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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.

Leonard Ravenhill

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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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God doesn't answer prayer, He answers desperate prayer!
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Faith that is going to be trusted is going to be tested.
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Prayer is as mighty as God, because He has committed Himself to answer it.
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If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.
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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?
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The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.
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The Holy Book of the living God suffers more from its exponents today than from its opponents.
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I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.
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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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Everyone wants to be clothed but no one wants to be stripped.
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The apostles had no gold, but lots of glory. We have lots of gold, but no glory.
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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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He who fears God fears no man.
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Some Day Someone is going to pick up this book (The Bible) and believe it, and put us all to shame.
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Is the world crucified to you or does it fascinate you?
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My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD.
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