Leonard Ravenhill Quotes - Page 3

Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age.

My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list.

The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.

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

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.

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

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

If you have the smile of God what does it matter if you have the frown of men?

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

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

A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet reaches your conscience.

Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned?

All you have to do is get in a closer walk with God and you'll find your enemies are in your own church.

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.

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

Christ has not conquered my affections if He has to compete for my attention.

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

There's one thing we need above everything else; it's something we don't talk about these days. We need a mighty avalanche of conviction of sin.

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'?

The church that is man-managed instead of God-governed is doomed to failure. A ministry that is college-trained but not Spirit-filled works no miracles.

Christianity is Christ plus nothing!

The most shattering thought I've ever had is my personal accountability to God one day

We're living in an unprecedented day (when) evil is no longer evil. We've changed the terminology-- iniquity is now infirmity; wickedness is now weakness; devilry is now deficiency.

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.