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The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.

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 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.
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Jesus did not come into the world to make bad men good. He came into the world to make dead men live!
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God doesn't answer prayer, He answers desperate prayer!
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If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.
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If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it, why should the world believe us?
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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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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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As long as we are content to live without revival, we will.
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Preaching is not a profession, it’s a passion
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The attitude of the average Christian today is relax and be raptured. But He is coming... and when God gets angry you´ve no idea what it is. Like a thousand volcanoes exploding. He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world and the poor blindworld doesn´t know much about it and the poor blind church doesn´t think much about it now.
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You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.
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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 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.
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Preaching affects men prayer affects God. Preaching affects time prayer affects eternity
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I believe every church is either supernatural or superficial. I don't believe there's any middle ground.
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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?
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Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire.
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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 darker it gets, the brighter your light will shine.
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