Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory. Jerry Bridges More Quotes by Jerry Bridges More Quotes From Jerry Bridges I warmly commend it to all Christians who want to grow in their faith. Jerry Bridges grows christian want True joy comes only from God and He shares this joy with those who walk in fellowship with Him. Jerry Bridges true-joy fellowship share Trials always change our relationship with God. Either they drive us to Him, or they drive us away from Him. The extent of our fear of Him and our awareness of His love for us determine in which direction we will move. Jerry Bridges his-love trials moving Because peace is a fruit of the Spirit, we are dependent upon the Spirit's work in our lives to produce the desire and the means to pursue peace. But we are also responsible to use the means He has given us and to take all practical steps to attain both peace within and peace with others. Jerry Bridges use desire mean Which of us, then, does not offend frequently with our tongue? The real problem, however, is not our tongues but our hearts. Jerry Bridges real doe heart In a sermon entitled “God's Providence,” C. H. Spurgeon said, “Napoleon once heard it said, that man proposes and God disposes. 'Ah,' said Napoleon, 'but I propose and dispose too.' How do you think he proposed and disposed? He proposed to go and take Russia; he proposed to make all Europe his. He proposed to destroy that power, and how did he come back again? How had he disposed it? He came back solitary and alone, his mighty army perished and wasted, having well-nigh eaten and devoured one another through hunger. Man proposes and God disposes. Jerry Bridges army men thinking Only those who walk in holiness experience true joy. Jerry Bridges true-joy holiness joy To derive the fullest comfort and encouragement from Romans 8:28 we must realize that God is at work in a proactive, not reactive, fashion. That is, God does not just respond to an adversity in our lives to make the best of a bad situation. He knows before He initiates or permits the adversity exactly how He will use it for our good. Jerry Bridges adversity fashion encouragement 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 spiritual transformation is primarily the work of the Holy Spirit. He is the Master Sculptor Jerry Bridges spiritual hands thinking May we be as severe with ourselves over our own subtle sins as we are with the vile sins we condemn in others Jerry Bridges subtle sin may Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion. Jerry Bridges godly character reality Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved. Jerry Bridges giving-up commitment jesus Not only has the debt (of our sins) been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again. Jerry Bridges debt possibility sin ... we did decide to trust Christ, but the reason we made that decision is that God had first made us spiritually alive. ... God comes to us when we're spiritually dead, when we don't even realize our condition, and gives us the spiritual ability to see our plight and to see the solution in Christ. God comes all the way, not partway, to meet us in our need. When we were dead, He made us alive in Christ. And the first act of that new life is to turn in faith to Jesus. Jerry Bridges spiritual giving jesus All pain we experience is intended to move us closer to the goal of being holy as He is holy. Jerry Bridges pain goal moving The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning of the goodness of God. Jerry Bridges goodness temptation firsts The opposite of retaliation is to entrust ourselves to God, who judges justly. Jerry Bridges retaliation judging opposites This type of regulation is not necessary, it kills jobs, and it does not protect the image of our city as being open for business and growth. Jerry Bridges us-news
