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God’s plan and His ways 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
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Jerry Bridges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 4
Died: 2016
Died: March 6
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Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far too many instances within Christendom where our traditions and rules are, in practice, more important than God's commands.
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That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.
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Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.
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To live by grace is to live solely by the merit of Jesus Christ. To live by grace is to base my entire relationship with God, including my acceptance and standing with Him, on my union with Christ.
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No detail of your life is too insignificant for your heavenly Father's attention.
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A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.
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This is the essence of God's sovereignty His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His creatures. No creature, person, or empire can either thwart His will or act outside the bounds of His will.
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Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.
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The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.
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Contentment is one of the most distinguishing traits of the godly person, because a godly person has his heart focused on God rather than on possessions or position or power.
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We take what we think are the tools of spiritual transformation into our own hands and try to sculpt ourselves into robust Christlike specimens. But spiritual transformation is primarily the work of the Holy Spirit. He is the Master Sculptor
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God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
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As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually.
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Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.
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God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions.
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If there is not at least a yearning in our hearts to live a holy life pleasing to God, we need to seriously question whether our faith in Christ is genuine.
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Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time. To share in love costs us money. Every act of love costs us in some way, just as it cost God to love us. But we are to live a life of love just as Christ loves us and gave Himself for us at great cost to Himself.
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Only those who walk in holiness experience true joy.
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Our very worst days are never beyond the reach of God's grace.
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God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us grow.
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