More Than a Battle Quotes

“All sex outside of marriage attempts to gain the feeling of being a man without actually being a man.”
― Joe Rigney, More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust

“C. S. Lewis noted that one of the quickest ways to disarm a lust is to turn your attention to the lust itself rather than to lust’s object. Stop looking at the woman and examine yourself and your desires. Try to identify what lie you’re currently believing. Because you can’t lust and think about lust at the same time.”
― Joe Rigney, More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust

“As George MacDonald once said, “Obedience is the opener of eyes.”
― Joe Rigney, More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust

“Walking by the Spirit is the bridge between our present struggle and the future victory. It’s the path that gets us from frustration to freedom. Which means that the pressing question for us is this: What exactly does it mean to “walk by the Spirit”?”
― Joe Rigney, More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust

“Now it’s important to be clear about what Paul is and isn’t promising. He’s not saying our fleshly desires disappear altogether. Instead, he promises that we will not carry out or gratify or complete those desires.”
― Joe Rigney, More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust

“Personal holiness is a community project, and men must lead the way.”
― Joe Rigney, More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust