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Jerry Bridges Quotes: Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love.
         

Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love.


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Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.



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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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Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.



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The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.



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Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.



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.

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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God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.



Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives



... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.



Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.

Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.





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