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The apostles had no gold, but lots of glory. We have lots of gold, but no glory.

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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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It is much easier to wear a cross than to bear a cross.
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There's only one proof of the Holy Ghost in your life and that's a holy life.
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Any true revival can be proven by the fact that it changed the moral climate of an area or nation.
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The tragedy in our colleges and seminaries right now is that we turn men out who know the word of God. That is never going to turn the world. The question is not whether they know the Word of God.... The question is......Do they know the God of the Word?
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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?
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The world is waiting for a practical demonstration of the Gospel of the grace of God!
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God pity us that after years of writing, using mountains of paper and rivers of ink, exhausting flashy terminology about the biggest revival meetings in history, we are still faced with gross corruption in every nation, as well as with the most prayerless church age since Pentecost.
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Praying men stop sinning and sinning men stop praying.
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At God's counter there are no sale days, for the price of revival is ever the same: travail!
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You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.
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Great eagles fly alone great lions hunt alone great souls walk alone-alone with God. Such loneliness is hard to endure, and impossible to enjoy unless God accompanied. Prophets are lone men they walk alone, pray alone and God makes them alone.
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Faith that is going to be trusted is going to be tested.
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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 going to do? Sit down and cry?
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