Robbie

“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, The Pursuit of Holiness

“Anxiety is a sin also because it is a lack of acceptance of God’s providence in our lives.”
― Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate

“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, The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness

“God wants us to walk in obedience—not victory. Obedience is oriented toward God; victory is oriented toward self.”
― Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness: Run in Such a Way as to Get the Prize 1 Corinthians 9:24