Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat.
Luke 22:31
He tempts us with his wiles, his snares, his fiery darts, his deceits and his suggestions; he excites our passions; he affects our minds. He is responsible for most of our moodiness, our depressions, our sense of hopelessness and our sense of despair. Indeed, you can be certain of this every time you are turned in upon yourself, and find yourself looking at your weakness, your failure, your disability, or anything else in yourself, when you are looking at yourself like that, it is always the devil. I do not hesitate to say that the devil turns men and women in upon themselves, knowing that when they are looking at themselves, they are not looking at God, and so he produces all these moods and depressions within us.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
