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We live in a day of itching ears, but I have no commission from God to scratch them.

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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?
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Our spiritual immutarity never shows up more than in our lack of praying, be it alone or in a church prayer meeting. Let 20% of the chior members fail to turn up for rehearsal and the chior master is offended. Let 20% of the church members turn up for a prayer meeting, and the pastor is elated.
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If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.
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We need more prophets in our pulpits and less puppets
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You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.
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We're living in an unprecedented day (when) evil is no longer evil. We've changed the terminology-- iniquity is now infirmity wickedness is now weakness devilry is now deficiency.
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Easy believeism dishonors the blood and prostitutes the altar. We must alter the altar, for the altar is a place to die on. Let those who will not pay this price leave it alone!
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A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way.
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Are you wiser in God (now) than you were last year at this time? Peter says we're to grow in grace and the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different.
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Let the fires go out in the boiler room of the church and the place will still look smart and clean, but it will be cold. The Prayer Room is the boiler room for its spiritual life.
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We have too many preacherettes preaching too many sermonettes to too many Christianettes smoking cigarettes.
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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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Testimonies are wonderful. But, so often our lives don't fit our testimonies.
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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?
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They're called in the Scripture the Beatitudes. You know why they're called the Beatitudes without being prestigious? Because they should be the attitudes of every believer. That's the normal Christian life, not the abnormal Christian life. The normal Christian life is holiness.
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When you’re sitting in a dark room, you can either sit and curse the darkness—or you can light a candle.
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LORD strengthen me where I am too weak and weaken me where I am too strong!
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The longer I live, the more I find I don't know
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It is much easier to wear a cross than to bear a cross.
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