Inspirational Quotes by Jerry Bridges
“Romans 7:21, and it distinguishes believers from unbelievers who lie serenely content in their darkness.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be, we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.”
“Adversity is difficult even when we know God is in control of our circumstances.”
“It might be good if we stopped using the terms “victory” and “defeat” to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms “obedience” and “disobedience.”
“God expects every Christian to live a holy life. But holiness is not only expected; it is the promised birthright of every Christian.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“Rather than being offended over the Bible's assertion of God's sovereignty in both good and calamity, believers should be comforted by it.”
“God is serious about holiness in the lives of His people, and He will discipline us to attain it.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“In the arena of adversity, the Scriptures teach us three essential truths about God truths we must believe if we are to trust Him in adversity. They are: • God is completely sovereign. • God is infinite in wisdom. • God is perfect in love.”
“the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone.”
“The holiness described in the Bible calls us to do more than separate ourselves from the moral pollution of the world around us. It calls us to obey God even when that obedience is costly, when it requires deliberate sacrifice and even exposure to danger.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
“How futile and even arrogant for us to seek to determine what God is doing in a particular event or circumstance.”
“spread a table in the desert? … Can he supply meat for his people?’” The next two verses”
“when we complain about the weather, we are actually complaining against God”
“But when we complain about the weather, we are actually complaining against God who sent us our weather.”
“God never makes a mistake; God has no regrets. “As for God, his way is perfect” (Psalm 18:30). We can trust God. He is trustworthy.”
“He is sovereign over the nations where every attempt is made to stamp out true Christianity. In all of these areas, we can and must trust God.”
“God did not simply create and then walk away. He constantly sustains that which He created.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
from Trusting God
“The so-called laws of nature are nothing more than the physical expression of the steady will of Christ.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
from Trusting God
“God’s sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible to pray with confidence.”
“Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will. I never feel like trusting God when adversity strikes, but I can choose to do so even when I don't feel like it.”
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Jerry Bridges is an evangelical Christian author, speaker and staff member of The Navigators. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Pursuit of Holiness, which has sold more than one million copies. His devotional Holiness Day By Day garnered the 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award for the inspiration and gift category, and The Discipline Of Grace received a similar award in 1995 for the Christian living category.
Bridges earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Oklahoma before serving as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War.
He joined Christian discipleship organization The Navigators in 1955, where he served as administrative assistant to the Europe Director, office manager for the headquarters office, Secretary-Treasurer of the organization, and as Vice President for Corporate Affairs before moving to a staff development position with the Collegiate Mission.