110+ Leonard Ravenhill Quotes On Prayer, Revival And Holy Spirit

Leonard Ravenhill was an English Christian evangelist and author who was active in the mid-20th century. He is best known for his books about revival, prayer, and Christian living, as well as his passionate preaching style. He is often referred to as one of the great preachers of the 20th century. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Leonard Ravenhill on prayer, revival, holy spirit.

Top 10 Leonard Ravenhill Quotes

1. A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.
2. If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.
3. How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?
4. Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need.
5. Jesus did not come into the world to make bad men good. He came into the world to make dead men live!
6. There's only one proof of the Holy Ghost in your life and that's a holy life.
7. All you have to do is get in a closer walk with God and you'll find your enemies are in your own church.
8. Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.
9. The world out there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity; it's waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity.
10. Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself.

Leonard Ravenhill Image Quotes

There's only one proof of the Holy Ghost in your life and that's a holy life. — Leonard Ravenhill

Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer. — Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill Short Quotes

• A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet reaches your conscience.
• 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?
• Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?
• If Jesus came back today, he wouldn’t cleanse the temple, he’d cleanse the pulpit.
• No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life.
• You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God.
• Gethsemane is where He died; the cross is only the evidence.
• America is not dying because of the strength of humanism but the weakness of evangelism.
• Men give advice; God gives guidance.

Leonard Ravenhill Quotes About Prayer

The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the Church no longer pulls down the strongholds of the devil. — Leonard Ravenhill

Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle! — Leonard Ravenhill

The Sunday morning service shows how popular your church is. The evening services show how popular your pastor is. Your private prayer time shows you how popular God is! — Leonard Ravenhill

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. — Leonard Ravenhill

The self-sufficient does not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life. — Leonard Ravenhill

Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken. — 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

The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer. — 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. The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents; the prayer closet allows no showing off. — Leonard Ravenhill

The secret of praying is praying in secret. — Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill Quotes About Revival

You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it. — Leonard Ravenhill

In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts. — Leonard Ravenhill

No man is greater than his prayer life. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

Surely revival delays because prayer decays. — Leonard Ravenhill

Revival is the Spirit's passion within the believer to know and to obey the total will of God. — Leonard Ravenhill

Maybe you are the key to revival in your church. — Leonard Ravenhill

Ministers who do not spend two hours a day in prayer are not worth a dime a dozen - degrees or no degrees. — Leonard Ravenhill

God pity us that after years of writing, using mountains of paper and rivers of ink, exhausting flashy terminology about the biggest revival meetings in history, we are still faced with gross corruption in every nation, as well as with the most prayerless church age since Pentecost. — Leonard Ravenhill

As long as we are content to live without revival, we will. — Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill Quotes About Church

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). — Leonard Ravenhill

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

The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity. — Leonard Ravenhill

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? — Leonard Ravenhill

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

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

The church as we know it today seems a million miles from the New Testament church. That may be a great generalization, but I will stand on it. There is a gulf between our average Christianity and the church of New Testament that makes the Grand Canyon look like a cavity in someone's tooth. — Leonard Ravenhill

The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were ‘Repent!’ — Leonard Ravenhill

I believe every church is either supernatural or superficial. I don't believe there's any middle ground. — Leonard Ravenhill

Men build our churches but do not enter them, print our Bibles but do not read them, talk about God but do not believe Him, speak of Christ but do not trust Him for salvation, sing our hymns and then forget them. — Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill Quotes About Eternity

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

This life is a dressing room for eternity - THAT'S ALL IT IS! — Leonard Ravenhill

I find it most intriguing to contemplate the fact that while men are considering what place to give Jesus Christ in history, He has already decided what place to give them in eternity. — Leonard Ravenhill

The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

At any point in all of Eternity, we can say, 'This is just the beginning.' How wonderful for those who are with Christ. How unimaginably dreadful for those who are not. — Leonard Ravenhill

Ten million years will not put a strain on the clock of eternity. — 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

Preaching affects men; prayer affects God. Preaching affects time; prayer affects eternity — Leonard Ravenhill

We are not eternity conscious enough. — Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill Quotes About Holiness

You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

They're called in the Scripture the Beatitudes. You know why they're called the Beatitudes without being prestigious? Because they should be the attitudes of every believer. That's the normal Christian life, not the abnormal Christian life. The normal Christian life is holiness. — Leonard Ravenhill

But have we Holy Ghost power — power that restricts the devil's power, pulls down strongholds, and obtains promises? Daring delinquents will be damned if they are not delivered from the devil's dominion. What has hell to fear other than a God-anointed, prayer-powered church? — Leonard Ravenhill

The Holy Book of the living God suffers more from its exponents today than from its opponents. — Leonard Ravenhill

We must live a holy life if we want to pray. — Leonard Ravenhill

I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and 2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm going to do? Sit down and cry? — Leonard Ravenhill

Until the church is holy there'll be no rapture - I don't care what theory of the rapture you have. — Leonard Ravenhill

The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world, and make that man holy and put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it. — Leonard Ravenhill

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness. — Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill Quotes About Passionate

Preaching is not a profession, it’s a passion — Leonard Ravenhill

No church group that knows spiritual warfare has wiener roasts or even passion plays. There is a real warfare. I have said before that we are an arrogant, self-styled bunch of believers. We "believe" to the point of inconvenience - and then quit. — Leonard Ravenhill

Where there is no passion, the church perishes, even though it be full to the doors. — Leonard Ravenhill

Preaching is not a profession, it's a passion! If a man can't preach with passion he shouldn't preach at all. — Leonard Ravenhill

Leonard Ravenhill Quotes About Christianity

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'? — Leonard Ravenhill

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? — Leonard Ravenhill

Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was? — Leonard Ravenhill

Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins. — Leonard Ravenhill

If you're going to be a true Christian, I'll tell you one thing amongst others: it'll be a lonely life. It's a narrow way and it becomes narrower and narrower and narrower. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

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

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

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

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

Leonard Ravenhill Famous Quotes And Sayings

Great eagles fly alone; great lions hunt alone; great souls walk alone-alone with God. Such loneliness is hard to endure, and impossible to enjoy unless God accompanied. Prophets are lone men; they walk alone, pray alone and God makes them alone. — Leonard Ravenhill

You know, people say that today. "I am a saved sinner." That is like saying you are a married bachelor. That is like saying you are an honest thief, or a pure harlot. you can't be a saved sinner. You are either saved or you are a sinner. He came. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins." — Leonard Ravenhill

There's only one proof of the Holy Ghost in your life and that's a holy life. — Leonard Ravenhill

The tragedy is that we have too many dead men in the pulpits giving out too many dead sermons to too many dead people. — Leonard Ravenhill

Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer. — Leonard Ravenhill

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. — Leonard Ravenhill

The first essential for the coming of the Holy Ghost into a heart today is that the heart should be cleansed from sin, for the Holy Spirit does not fill an unclean heart. What God has cleansed, He then fills. Finally, whom God fills, He uses. A holy life is the authentic sign of being filled with the Spirit. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

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

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

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

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

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! — Leonard Ravenhill

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. — Leonard Ravenhill

The Bible parable says that while men slept, the enemy sowed tares among the wheat. A boy who rises at 4:30 to deliver papers is considered a go-getter, but to urge our young people to rise at 5:30 to pray is considered fanaticism. We must once again wear the harness of discipline. There is no other way. — Leonard Ravenhill

Finney preached and sometimes the whole congregation would get up and leave! that's good preaching. — Leonard Ravenhill

Any method of evangelism will work—if God is in it. — Leonard Ravenhill

I think one of the serious breakdowns in modern evangelism is this: it has offered too much for too little. What we do mostly is offer forgiveness. We need cleansing! There is no true conversion until a man takes up his cross. — Leonard Ravenhill

We need more prophets in our pulpits and less puppets — 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

If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere. — Leonard Ravenhill

A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way. — Leonard Ravenhill

The self-righteous never apologize. — Leonard Ravenhill

He who fears God fears no man. — Leonard Ravenhill

Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions — Leonard Ravenhill

Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire. — Leonard Ravenhill

Better for you to have one sleepless night on earth than millions in hell. — Leonard Ravenhill

Men of prayer must be men of steel, for they will be assaulted by Satan even before they attempt to assault his kingdom. — Leonard Ravenhill

Nobody else can give you a clean heart but God. — Leonard Ravenhill

I want to see the glory of God invade this generation. — Leonard Ravenhill

The apostles had no gold, but lots of glory. We have lots of gold, but no glory. — Leonard Ravenhill

There is a deeper life. It is as deep as a personal Gethsemane and as costly as a personal Calvary. — Leonard Ravenhill

Books on prayer are good, but not good enough. As books on cooking are good but hopeless unless there is food to work on, so with prayer. One can read a library of prayer books and not be one whit more powerful in prayer. We must learn to pray, and we must pray to learn to pray. — Leonard Ravenhill

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

Would we send our daughters off to have sex if it would benefit our country? Yet, we send our sons off to kill when we think it would benefit our country! — Leonard Ravenhill

We Christians are debtors to all men at all times in all places, but we are so smug to the lostness of men. We've been 'living in Laodicea,' lax, loose, lustful, and lazy. Why is there this criminal indifference to the lostness of men? Our condemnation is that we know how to live better than we are living. — Leonard Ravenhill

If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ. — Leonard Ravenhill

When you're born in fire, smoke will never do. — Leonard Ravenhill

An experience of God that costs nothing does nothing — Leonard Ravenhill

There is a world of difference between knowing the Word of God and knowing the God of the Word. — Leonard Ravenhill

Get rid of this bunkum about the 'carnal Christian'. Forget it! If you're carnal, you're not saved. — Leonard Ravenhill

Let the fires go out in the boiler room of the church and the place will still look smart and clean, but it will be cold. The Prayer Room is the boiler room for its spiritual life. — Leonard Ravenhill

When God-given, heaven-sent revival does come, it will undo in weeks the damage that blasphemous Modernism has taken years to build. — Leonard Ravenhill

While we often huddle in groups of like-minded people, those with faith blaze a trail that threatens all of our comfort zones. Faith offends the stationary. — Leonard Ravenhill

Testimonies are wonderful. But, so often our lives don't fit our testimonies. — Leonard Ravenhill

Life Lessons by Leonard Ravenhill

1. Leonard Ravenhill taught that a life of faith and service to God should be our highest priority, and that we should strive to live a life of holiness and devotion.
2. He also believed that a relationship with God should be the foundation of our lives, and that we should seek to know and understand God's will for us.
3. Finally, he encouraged us to be willing to sacrifice our own desires for the greater good, and to trust in God's plan for our lives.