Quotes about Hope
But where sin abounded, grace superabounded.
— Jerry Bridges
Our situation was so desperate that only the death of His own Son on a cruel and shameful cross was sufficient to resolve the problem.
— Jerry Bridges
The faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone.
— Jerry Bridges
Adversity is difficult even when we know God is in control of our circumstances.
— Jerry Bridges
Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be, we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.
— Jerry Bridges
Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.
— Jerry Bridges
We must believe this and cling to this in the face of adversity and tragedy, if we are to glorify God by trusting Him.
— Jerry Bridges
The main thing is our attitude. We can pray earnestly to God for relief and still be submissive to Him regarding the outcome.
— Jerry Bridges
You and I may never have the privilege in this life of seeing an obvious outcome of God's plan for us, as Joseph did. But God's plan for us is no less firm and its outcome is no less certain than was God's plan for Joseph.
— Jerry Bridges
Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.
— Jerry Bridges
The universal testimony of those who have suffered for the sake of Christ and His church is that they have experienced a deep fellowship, an intimate communion with Him in the midst of their sufferings.
— Jerry Bridges
But God never explains to us what He is doing, or why. There is no indication that God ever explained to Job the reasons for all of his terrible sufferings.
— Jerry Bridges