Jerry Bridges Quotes About Temptation

Quotes about: Temptation

• We must pray constantly for His enabling grace to say no to temptation, of choosing to take all practical steps to avoid known areas of temptation and flee from those that surprise us.

  Jerry Bridges

  Temptation, Grace, Enabling

• In the deceitfulness of our hearts, we sometimes play with temptation by entertaining the thought that we can always confess and later ask forgiveness. Such thinking is exceedingly dangerous. God’s judgement is without partiality. He never overlooks our sin. He never decides not to bother, since the sin is only a small one. No, God hates sin intensely whenever and wherever He finds it.

  Jerry Bridges

  Hate, Heart, Thinking

• There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.

  Jerry Bridges

  Commitment, Temptation, Victory

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.74, NavPress

• The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning of the goodness of God.

  Jerry Bridges

  Temptation, Firsts, Goodness

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