Jerry Bridges Quotes
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Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.
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We must pray constantly for His enabling grace to say no to temptation, of choosing to take all practical steps to avoid known areas of temptation and flee from those that surprise us.
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The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As we search the Scriptures, we must allow them to search us, to sit in judgment upon our character and conduct.
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God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.
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The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.
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Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.
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The assurance of His total forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Christ means we don't have to play defensive games anymore. We don't have to rationalize and excuse our sins. We can call sin exactly what it is, regardless of how ugly and shameful it may be, because we know that Jesus bore that sin in His body on the cross.
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Not only has the debt of our sins been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again.
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It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact that we share a common life in Christ.
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Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of rebellion against the infinitely holy and majestic God.
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We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.
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Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.
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Grace is never cheap. It is absolutely free to us, but infinitely expensive to God... Anyone who is prone to use grace as a license for irresponsible, sinful behavior, surely does not appreciate the infinite price God paid to give us His grace.
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It is our response to our circumstances rather than the degree of difficulty that determines whether or not we are discontent.
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Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time. To share in love costs us money. Every act of love costs us in some way, just as it cost God to love us. But we are to live a life of love just as Christ loves us and gave Himself for us at great cost to Himself.
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As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
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All pain we experience is intended to move us closer to the goal of being holy as He is holy.
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We need to call sin what the Bible calls it and not soften it with modern expressions borrowed from our culture.
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God's grace is not given to make us feel better, but to glorify Him... Good feelings may come, or they may not, but that is not the issue. The issue is whether or not we honor God by the way we respond to our circumstances.
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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.