Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely. It is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against him.
Jerry BridgesWe don't have to start all over again and try to keep the slate clean. There is no more slate.
Jerry BridgesOnly when we're thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a grateful and loving heart.
Jerry BridgesOur worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.
Jerry BridgesNothing can be more consoling to the man of God, than the conviction that the Lord who made the world governs the world; and that every event, great and small, prosperous and adverse, is under the absolute disposal of Him who doth all things well, and who regulates all things for the good of his people.
Jerry Bridges