The tragedy in our colleges and seminaries right now is that we turn men out who know the word of God. That is never going to turn the world. Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes by Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes From Leonard Ravenhill No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere. Leonard Ravenhill passion fashion prayer Great eagles fly alone; great lions hunt alone; great souls walk alone-alone with God. Such loneliness is hard to endure, and impossible to enjoy unless God accompanied. Prophets are lone men; they walk alone, pray alone and God makes them alone. Leonard Ravenhill eagles loneliness men Paul never glamorized the gospel! It is not success, but sacrifice! It's not a glamous gospel ,but a bloody gospel, a gory gospel, and a sacrificial gospel! 5 minutes inside eternity and we will wish that we had sacrificed more!!! Wept more, bled more, grieved more, loved more, prayed more, given more!!! Leonard Ravenhill sacrifice eternity wish If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness. Leonard Ravenhill holiness ifs want In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts. Leonard Ravenhill church heart religion The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity. Leonard Ravenhill church personality christian The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the Church no longer pulls down the strongholds of the devil. Leonard Ravenhill prayer men religion If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified. Leonard Ravenhill christian religion jesus Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way. Leonard Ravenhill prayer exercise moving A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men. Leonard Ravenhill revival prayer men Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken. Leonard Ravenhill religious prayer christian How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV? Leonard Ravenhill compromise tvs christian You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it. Leonard Ravenhill christian-inspirational fire running The self-sufficient does not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life. Leonard Ravenhill self prayer men There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are! Leonard Ravenhill three people thinking You know, people say that today. "I am a saved sinner." That is like saying you are a married bachelor. That is like saying you are an honest thief, or a pure harlot. you can't be a saved sinner. You are either saved or you are a sinner. He came. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins." Leonard Ravenhill names people jesus The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world, and make that man holy and put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it. Leonard Ravenhill miracle christian men The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural. Leonard Ravenhill passion fashion church If you have the smile of God what does it matter if you have the frown of men? Leonard Ravenhill christian faith god I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and Leonard Ravenhill angel father jesus
