Inspirational Quotes by Jerry Bridges
“God sustains you and me: "He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.... `For in him we live and move and have our being"' (Acts 17:25,28). He supplies our daily food (see 2 Corinthians 9:10). Our times are in His hands (see Psalm 31:15). Every breath we breathe is a gift from God, every bite of food we eat is given to us from His hand, every day we live is determined by Him.”
“Details are important, and God is just as sovereign over the details as He is over the so-called "big picture.”
“No one can harm you or jeopardize your future apart from the sovereign will of God.”
“Nothing can be more consoling to the man of God, than the conviction that the Lord who made the world governs the world; and that every event, great and small, prosperous and adverse, is under the absolute disposal of him who doth all things well, and who regulates all things for the good of his people…. The Christian will be confident and courageous in duty, in proportion as he views God in his Providence as ruling in the midst of his enemies; and acting for the good of his people, as well as for his own glory, even in the persecution of the Gospel.”
“in order to trust God in adversity we must believe that God is completely sovereign, perfect in love, and infinite in wisdom.”
“God never wastes pain. He always uses it to accomplish His purpose. And His purpose is for His glory and our good.”
“God never allows people to make decisions about us that undermine His plan for us.”
“Our trust in God must be based, not on someone else's experience, but upon what God has told us about Himself in His Word.”
“Our lives are also cluttered with a lot of “if onlys.” “If only I had done this,” or “if only that had not happened.” But again, 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. Just”
“We can put this down as a bedrock truth: God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.”
“Just as we should learn to stop asking why, or searching for rational explanations, or seeking to discover what “good” there is in our own adversities, so we must also learn to quiet our hearts in regard to God’s government of the universe.”
“our innate tendency to think our country is always right. We assume that God will bless our side with victory. The Bible does not support such a view. In fact, according to biblical history, God sometimes uses an evil nation to punish another one, then in turn punishes the first nation for its sin.”
“if we want to live less stressful lives, we must learn to live with a single agenda: God's agenda.”
“If God controls the circumstances of the sparrow, how much more does He control the circumstances that affect us?”
“That is, all that God does or allows in all of His creation will ultimately serve His glory. As John Piper says in his book Desiring God, “The chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy himself forever.”[ 3]”
― Jerry Bridges ,
from Trusting God
“We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him.”
“When we disobey God we defy His authority and despise His holiness. But when we fail to trust God we doubt His sovereignty and question His goodness.”
“The so-called sovereign nations of the world are not truly sovereign. They are nothing more than instruments in the hand of God to accomplish His will:”
“The good that God works for in our lives is conformity to the likeness of His Son.”
― Jerry Bridges ,
from Trusting God
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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.