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Leonard Ravenhill

(1907–1994) Writer United Kingdom

279 quotes in 955 categories

Leonard Ravenhill calls revival a fire inside believers that pushes them to obey God’s will. He complains that too many short sermons and preacherettes distract from true faith, and he asks what takes priority over God in our lives. He also points out that the world waits for real acts of Christianity, not new definitions.

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Leonard Ravenhill was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for Why Revival Tarries.

Quick Facts About Leonard Ravenhill

Born: June 18, 1907
Died: November 27, 1994
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Why Revival Tarries

About Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill was a British Christian evangelist and author who focused on prayer and revival. He is best known for urging western evangelical churches to compare themselves with the early Christian Church as described in the Book of Acts. His most notable book, Why Revival Tarries, has sold over a million copies worldwide.

Quotes by Leonard Ravenhill

Faith that is going to be trusted is going to be tested.

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Faith

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We must live a holy life if we want to pray.

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Christian

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We don't preach salvation. We preach forgiveness.

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Forgiveness

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When you're born in fire, smoke will never do.

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Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions

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Christian

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You can't live wrong and pray right.

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Pray

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Today's church wants to be raptured from responsibility.

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Christianity

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As long as we are content to live without revival, we will.

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Inspirational

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If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's something wrong!

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Christian

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There’s a difference between changing your opinion, and changing your lifestyle.

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Change

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When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it 'legalism.'

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Bible

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Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself.

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Christianity

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My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD.

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Blessing

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Tell me what time you spend alone with God... and I'll tell you how spiritual you are.

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Alone with god

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Get rid of this bunkum about the 'carnal Christian'. Forget it! If you're carnal, you're not saved.

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Carnal

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The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.

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Church

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The Sunday morning service shows how popular your church is. The evening services show how popular your pastor is. Your private prayer…

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Christianity

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Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients…

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Christian

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No faith is required to do the possible; actually only a morsel of this atom-powered stuff is needed to do the impossible,…

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Atoms

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How do you learn to pray? Well how do you learn to swim? Do you sit in a chair with your feet…

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We need to close every church in the land for one Sunday and cease listening to a man so we can hear…

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Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to…

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Fasting

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The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.

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Church

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I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and 2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm…

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Angel

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Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every…

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Church

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The church as we know it today seems a million miles from the New Testament church. That may be a great generalization,…

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I believe the place of prayer is not only a place where I lose my burdens, but also a place where I…

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Can any deny that in the modern church setup the main cause of anxiety is money? Yet that which tries the modern…

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Anxiety

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If I was to ask you tonight if you were saved? Do you say 'Yes, I am saved'. When? 'Oh so and…

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Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you needwhen you can…

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Art

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The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in the…

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Christianity

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We Christians are debtors to all men at all times in all places, but we are so smug to the lostness of…

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I read of the revivals of the past, great sweeping revivals where thousands of men were swept into the Kingdom of God.…

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Altars

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“But you know if God should stamp eternity or even judgment on our eyeballs, or if you’d like on the fleshy table…

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Judgment

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Do the Pentecostals look back with shame as they remember when they dwelt across the theological tracks, but with the glory of…

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Children

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“While Joseph's brothers made a pile Joseph suffered for a while That while did not seem a lengthy season With no design,…

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Faith

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The self-righteous never apologize.

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It is much easier to wear a cross than to bear a cross.

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Bears

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You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God.

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Funny

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The most fervent prayer meetings are in hell.

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Leonard Ravenhill by topic

Inspirational (64) Religion (57) Prayer (55) Christianity (54) Men (49) Church (46) God (42) Christian (39) Love (33) Praying (29) Life (24) World (22) Revival (20) Christ (18) Jesus (17) Religious (16) People (16) Today (15)