Leonard Ravenhill
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Biography
Leonard Ravenhill was a British Christian evangelist and author who focused on the subjects of prayer and revival. He is best known for challenging western evangelicalism to compare itself to the early Christian Church as chronicled in the Book of Acts.
"A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man."
"If we had more sleepless nights in prayer, there would be fewer souls to have a sleepless eternal night in hell."
"Christianity today is so subnormal that if any Christian began to act like a normal New Testament Christian, he would be considered abnormal"
"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."
"A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God."
"The opportunity of a lifetime needs to be seized during the lifetime of the opportunity."
"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."
"Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?"