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Quotes About Trust

in the things of God we must look not at the work which we are able to accomplish, but at the spirit in which it is undertaken, and that he can never be at a loss for words who has believed on the Word.
~ Jerome
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. Let those who will, allow gold to dazzle them and be borne along in splendor, their very baggage glittering with gold and silver. Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. The friendship which can cease has never been real.
~ Jerome
The belief which has not been accorded to conviction may come to be extorted by very shame.
~ Jerome
A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.
~ Jerome Blattner
It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.
~ Jerome K. Jerome
Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.
~ Jerry B. Jenkins
If there's one thing I know, it's that God has a purpose for things. Everything fits together like a puzzle, but we're looking at it from a human angle. All we can see are missing pieces. He sees the big picture and knows how it all fits." Vicki
~ Jerry B. Jenkins
God wants us to walk in obedience—not victory. Obedience is oriented toward God; victory is oriented toward self.
~ Jerry Bridges
In the arena of adversity, the Scriptures teach us three essential truths about God—truths we must believe if we are to trust Him in adversity. They are: • God is completely sovereign. • God is infinite in wisdom. • God is perfect in love. Someone has expressed these three truths as they relate to us in this way: "God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
~ Jerry Bridges
Sometimes the end God has in mind is to exercise our faith, so He brings us into straitened circumstances so that we might look up to Him and see His deliverance.
~ Jerry Bridges
God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
~ Jerry Bridges
Anxiety is a sin also because it is a lack of acceptance of God's providence in our lives.
~ Jerry Bridges
If we are to trust God, we must learn to see that He is continuously at work in every aspect and every moment of our lives.
~ Jerry Bridges
We cannot separate trust in God from the fear of God. We will trust Him only to the extent that we genuinely stand in awe of Him.
~ Jerry Bridges
We honor God by choosing to trust Him when we don't understand what He is doing or why He has allowed some adverse circumstance to occur.
~ Jerry Bridges
The sovereignty of God is often questioned because man does not understand what God is doing. Because He does not act as we think He should, we conclude He cannot act as we think He would. GOD
~ Jerry Bridges
The knowledge of His sovereignty is meant to be an encouragement to pray, not an excuse to lapse into a sort of pious fatalism.
~ Jerry Bridges
Debido al carácter engañoso de nuestro corazón, algunas veces jugamos con la tentación, abrigando la idea de que siempre es posible confesar y pedir perdón posteriormente, este modo de pensar resulta absolutamente peligroso.
~ Jerry Bridges
We do not know why God allowed the enemies of His people to prevail at one time and restrained them at another. It is enough to know that God can and does restrain the harmful acts of others toward us when that is His sovereign will. Furthermore, God, in His infinite wisdom and love, intends that good ultimately comes from those harmful acts. The
~ Jerry Bridges
Paul acknowledged what we must acknowledge if we are to trust God. God's plan and His way of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don't understand.
~ Jerry Bridges
In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense.
~ Jerry Bridges
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 sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling.
~ Jerry Bridges
Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.
~ Jerry Bridges