Quotes about Life
Biblical community is first of all the sharing of a common life in Christ.
— Jerry Bridges
It does no good to nail an unattached branch to the vine; there is no life-giving connection. But those branches that are an integral part of the vine share in the life of the vine.
— Jerry Bridges
Are we justified in concluding that God always orchestrates the events of our lives to fulfill His purpose? According to Romans 8:28, the answer is a solid yes.
— Jerry Bridges
Our duty, then, is to obey the "things revealed," that is, the will of God as revealed in Scripture for every area of life. Scripture
— Jerry Bridges
In the West, especially, we don't often consciously feel the actions of government impacting our lives from day to day.
— Jerry Bridges
Most Christians assume that the gospel is only for unbelievers. They see the gospel only as a door you walk through to be saved. The reality, though, is that the gospel is more like a path that you walk along for the rest of your life until you go to be with the Lord. To put it in plain words, believers need to appropriate the gospel for themselves every day.
— Jerry Bridges
The only safe evidence that we are in Christ is a holy life.
— Jerry Bridges
God sustains you and me: "He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.... `For in him we live and move and have our being"' (Acts 17:25,28). He supplies our daily food (see 2 Corinthians 9:10). Our times are in His hands (see Psalm 31:15). Every breath we breathe is a gift from God, every bite of food we eat is given to us from His hand, every day we live is determined by Him.
— 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
One of the speaker's main points was that if we want to live less stressful lives, we must learn to live with a single agenda: God's agenda. He pointed out that we tend to live under two agendas, ours and God's, and that the tension between them sets up stress.
— Jerry Bridges
If God controls the circumstances of the sparrow, how much more does He control the circumstances that affect us?
— Jerry Bridges
The good that God works for in our lives is conformity to the likeness of His Son.
— Jerry Bridges