Word of God! Daily devotionals, Bible commentaries, and recorded messages by anointed preachers and teachers are wonderful and useful. However, they cannot take the place of the Word of God. They must not replace a time of personal study of the Word. Every Christian individual must study and meditate upon the Word for him or herself. Nobody can do that for anyone else. Pedro Okoro

By the anointing of the Holy Spirit, anybody who is afflicted by any phobia can be set free. Pedro Okoro

The devil is a bad devil. Pedro Okoro

In such an admirable position of the New World, man has no other enemy than himself. Alexis De Tocqueville

Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation resisted may become more, not less, fierce. N.T. Wright

Durability is one of the chief elements of strength. Nothing is either loved or feared but that which is likely to endure. Alexis De Tocqueville

A man is his tallest when he is down on his knees in prayer. Beth Moore

You will only learn in a fight how much you've got to learn. Richard Llewellyn

Don’t attempt to fight the enemy in your own strength. You will experience burnout, and you will fail. Don’t even think about it! The key is to engage in spiritual warfare God’s way. And that is by resting in him and fighting from victory, not for victory! Pedro Okoro

God isn’t asking you to fight the devil. He is asking you to simply uphold or sustain the victory won by Jesus at Calvary and enforce his authority over the devil. You’re like the traffic warden who raises his hand and the vehicles stop. They don’t stop because he can physically bring thevehicles to a halt, but because he is representing and upholding the authority of the state. Pedro Okoro

If God declares that all is well, ten thousand devils may declare it to be ill, but we laugh them all to scorn. Blessed be God for a faith which enables us to believe God when the creatures contradict Him. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. — Napoleon Andrew Roberts

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness. Eugene H. Peterson

We have invented a moral sense which is rotting now that we can't give it employment, and when a moral sense begins to rot, it is worse than when you had none. I suppose that all endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, as my precious civilization was, contain within themselves the germs of their own corruption. T.h. White

The worst thing to be afraid of is fear. Give yourself grace. — Jessica Willis The Willis Clan