We must live a holy life if we want to pray. Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes by Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes From Leonard Ravenhill It is much easier to wear a cross than to bear a cross. Leonard Ravenhill easiercrossesbears I believe the place of prayer is not only a place where I lose my burdens, but also a place where I get a burden. He shares my burden and I share His burden. ... To know that burden, we must hear the voice of the Spirit. To hear that voice, we must be still and know that He is God. Leonard Ravenhill voiceprayerbelieve God has to work in a man before He can work through a man. Leonard Ravenhill christian-inspirationalchristianmen Preaching is not a profession, it's a passion! If a man can't preach with passion he shouldn't preach at all. Leonard Ravenhill preachingpassionmen Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me, saying, 'Leonard, you took Me too seriously'? Leonard Ravenhill christian-inspirationaljudgmentthinking The most shattering thought I've ever had is my personal accountability to God one day Leonard Ravenhill personal-accountabilityaccountabilityone-day Tell me what time you spend alone with God... Leonard Ravenhill alone-with-godspiritual There's one thing we need above everything else; it's something we don't talk about these days. We need a mighty avalanche of conviction of sin. Leonard Ravenhill avalanchessinneeds You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God. Leonard Ravenhill doctrinepresence-of-godstills When you're born in fire, smoke will never do. Leonard Ravenhill smokebornfire Jehovah Witnesses don't believe in hell and neither do most Christians Leonard Ravenhill judgementchristianbelieve The law of prayer is the law of harvest: sow sparingly in prayer, reap sparingly; sow bountifully in prayer, reap bountifully. The trouble is we are trying to get from our efforts what we never put into them. Leonard Ravenhill religiouschristiangod The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Power helpeth our infirmity in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life ends our deadness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Wisdom delivers us from ignorance in this holy art ofprayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Fire delivers us from coldness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Might comes to our aid in our weakness as we pray. Leonard Ravenhill ignoranceprayerart To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different. Leonard Ravenhill differentprayermen The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed? Leonard Ravenhill you-changedchangedchange We need more prophets in our pulpits and less puppets Leonard Ravenhill prophetpuppetsneeds A wet eyed preacher will never preach dry sermons Leonard Ravenhill sermonspreacherdry God asks the best we have Because He gave the Best He had. Leonard Ravenhill asks If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him, does it matter whom we displease? Leonard Ravenhill pleasematterdoe I read of the revivals of the past, great sweeping revivals where thousands of men were swept into the Kingdom of God. I read about Charles G. Finney winning his thousands and his hundreds of thousands of souls to Christ. Then I picked up a book and read the messages of Charles G. Finney and the message of Jonathan Edwards on 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,' and I said, 'No wonder men trembled; no wonder they fell in the altars and cried out in repentance and sobbed their way to the throne of grace!' Leonard Ravenhill winningbookpast
