Quotes from Leonard Ravenhill
I find it most intriguing to contemplate the fact that while men are considering what place to give Jesus Christ in history, He has already decided what place to give them in eternity.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Many of us are hunting mice - while lions devour the land.
- Leonard Ravenhill
You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me, saying, 'Leonard, you took Me too seriously'?
- Leonard Ravenhill
When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it 'legalism.'
- Leonard Ravenhill
A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle!
- Leonard Ravenhill
Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent.
- Leonard Ravenhill
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!
- Leonard Ravenhill
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