We need more prophets in our pulpits and less puppets Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes by Leonard Ravenhill More Quotes From Leonard Ravenhill Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself. Leonard Ravenhill tired sick religion Men build our churches but do not enter them, print our Bibles but do not read them, talk about God but do not believe Him, speak of Christ but do not trust Him for salvation, sing our hymns and then forget them. Leonard Ravenhill religious christian god Books on prayer are good, but not good enough. As books on cooking are good but hopeless unless there is food to work on, so with prayer. One can read a library of prayer books and not be one whit more powerful in prayer. We must learn to pray, and we must pray to learn to pray. Leonard Ravenhill powerful prayer book Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God). Leonard Ravenhill church praying thinking How do you learn to pray? Well how do you learn to swim? Do you sit in a chair with your feet up drinking coke learning to swim? You get down and you struggle. That's how you learn to pray. Leonard Ravenhill struggle drinking feet Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God. Leonard Ravenhill wisdom god wise John the Baptist never performed any miracles. Yet, he was greater than any of the Old Testament prophets. Leonard Ravenhill baptists miracle christianity The Bible definitely is infallible, how else could it survive so many years of bad preaching? Leonard Ravenhill infallible preaching years My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD. Leonard Ravenhill goal blessing joy You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God. Leonard Ravenhill The only people who want to change the Gospel are those who are unchanged by it. Leonard Ravenhill want people The world does not believe the Bible and the church does not obey it. Leonard Ravenhill church doe believe If Jesus came back today, he wouldn’t cleanse the temple, he’d cleanse the pulpit. Leonard Ravenhill temples today jesus The secret of praying is praying in secret. Leonard Ravenhill praying secret prayer What are you going to do when you get to eternity, if you can't stick in an hour with God down here? Leonard Ravenhill hours eternity sticks The sinner's prayer has sent more people to Hell than all the bars in America. Leonard Ravenhill prayer america people If you're going to be a true Christian, I'll tell you one thing amongst others: it'll be a lonely life. It's a narrow way and it becomes narrower and narrower and narrower. Leonard Ravenhill lonely christian way Holiness is not a luxury, it's a necessity. If you're not holy, you'll never make it to Heaven [Heb. 12:14]. Leonard Ravenhill holiness luxury heaven Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, “Take my life and let it be” when you haven't given Him one ounce? Leonard Ravenhill church christian lying Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age. Leonard Ravenhill maturity christianity age
