Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. Jerry Bridges More Quotes by Jerry Bridges More Quotes From Jerry Bridges There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it. Jerry Bridges victory temptation commitment Introspection can easily become the tool of Satan, who is called the accuser. One of his chief weapons is discouragement. He knows that if he can make us discouraged and dispirited we will not fight the battle for holiness. Jerry Bridges battle fighting tools Biblical community is first of all the sharing of a common life in Christ. Jerry Bridges biblical community firsts Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter. Jerry Bridges growing suffering long If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us. Jerry Bridges adversity work-out believe 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 grow. Jerry Bridges wisdom suffering christian Duty or guilt may motivate us for awhile, but only a sense of Christ's love for us will motivate us for a lifetime. Jerry Bridges guilt may christ The cure for impatience with the fulfillment of God's timetable is to believe His promises, obey His will, and leave the results to Him. So often when God's timetable stretches into years we become discouraged and...want to give up or try to work something out on our own. Jerry Bridges giving-up believe years Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives. Jerry Bridges humble heart attitude Some days we may be more acutely conscious of our sinfulness and hence more aware of our need of His grace, but there is never a day when we can stand before Him on our own two feet of performance, when we are worthy enough to deserve His blessing. Jerry Bridges blessing feet two God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son. He not only knows what we need but when we need it and how best to bring it to pass in out lives. He is the perfect teacher or coach. His discipline is always exactly suited for our needs. He never overtrains by allowing too much adversity into our lives. Jerry Bridges adversity teacher son I realize anew that, just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time, we must also learn to trust God one circumstance at a time. 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. That act of the will, though, must be based on belief, and belief must be based on truth. Jerry Bridges adversity choices feelings 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 the aim of glorifying God. Jerry Bridges glorifying-god glory christian ...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 responsibility for resisting is ours. God does not do that for us. To confuse the potential for resisting (which God provided) with the responsibility for resisting (which is ours) is to court disaster in our pursuit of holiness. Jerry Bridges holiness responsibility doe Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will. Jerry Bridges trust-in-god matter feelings The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart from a life of faith. Faith enables us to claim the promises of God, but it also enables us to obey the commands of God. Jerry Bridges pathways hero promise No circumstance is so big that He cannot control it. Jerry Bridges bigs circumstances Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds of God's Sovereign Will Jerry Bridges rulers sovereign evil 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 to use the Holy Spirit’s work to discourage us. Jerry Bridges holiness use spirit The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed more in defeating a superior army than in subduing an inferior one. Even more so, the wisdom of God is displayed when He brings good to us and glory to Himself out of confusion and calamity rather than out of pleasant times. Jerry Bridges army player winning
