Quotes about Love
If God loved me enough to give His Son to die for me when I was His enemy, surely He loves me enough to care for me now that I am His child.
— Jerry Bridges
If God's love was sufficient for my greatest need, my eternal salvation, surely it is sufficient for my lesser needs, the adversities I encounter in this life.
— Jerry Bridges
Henry observed when commenting on Zephaniah 3:17, "The great God not only loves his saints, but he loves to love them." God takes great delight in loving us because we are His very own.
— Jerry Bridges
In order to trust God in adversity we must believe that God is completely sovereign, perfect in love, and infinite in wisdom.
— Jerry Bridges
God's love always transcends human love, even human family love, in its ability to reach out to those in need.
— Jerry Bridges
We must see our circumstances through God's love instead of, as we are prone to do, seeing God's love through our circumstances.
— Jerry Bridges
The assurance here is that God will show compassion. It is not enough to say that He is compassionate, but He will show compassion.
— Jerry Bridges
He is with us in our troubles.
— Jerry Bridges
God's unfailing love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures. It is true whether we believe it or not. Our doubts do not destroy God's love, nor does our faith create it.
— Jerry Bridges
For us to trust God in times of adversity, we must believe in God's sovereignty, His love, and His wisdom. Of these three truths, the sovereignty of God seems to be questioned the most frequently and most stridently. It seems we will allow God to be anywhere except upon His throne ruling His universe according to His good pleasure and His sovereign will.
— Jerry Bridges
Our motive for obedience is just as important, probably more so, to God than the level of our performance. A person who struggles with some persistent sin but does so out of love for God is more pleasing to Him than the person who has no such struggle but is proud of his or her self-control. Of course, the person who obeys from a motive of love will be concerned about his or her performance. There will be a sincere desire and an earnest effort to please God in every area of life.
— Jerry Bridges
God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine.
— Jerry Falwell