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Preaching is not a profession, it's a passion! If a man can't preach with passion he shouldn't preach at all.

Leonard Ravenhill

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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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In the New Testament church it says they were all amazed - And now in our churches everybody wants to be amused.
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Paul never glamorized the gospel! It is not success, but sacrifice! It's not a glamous gospel ,but a bloody gospel, a gory gospel, and a sacrificial gospel! 5 minutes inside eternity and we will wish that we had sacrificed more!!! Wept more, bled more, grieved more, loved more, prayed more, given more!!!
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The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.
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If you kneel before God, you will stand before men.
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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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The darker it gets, the brighter your light will shine.
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Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself.
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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 time shows you how popular God is!
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Faith that is going to be trusted is going to be tested.
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