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Quotes About Growth

Quand j'étais petite, je gardais les vaches; maintenant ce sont elles qui me gardent…
~ Jerrard Tickell
How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is *not* by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves to becoming more godly.
~ Jerry Bridges
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 our lives. He is the perfect teacher or coach. His discipline is always exactly suited for our needs. He never over trains us by allowing too much adversity in our lives.
~ Jerry Bridges
Though the power for godly character comes from Christ, the responsibility for developing and displaying that character is ours.
~ Jerry Bridges
You may have sought and tried to obtain instant godliness. There is no such thing....We want somebody to give us three easy steps to godliness, and we'll take them next Friday and be godly. The trouble is, godliness doesn't come that way. ~Jay Adams~
~ Jerry Bridges
If any adversity coming across our path were not beneficial, God would not allow it or send it: "He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone" (Lamentations 3:33, NIV). God does not delight in our suffering. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us grow.
~ Jerry Bridges
God is serious about holiness in the lives of His people, and He will discipline us to attain it.
~ Jerry Bridges
It might be good if we stopped using the terms "victory" and "defeat" to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms "obedience" and "disobedience.
~ Jerry Bridges
Lamentations 3:33). God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us grow.
~ Jerry Bridges
does no good to nail an unattached branch to the vine; there is no life-giving connection. But those branches that are an integral part of the vine share in the life of the vine.
~ Jerry Bridges
Just as the airplane must have both wings to fly, so we must exercise both discipline and dependence in the pursuit of holiness. Just as it is impossible for an airplane to fly with only one wing, so it is impossible for us to successfully pursue holiness with only dependence or discipline. We absolutely must have both.
~ Jerry Bridges
No, we are not defeated; we are simply disobedient! It might be good if we stopped using the terms 'victory' and 'defeat' to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms 'obedience' and 'disobedience.
~ Jerry Bridges
The experience of holiness is not a gift we receive like justification, but something which we are clearly exhorted to work at.
~ Jerry Bridges
Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
~ Jerry Bridges
But we must be transformed more and more into the likeness of Christ. That is the purpose of discipline.
~ Jerry Bridges
If you stop and think about it, you will realize that most godly character traits can only be developed through adversity.
~ Jerry Bridges
to stop asking why.
~ Jerry Bridges
It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees" (Psalm 119:71).
~ Jerry Bridges
We are to look beyond our adversity to what God is doing in our lives and rejoice in the certainty that He is at work in us to cause us to grow.
~ Jerry Bridges
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 PETER 3:18)
~ Jerry Bridges
The good that God works for in our lives is conformity to the likeness of His Son.
~ Jerry Bridges
The perfect righteousness that we pursue is unattainable in this life. But if we hunger and thirst for it and diligently pursue it, over time we will grow more and more into the person God wants us to be.
~ Jerry Bridges
Identification is why the reader reads and why the writer writes. We all want to identify with a character, so that we can, in turn, identify with ourselves. Do you have yourself all figured out? Is your self-knowledge so complete? Do you know yourself so well that you'll never do anyting stupid or make a fool of yourself again? When it comes to knowing ourselves, we are incomplete, lacking, deficient. Each of us is our own ongoing problem until the day we die.
~ Jerry Cleaver
In this game, mistakes and errors are good. They help us uncover new relationships.
~ Jerry Cleaver