Spiritual disciplines are provided for our good, not for our bondage. They are privileges to be used, not duties to be performed. To take off on a familiar quotation from Jesus, “Spiritual disciplines were made for man, not man for spiritual disciplines” (see Mark 2:27).
— Jerry Bridges (1929–2016), Autor und Referent bei The Navigators
Related Bible passage: MRK.2.27
Topics: Growth & Character, Freedom & Truth
Occasions: For Reflection
Jerry Bridges
Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) war ein US-amerikanischer Autor, Referent und langjähriger Mitarbeiter der christlichen Jüngerschaftsorganisation The Navigators. Bekannt durch Bücher wie „Streben nach Heiligkeit“, stand er für eine reformiert geprägte Theologie, die das Zusammenspiel von menschlicher Verantwortung und der bedingungslosen Gnade Gottes betont. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet er eine alltagstaugliche und seelsorgerlich sensible Orientierung, um theologische Grundwahrheiten praktisch im Alltag zu verankern.
All quotes by Jerry Bridges (282)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
Craig Groeschel
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Tim Keller
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson
Being a Christian is not a 'do-it-yourself' affair.
Jerry Bridges
Christ accepts us as we are, but he does not leave us as we are.
Ingrid Trobisch
John Newton
Charles Haddon Spurgeon