Inspirational Quotes by Jerry Bridges
“Paul acknowledged what we must acknowledge if we are to trust God. God's plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don't understand.”
“It is not the importance of the thing, but the majesty of the Lawgiver, that is to be the standard of obedience. ~Andrew Bonar~”
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“God does have a purpose and a plan for you, and God has the power to carry out that plan.”
“God is perfectly holy, then we can be confident that His actions toward us are always perfect and just.”
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“There is no authority except that which God has established.”
“No, we are not defeated; we are simply disobedient! 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.”
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“He (God) permits, for reasons known only to Himself, people to act contrary to and in defiance of His revealed will. But He never permits them to act contrary to His sovereign will.”
“God has called every Christian to a holy life. There are no exceptions to this call. It”
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“Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.”
“The experience of holiness is not a gift we receive like justification, but something which we are clearly exhorted to work at.”
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“God has no "if onlys." 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.”
“Introspection can easily become the tool of Satan, who is called the “accuser” (Revelation 12:10).”
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“The primary purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take.”
“Ever since his fall in the Garden of Eden, man has listened to his desires more than his reason.”
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“The only safe evidence that we are in Christ is a holy life. John”
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“. . . God owes me no explanation. He has the right to do what He wants, when He wants, and how He wants. Why? Because He’s God. . .”
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“Acknowledging His holiness is one of the ways we are to praise God.”
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“Regardless of the nature of the circumstances, we must learn to trust God if we would glorify God in them.”
“Holiness, then, is not necessary as a condition of salvation—that would be salvation by works—but as a part of salvation that is received by faith in Christ. The”
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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.