"Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelms us."

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Source : Jerry Bridges, Gerald Bridges, Jack Kuhatschek (1989). “You Can Trust God”, Navpress Publishing Group

Jerry Bridges

#Adversity Quotes #Soul Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Each and every day, Israel remains on the frontline along with the United States in the War on Terror and is nothing but an unabashed ally of pro-democratic and pro-American policy.”
“Be careful of who and what you let into your space. Â Not everyone is worthy of your presence.”
“I went to a Catholic School, and underneath my school uniform, I wore a metal shirt.”
“I would love to do a really cool romantic comedy, perhaps with Hugh Grant. I think he is brilliant. That's the kind of film I love to go to see. I love 'girls' films'.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”
“Discipline is not just about work, but about diet and about exercise and on a deeper level, about concentrating and making sure that my brain is staying in good places and the neurons are firing in positive ways as opposed to getting into anxiety, panic-attack states of mind. When I'm crazy. You know?”
“When you hire me, you hire a nut who is going to work 24 hours a day for you and never, ever burn his audience.”
“If you believe in Odin and Thor, people laugh themselves to death. While it's okay to believe in a man who turned water into wine, and walked on water”

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