Quotes about Belief
In order to trust God in adversity we must believe that God is completely sovereign, perfect in love, and infinite in wisdom.
— Jerry Bridges
But God never allows people to make decisions about us that undermine His plan for us.
— Jerry Bridges
Our trust in God must be based, not on someone else's experience, but upon what God has told us about Himself in His Word.
— Jerry Bridges
Our lives are also cluttered with a lot of "if onlys." "If only I had done this," or "if only that had not happened." But again, God has no "if onlys." God never makes a mistake; God has no regrets. "As for God, his way is perfect" (Psalm 18:30). We can trust God. He is trustworthy.
— Jerry Bridges
If God controls the circumstances of the sparrow, how much more does He control the circumstances that affect us?
— Jerry Bridges
We, too, if we would speak of the Lord's great faithfulness, must turn from our circumstances to the Lord.
— Jerry Bridges
We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him.
— Jerry Bridges
Why is this such a well-kept secret? The core issue is that we don't believe we're still spiritually "bankrupt." Having come into God's kingdom by grace alone solely on the merit of Another, we're now trying to pay our own way by our performance. We declared only temporary bankruptcy; we're now trying to live by good works rather than by grace.
— Jerry Bridges
Why is this such a well-kept secret? The core issue is that we don't believe we're still spiritually "bankrupt." Having come into God's kingdom by grace alone solely on the merit of Another, we're now trying to pay our own way by our performance. We declared only temporary bankruptcy; we're now trying to live by good works rather than by grace.
— 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
If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe that just as certainly as God will allow nothing to subvert His glory, so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us.
— 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