Quotes about Reliance
Regardless of the nature of the circumstances, we must learn to trust God if we would glorify God in them.
— Jerry Bridges
we are to establish our beliefs by the Bible, not by our experiences.
— Jerry Bridges
Confidence in the sovereignty of God in all that affects us is crucial to our trusting Him. 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 main thing is our attitude. We can pray earnestly to God for relief and still be submissive to Him regarding the outcome.
— Jerry Bridges
We as Christians should put our trust in God, not in our nation's armaments.
— Jerry Bridges
We are just as dependent on God when the physician diagnoses a routine illness and prescribes a successful medication. We are just as dependent when the paycheck comes regularly and all our material needs are met.
— Jerry Bridges
God's providence clearly affirms that we can trust God.
— Jerry Bridges
This does not mean our country should discharge all our military personnel and mothball our ships and tanks. It means we should not trust in them.
— 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
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