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I'm sick and tired of (only) reading about church history let's make (some) by the grace of God

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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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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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My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD.
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Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire.
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Ministers who do not spend two hours a day in prayer are not worth a dime a dozen - degrees or no degrees.
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The tragedy is that we have too many dead men in the pulpits giving out too many dead sermons to too many dead people.
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The only reason we don't have revival is because we are willing to live without it!
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Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Skip travel, start travail.
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A saint is good when nobody is looking.
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I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the United States are truly born again.
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If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.
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Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.
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I think one of the serious breakdowns in modern evangelism is this: it has offered too much for too little. What we do mostly is offer forgiveness. We need cleansing! There is no true conversion until a man takes up his cross.
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Prayer is preoccupation with our needs. Praise is preoccupation with our blessings. Worship is preoccupation with GOD Himself.
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If Jesus came back today, he wouldn’t cleanse the temple, he’d cleanse the pulpit.
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Men of prayer must be men of steel, for they will be assaulted by Satan even before they attempt to assault his kingdom.
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You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.
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Is the world crucified to you or does it fascinate you?
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Children can tell you what Channel 7 says, but not what Matthew 7 says.
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Any method of evangelism will work—if God is in it.
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Prayer is as mighty as God, because He has committed Himself to answer it.
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