Jerry Bridges Quotes About Discipline

Quotes about: Discipline

• But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then for grace and discipline to root them out of our minds and replace them with thoughts pleasing to God.

  Jerry Bridges

  Honesty, Attitude, Humility

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.98, NavPress

• Your 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.Pharisee-type believers unconsciously think they have earned God's blessing through their behavior. Guilt-laden believers are quite sure they have forfeited God's blessing through their lack of discipline or their disobedience. Both have forgotten the meaning of grace because they have moved away from the gospel and have slipped into a performance relationship with God.

  Jerry Bridges

  Blessing, Thinking, Discipline

• God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son. He not only knows what we need but when we need it and how best to bring it to pass in out lives. He is the perfect teacher or coach. His discipline is always exactly suited for our needs. He never overtrains by allowing too much adversity into our lives.

  Jerry Bridges

  Teacher, Adversity, Son

• The grace that brought salvation to you is the same grace that teaches or disciplines you. But you must respond on the basis of grace, not law.

  Jerry Bridges

  Law, Discipline, Grace

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Growing Your Faith: How to Mature in Christ”, p.29, Tyndale House

• The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.

  Jerry Bridges

  Christian, Discipline, Purpose

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.125, NavPress

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