42 Quotes by Philip Gulley

When we are honest, we admit how agreeable it can feel to be singled out for favored treatment. The biggest barrier to equality for all is that inequality for some feels good.

Instead of viewing God as one who helps me accomplish my purposes, it is now my joy to help God accomplish the divine purpose – seeking the best for others and seeking the growth of the beloved, which is to say everyone.

People feel guilty enough at funerals without having more guilt heaped on. I would prefer a bighearted preacher giving my eulogy, someone inclined to widen heaven’s doors. I don’t want to leave folks wondering whether I made it.

Truth doesn’t need elaboration or embellishment; it can stand on its own two legs. All the adornment in the world doesn’t make the truth any more true.

Write letters to your grandmother. She will love it. And leave you money in her will.

A New World. A world where God has set up housekeeping, where God will live right with us, and we with Him. He’ll wipe the tears from our eyes, and death will die. No more crying, no more sorrow, no more pain, no more.

Reality has a long history of not altering itself to make us happy or comfortable.

Sometimes we come to gratitude too late. It’s only after blessing has passed on that we realize what we had.

Many false claims are made about God. They exact a heavy toll on people who believe every utterance from the pulpit must surely be the gospel truth.