Quotes about Trust
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
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
Could I trust Him even if I didn't understand?
— Jerry Bridges
Yet, I acknowledge it often seems more difficult to trust God than to obey Him.
— Jerry Bridges
so the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone. It is only in the Scriptures that we find an adequate view of God's relationship to and involvement in our painful circumstances.
— Jerry Bridges
They find it difficult to accept that both calamities and good things come from God.
— Jerry Bridges