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Portrait of Jerry Bridges

Jerry Bridges

(1929–2016) Writer United States

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Jerry Bridges was a writer from the United States, best known for The pursuit of holiness.

Quick Facts About Jerry Bridges

Born: December 4, 1929
Died: March 6, 2016
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The pursuit of holiness

About Jerry Bridges

Jerry Bridges was an evangelical Christian author and speaker from Tyler, Texas, who wrote many books such as The Pursuit of Holiness, which sold over one million copies. He worked as a staff member of The Navigators. His devotional Holiness Day by Day won the 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award for inspiration and gift, and his book The Discipline of Grace earned the 1995 ECPA award for Christian living.

Quotes by Jerry Bridges · Page 2

Preach the gospel to yourself every day.

Christianity

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I warmly commend it to all Christians who want to grow in their faith.

Christian

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Only those who walk in holiness experience true joy.

Holiness

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“To remember no more is God's way of expressing absolute forgiveness.”

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Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds of God's Sovereign Will

Bounds

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Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will.

Feelings

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Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.

Gods will

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God never allows pain without a purpose.

God

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Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His.

Glory

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Not only has the debt (of our sins) been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again.

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Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do…

Acceptance

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A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.

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“Though the power for godly character comes from Christ, the responsibility for developing and displaying that character is ours.”

Character

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Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

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Justified" is even better than "just as if I'd never sinned." It is also "just as if I'd always obeyed.

Funny

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Only when we're thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a…

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In His infinite wisdom, God allows trials in order to develop perseverance in us and to cause us to fix our hopes…

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Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay…

Adversity

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“If we are going to persevere as committed disciples of Jesus Christ over the course of our lives, we must always keep…

Christianity

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It is just as important to trust God as it is to obey Him. When we disobey God we defy His authority…

Authority

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But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then…

Attitude

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“We are to come to the Word in a spirit of humility and contrition because we recognize that we are sinful, that…

Holiness

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Introspection can easily become the tool of Satan, who is called the accuser. One of his chief weapons is discouragement. He knows…

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We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the…

Approach

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“Grace is part of the very nature of God, and He cannot change. He is indeed the generous landowner of the parable…

Grace

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God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son.…

Adversity

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“Sin, in the final analysis, is rebellion against the sovereign Creator, Ruler, and Judge of the universe. It resists the rightful prerogative…

Obedience

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... we did decide to trust Christ, but the reason we made that decision is that God had first made us spiritually…

Ability

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Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time. To share…

Acts of love

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“Godly fear,” wrote John Bunyan, flows from a sense of the love and kindness of God to the soul. Where there is…

Fear

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Every day God patiently bears with us, and every day we are tempted to become impatient with our friends, neighbors, and loved…

Action

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“Why is this such a well-kept secret? The core issue is that we don't believe we're still spiritually "bankrupt." Having come into…

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“The Christian living in disobedience also lives devoid of joy and hope. But when he begins to understand that Christ has delivered…

Christian

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“Romans 3:19-26. To help us examine that passage, I will quote it here in its entirety. Now we know that whatever the…

Faith

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“If God's blessings were dependent on our performance, they would be meager indeed. Even our best works are shot through with sin…

Best day

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“One of the most difficult defilements of the spirit to deal with is the critical spirit. A critical spirit has its root…

Critical spirit

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“As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways…

Religion

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Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.

Expression

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Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God

Character

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God’s love to us cannot fail any more than His love to Christ can fail.

Christ

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Jerry Bridges by topic

Sin (32) Holiness (32) Grace (30) Christ (29) Religion (28) Christian (22) Love (21) Christianity (20) Life (19) Inspirational (17) Holy spirit (17) Holy (17) Spirit (16) Heart (16) Faith (16) Trust (15) God (15) Bible (13) Jesus (12)