Quotes about Purpose
Make His purpose your purpose.
— Jerry Bridges
Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be, we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.
— Jerry Bridges
It is frequently asserted in the Scriptures that God uses the sinful actions of men to accomplish His purposes.
— Jerry Bridges
God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously but only in such a way as His infinite love deems best for us.
— Jerry Bridges
it is the ability of God to so arrange diverse human actions to fulfill His purpose that makes His sovereignty marvelous and yet mysterious.
— 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
God does have a purpose and a plan for you, and God has the power to carry out that plan.
— Jerry Bridges
Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.
— Jerry Bridges
He will direct it according to His sovereign purpose for His glory and our good.
— Jerry Bridges
The primary purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take.
— Jerry Bridges
But the reverent reader of Scripture cannot fail to see the sovereign hand of God arranging those ordinary circumstances to accomplish His purpose.
— Jerry Bridges
So we should never ask why in the sense of demanding that God explain or justify His actions or what He permits in our lives.
— Jerry Bridges