Quotes from Jerry Bridges

Matthew Henry says that to walk with God is "to set God always before us, and to act as those that are always under his eye. It is to live a life of communion with God both in ordinances and providences. It is to make God's word our rule and his glory our end in all our actions."

But even here we must be careful that we are not seeking to satisfy our souls by finding some spiritual "good" in the adversity. Rather we must trust God that He is working in the experience for our good, even when we see no beneficial results. We must learn to trust God when He doesn't tell us why, when we don't understand what He is doing.

The only safe evidence that we are in Christ is a holy life.

The fact is we do not know what God is doing through a particular set of circumstances or events.

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

We as Christians should put our trust in God, not in our nation's armaments.

If we think about it, we realize that obedience that is not delighted in is not perfect obedience.

Acknowledging His holiness is one of the ways we are to praise God.

We are just as dependent on God when the physician diagnoses a routine illness and prescribes a successful medication. We are just as dependent when the paycheck comes regularly and all our material needs are met.

He has designed His eternal purpose so that His glory and our good are inextricably bound together.

The Scriptures never indicate that God is frustrated to any degree by our failure to act as we should.

God still holds us accountable for the very sins that He uses to accomplish His purpose.