Quotes about Divine
God did not simply create and then walk away. He constantly sustains that which He created.
— Jerry Bridges
God had brought a "crooked" event into my life, and I became acutely aware that only He could straighten it. Could I trust God whether or not He
— Jerry Bridges
God had brought a "crooked" event into my life, and I became acutely aware that only He could straighten it. Could I trust God whether or not He straightened my "crook" and relieved my distress?
— Jerry Bridges
God is perfect in love.
— Jerry Bridges
They find it difficult to accept that both calamities and good things come from God.
— Jerry Bridges
He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else…. 'For in him we live and move and have our being
— Jerry Bridges
Under God, however, all things are without exception fully controlled—despite all appearances to the contrary.
— Jerry Bridges
Nothing is too large or small to escape God's governing hand. The spider building its web in the corner and Napoleon marching his army across Europe are both under God's control.
— Jerry Bridges
protected the moral purity of Sarah, who was to be the mother of the promised son of Abraham.
— Jerry Bridges
not have swooped down upon Jacob and his family to avenge the crime of Jacob's sons except that God restrained them through a fear that could not be rationally explained.
— Jerry Bridges
God is in control; He is sovereign. He does whatever pleases Him and determines whether we can do what we have planned.
— Jerry Bridges
These stories are meant to teach us that God is sovereign over people and to encourage us by the knowledge that God exercises His sovereignty for our good.
— Jerry Bridges