Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.
Jerry BridgesA willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.
Jerry BridgesChrist exhausted the cup of God’s wrath. For all who trust in Him there is nothing more in the cup. It is empty.
Jerry BridgesDuty or guilt may motivate us for awhile, but only a sense of Christ's love for us will motivate us for a lifetime.
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