William Gurnall Quotes

We must not confide in the armour of God, but in the God of this armour, because all our weapons are only mighty through God.

It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.

In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.

Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6).

Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.

Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and you have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by His heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.

God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.

Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom goes down. Satan's strategems against prayer are three. First, if he can, he will keep thee from prayer. If that be not feasible, secondly, he will strive to interrupt thee in prayer. And, thirdly, if that plot takes not, he will labour to hinder the success of thy prayer.

Never venture near the door where sin dwells, lest you are dragged in.

A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove.

Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.

God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.

Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.

God loves the saints as the purchase of his Son's blood. They cost him dear, and that which is so hardly got shall not be easily lost. He that was willing to expend his Son's blood to gain them, will not deny his power to keep them.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

To forsake sin, is to leave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.

We live by faith, and faith lives by exercise.

Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear.

The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.

We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works.

One Almighty is more than all mighties

The mightier any is in the word, the more mighty he will be in prayer.