There is a deeper life. It is as deep as a personal Gethsemane and as costly as a personal Calvary. Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes by Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes From Leonard Ravenhill I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church. Leonard Ravenhill church play people A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet reaches your conscience. Leonard Ravenhill evangelists prophet emotion If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's something wrong! Leonard Ravenhill tribulation christian world The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising. Leonard Ravenhill cruise ships church The first essential for the coming of the Holy Ghost into a heart today is that the heart should be cleansed from sin, for the Holy Spirit does not fill an unclean heart. What God has cleansed, He then fills. Finally, whom God fills, He uses. A holy life is the authentic sign of being filled with the Spirit. Leonard Ravenhill essentials doe heart You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness. Leonard Ravenhill sinfulness holiness knows Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was? Leonard Ravenhill christianity world jesus The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has. Leonard Ravenhill entertainment church LORD strengthen me where I am too weak and weaken me where I am too strong! Leonard Ravenhill strong weak lord Jesus did not come into the world to make bad men good. He came into the world to make dead men live! Leonard Ravenhill men world jesus If I was to ask you tonight if you were saved? Do you say 'Yes, I am saved'. When? 'Oh so and so preached, I got baptized and...' Are you saved? What are you saved from, hell? Are you saved from bitterness? Are you saved from lust? Are you saved from cheating? Are you saved from lying? Are you saved from bad manners? Are you saved from rebellion against your parents? Come on, what are you saved from? Leonard Ravenhill parent lying cheating The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use. Leonard Ravenhill truth-is soul use Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Skip travel, start travail. Leonard Ravenhill fasting prayer men Nobody stood by Jesus. Maybe nobody will stand by you. It's a lonely life, but it's a glorious life. Leonard Ravenhill glorious-life lonely jesus Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent. Leonard Ravenhill gossip praying prayer There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin. Leonard Ravenhill black-and-white two death Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need. Leonard Ravenhill religious god joy My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list. Leonard Ravenhill christian-inspirational devil ambition There's only one proof of the Holy Ghost in your life and that's a holy life. Leonard Ravenhill proof holy ghost If we had more hell fire preaching in the pulpit then we would have less hell bound people in the pew. Leonard Ravenhill hell fire people
