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1 " If we had more sleepless nights in prayer, there would be fewer souls to have a sleepless eternal night in hell. "
― Leonard Ravenhill , Revival God's Way
2 " A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man. "
― Leonard Ravenhill
3 " Christianity today is so subnormal that if any Christian began to act like a normal New Testament Christian, he would be considered abnormal "
4 " No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere. "
5 " A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God. "
6 " The opportunity of a lifetime needs to be seized during the lifetime of the opportunity. "
7 " The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural. "
8 " Some Day Someone is going to pick up this book (The Bible) and believe it, and put us all to shame. "
― Leonard Ravenhill , Why Revival Tarries: A Classic on Revival
9 " One of these days some simple soul will pick up the book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed. "
10 " Where,oh,where are the eternity-conscious believers? Where are the souls white-hot for God because they fear His holy name and presence and so live with eternity's values in view? "
11 " Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for? "
12 " If Thou canst do something with us and through us, then please, God, do something without us! Bypass us and take up a people who now know Thee not! "
13 " Who or what takes priority over God in our lives? "
14 " If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him does it matter whom we displease? "
15 " Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. "
16 " The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world and make him holy, then put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it. "
17 " How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV? "
18 " The early church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity. "
19 " There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin. "
20 " You can't live wrong and pray right. "