Quotes about Trust
Anxiety is a sin also because it is a lack of acceptance of God's providence in our lives.
— Jerry Bridges
If we are to trust God, we must learn to see that He is continuously at work in every aspect and every moment of our lives.
— Jerry Bridges
We cannot separate trust in God from the fear of God. We will trust Him only to the extent that we genuinely stand in awe of Him.
— Jerry Bridges
Without this relationship with God, there can be no spiritual relationship with one another.
— Jerry Bridges
The knowledge of His sovereignty is meant to be an encouragement to pray, not an excuse to lapse into a sort of pious fatalism.
— Jerry Bridges
Paul acknowledged what we must acknowledge if we are to trust God. God's plan and His way of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don't understand.
— Jerry Bridges
In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense.
— Jerry Bridges
If there is a single event in all of the universe that can occur outside of God's sovereign control, then we cannot trust Him.
— Jerry Bridges
The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling.
— Jerry Bridges
The debate between politicians over the size of our nuclear arsenal and the number of aircraft carriers and submarines our navy should have is, in a sense, a futile debate. Both sides are ultimately trusting in military muscle; they only differ in how much is necessary. The Christian, however, must trust in God, not military might of any size.
— Jerry Bridges
Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.
— 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