More Quotes by Leonard Ravenhill
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.
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.
Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God).
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?
Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need.
The tragedy is that we have too many dead men in the pulpits giving out too many dead sermons to too many dead people.
In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts.
Five minutes after you die you'll know how you should have lived.
Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.
I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.
