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The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity.
Leonard Ravenhill
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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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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.
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Why in God's name do you expect to be accepted everywhere? How is it the world couldn't get on with the holiest man that ever lived, and it can get on with you and me?
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You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God.
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The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?
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I have no faith in my faith. My faith is in the faithful God.
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I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.
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Prayer is no substitute for work equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
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