Jerry Bridges Quotes

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• Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our own "Victory" over sin than…
• Complaining about the weather seems to be a favorite American pastime. Sadly, we Christians often get caught up in this ungodly habit in our society.…
• Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our prayers. Our prayers…
• Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.
• The great antidote to anxiety is to come to God in prayer. We are to pray about everything. Nothing is too big for Him to…
• God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor any ill-intending person to afflict…
• Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul…
• Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.
• ...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now can resist sin. But the…
• Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time. To share in love costs…
• We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from the dominion of…
• Grace... expresses two complementary thoughts: God's unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God's divine assistance to us through the Holy Spirit.
• As we search the Scriptures, we must allow them to search us, to sit in judgment upon our character and conduct.
• The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.
• The person who fears God seeks to live all of life to the glory of God... All the activities of life should be pursued with…
• God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us…
• How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is not by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves…
• Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are convinced that God's…
• Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit…
• Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example,…

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