Daily Christian quotes to direct, inspire, encourage, and help ordinary Christians in the rough and tumble of their daily lives!
Prayer must be the key of the morning and lock of the night. We show not ourselves Christians if we do not open our eyes with prayer when we rise and shut them again with the same key when we lie down at night.
— William Gurnall (1616 – 1679)
Christian in Complete Armour
Other quotes by William Gurnall
Pray not only against the power of sin but for the power of holiness. A wicked man may pray against his sins not out of any inward enmity to them or love to holiness but because they are troublesome guests to his conscience. His zeal is false that seems hot against sin but is cold to holiness. A city is rebellious that keeps its rightful prince out, though it receives not his enemy in.
— William Gurnall
“Christian in Complete Armor”
How can God stoop lower than to come and dwell with a poor, humble soul, which is more than if He had said such a one should dwell with Him? For a beggar to live at court is not so much as the king to dwell with him in his cottage. Yet this promise is ushered in with the most magnificent titles: “Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit” (Isaiah 57:15).
— William Gurnall (1616 – 1679)
“Christian in Complete Armour”
Unholiness in the preacher’s life either will stop his mouth from reproving or the people’s ears from receiving. Oh, how harsh a sound does such a cracked bell make in the ears of his auditors!
— William Gurnall (1616 – 1679)
He who prays and watches not, is like him that sows a field with precious seed — but leaves the gate open for hogs to come and rout it up!
— William Gurnall (1616 – 1679)
