Jerry Bridges Quotes

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

I want to give my respect, glory and time to the Bible - to the word of God - just as I want to give my respect and time to my work.

Loving the church also means having the courage to make difficult, trying choices, having ever before oneself the good of the church and not one's own.

We no longer have the luxury of spending our energy on anything that does not lead us and our families to Christ.

Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost.

The reward of eternal life requires effort.

My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!

I always go to church on Sundays and Bible study on Tuesdays.

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.

They are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their rational faculties

The life of man needs to be consecrated.

I smoked, I drank, I did all the kicking my heels up type things, but I went to Mass on Sunday.

Religion that is contained only within a church building is a weekend hobby, not a personal faith.

I think it's difficult to be a Christian anywhere, at least to be a committed Christian - I think that demands a lot from a person no matter their field of work, and certainly working in Hollywood is no exception.

If Jesus is not enough to motivate you to godly living, you don't know Jesus.

The church was everything: our social engagements, Sunday morning, Sunday evening. Wednesday night was the hour of power. We had Bible study on certain days. Saturday afternoon was choir practice. I wanted desperately to be a good Christian.

I'm going to do what God wants me to do.

I am never better than when I am on the full stretch for God.

Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily threatens you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a better warfare every year you live. Pray more. Read more. Subdue self more. Love the brethren more. Oh that you may endeavor to grow in grace every year, that the end of your Christian course may be better than the beginning!

This is the sanctification of your studies: when they are devoted to God, and when He is the end, the object, and the life of them all.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist.

God takes full responsibility for the life wholly devoted to Him.

God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His