Quotes by Leonard Ravenhill

About Leonard Ravenhill:

Leonard Ravenhill is best known for challenging western evangelicalism (through his books and sermons) to compare itself to the early Christian Church as chronicled in the Book of Acts. His most notable book is Why Revival Tarries which has sold over a million copies worldwide.
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The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.

Leonard Ravenhill

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?

Leonard Ravenhill

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

Leonard Ravenhill

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!

Leonard Ravenhill

Some Day Someone is going to pick up this book (The Bible) and believe it, and put us all to shame.

Leonard Ravenhill

A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man.

Leonard Ravenhill

The opportunity of a lifetime needs to be seized during the lifetime of the opportunity.

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 past...

Leonard Ravenhill

A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.

Leonard Ravenhill

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.

Leonard Ravenhill

Author Bio

  • NameLeonard Ravenhill
  • DescriptionBRitish writer
  • Born1907
  • Died1994
  • ProfessionWriter