Leonard Ravenhill Quotes

The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.

Tell me what time you spend alone with God... and I'll tell you how spiritual you are.

The Bible definitely is infallible, how else could it survive so many years of bad preaching?

Holiness is not a luxury, it's a necessity. If you're not holy, you'll never make it to Heaven [Heb. 12:14].

Christ cared enough for sinners to die for them. Do we care enough for sinners to live to reach them?

Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?

It is much easier to wear a cross than to bear a cross.

John the Baptist never performed any miracles. Yet, he was greater than any of the Old Testament prophets.

How do you learn to pray? Well how do you learn to swim? Do you sit in a chair with your feet up drinking coke learning to swim? You get down and you struggle. That's how you learn to pray.

The secret of praying is praying in secret.

You won't become a saint by studying your Bible; you'll become a saint by living it.

One of the most amazing things Jesus said is that at the judgment seat, preachers are going to say 'I cast out devils, and Jesus will say 'I never knew you.

If Jesus came back today, he wouldn’t cleanse the temple, he’d cleanse the pulpit.

God has to work in a man before He can work through a man.

The only people who want to change the Gospel are those who are unchanged by it.

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.

The world does not believe the Bible and the church does not obey it.

To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different.

If we had more hell fire preaching in the pulpit then we would have less hell bound people in the pew.

What are you going to do when you get to eternity, if you can't stick in an hour with God down here?

The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.

You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God.

Prayer is preoccupation with our needs. Praise is preoccupation with our blessings. Worship is preoccupation with GOD Himself.

The sinner's prayer has sent more people to Hell than all the bars in America.

No man is greater than his prayer life.

You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God.

You can't live wrong and pray right.

When you’re sitting in a dark room, you can either sit and curse the darkness—or you can light a candle.

Faith that is going to be trusted is going to be tested.

Nobody stood by Jesus. Maybe nobody will stand by you. It's a lonely life, but it's a glorious life.

America is not dying because of the strength of humanism but the weakness of evangelism.

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?

If there are a million roads into hell, there's not one road out.

Surely revival delays because prayer decays.

Men give advice; God gives guidance.

If we displease God, does it matter whom we please? If we please Him, does it matter whom we displease?

Jehovah Witnesses don't believe in hell and neither do most Christians

Gethsemane is where He died; the cross is only the evidence.

My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD.

There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin.

The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?

We live in a day of itching ears, but I have no commission from God to scratch them.

Easy believeism dishonors the blood and prostitutes the altar. We must alter the altar, for the altar is a place to die on. Let those who will not pay this price leave it alone!

The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.

Today's church wants to be raptured from responsibility.

Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he was performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was being stoned to death.

I have no faith in my faith. My faith is in the faithful God.

You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.

If we had more sleepless nights in prayer, there would be far fewer souls to have a sleepless eternal night in hell.

If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's something wrong!