Quote

Testimonies are wonderful. But, so often our lives don't fit our testimonies.

Leonard Ravenhill

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
Wonderful
Lives
Often
Testimonies
Testimony
Compromise
Fit
Sin

More quotes by Leonard Ravenhill

Image
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.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The church as we know it today seems a million miles from the New Testament church. That may be a great generalization, but I will stand on it. There is a gulf between our average Christianity and the church of New Testament that makes the Grand Canyon look like a cavity in someone's tooth.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
You won't become a saint by studying your Bible you'll become a saint by living it.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
LORD strengthen me where I am too weak and weaken me where I am too strong!
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The longer I live, the more I find I don't know
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The most shattering thought I've ever had is my personal accountability to God one day
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you have been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip?
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The more men pray, the less worldly they become. The less they pray, the more worldly they become. I am, of course, speaking of professing Christians at this point.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
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.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The self-sufficient does not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The world does not believe the Bible and the church does not obey it.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
There's one thing we need above everything else it's something we don't talk about these days. We need a mighty avalanche of conviction of sin.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
The tragedy is that we have too many dead men in the pulpits giving out too many dead sermons to too many dead people.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
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.
Leonard Ravenhill
Image
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?
Leonard Ravenhill