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Holy Quotes by Jerry Bridges
- Grace... expresses two complementary thoughts: God's unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God's divine assistance to us through the Holy Spirit.
- If there is not at least a yearning in our hearts to live a holy life pleasing to God, we need to seriously question whether…
- In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense. And just as the faith…
- All pain we experience is intended to move us closer to the goal of being holy as He is holy.
- The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt…
- We take what we think are the tools of spiritual transformation into our own hands and try to sculpt ourselves into robust Christlike specimens. But…
- Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of…
- Truth is we must plant and we must water if we are to make progress with our children in holiness but only the Holy Spirit…
- This is the secret of being content: To learn and accept that we live daily by God's unmerited favor given through Christ, and that we…
- Jesus did not die just to save us from the penalty of sin, nor even just to make us holy in our standing before God.…
- Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits…
- We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to…
- When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy…
- The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart…
- ... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.
- As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our…
- As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
More Holy Quotes
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and… — Michele Bachmann
- The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
- Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path. — Abu Bakr
- I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core,… — Stephen Baldwin
- We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the… — Saint Basil
- As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism… — Saint Basil
- God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are perfect. They know us best… — Ezra Taft Benson