The strength of the general in other hosts lies in his troops. He flies, as a great commander once said to his soldiers, upon their wings; if their feathers be clipped, their power broken, he is lost; but in the army of saints, the strength of every saint, yea, of the whole host of saints, lies in the Lord of hosts. God can overcome his enemies without their hands, but they cannot so much as defend themselves without his arm.
William Gurnall — The Christian in Complete Armour, on Ephesians 6:10 ('Be strong in the Lord'), doctrine that the Christian's strength lies in the Lord
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