A man whos heart burned to see genuine biblical revival, and the author of Why Revival Tarries.
"If weak in prayers, we are weak everywhere." — Leonard Ravenhill
"Men give advice; God gives guidance." — Leonard Ravenhill
"Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?" — Leonard Ravenhill
"A sinning man stops praying, a praying man stops sinning" — Leonard Ravenhill
"The only reason we don’t have revival is because we are willing to live without it!" — 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
"The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a
cruise ship recruiting the promising." — Leonard Ravenhill
There was no room for him in the inn
He got a big older, there was no room in his family
His family turned on him
He went to the temple, no room in the temple, the temple turned on him
And when he died there was no room to bury him, he died outside the city.
Well why in Gods name do you expect to be accepted everywhere you go?
How is it that the world couldn’t get along with the holiest man that ever lived and can get along with you and me?
IS OUR FAITH COMPROMISED?
Have we no righteousness that reflects on their corruption
Is the world crucified to you or does it fascinate you?
“A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet
reaches your conscience.”
“The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were ‘Repent!’”
“I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the
United States are truly born again.”
“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?”
“Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?”
“Today’s church wants to be raptured from responsibility.”
“My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil’s most wanted list.”
“When there’s something in the Bible that churches don’t like,
they call it ‘legalism.’”
“There’s a difference between changing your opinion, and changing
your lifestyle.”
“Our seminaries today are turning out dead men.”
“How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don’t even
have the strength to turn off your TV?”
“Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he was
performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was
being stoned to death.”
“If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there’s
something wrong!”
“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’?”
“If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach
today, He would never have been crucified.” — Leonard Ravenhill.
– THE KEY TO REVIVAL STARTS IN THE PULPIT (JOEL1:13), THEN THE PEW (2 CHRON 7:14) … L.R.
– WE’LL HAVE NO BROKEN HEARTED PEWS, UNTIL WE HAVE BROKEN HEARTED PULPITS … L.R.
– UNLESS WE ALLOW THE LORD TO EMPTY US, THERE IS NO FILLING … L.R.
– IN THE EARLY CHURCH THEY WERE ALL AMAZED (BY WHAT GOD WAS DOING), IN
THE MODERN CHURCH WE WANT TO BE AMUSED (BY WHAT WE WANT GOD TO DO) …
L.R.
– IN THE EARLY CHURCH THEIR POWER WAS ELECTRIFYING, IN THE MODERN CHURCH OUR POWER IS ELECTRONIC … L.R.
– IN CHURCHES TODAY THERE’S MORE FASHION, THAN PASSION … L.R.
– THE MODERN CHURCH/SAINT IS QUICK TO JOIN A COMMITTEE, BUT SLOW TO JOIN A COMMITMENT … L.R.
– MOST COMMITTEES SPEND HOURS MAKING MINUTES … L.R.
– THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY WE LOST OUR FIRST LOVE, IT SAYS WE LEFT OUR FIRST LOVE … L.R.
– THE PROBLEM IS NOT GETTING US TO THE CROSS, IT’S GETTING US ON THE CROSS … L.R.
– WE WANT TO ORGANIZE, WHILE GOD WANTS US TO AGONIZE … L.R.
– CHURCH UNITY COMES FROM CORPORATE HUMILITY … L..R.
– THE WORLDS OUTLOOK IS EXTREMELY GRIM, BUT THE CHRISTIANS UPLOOK IS EXTREMELY GLORIOUS … L.R.
– WE’VE GOT MUSLIMS READY TO DIE FOR THEIR FAITH, AND CHRISTIANS WHO AREN’T READY TO LIVE FOR OURS … L.R.
– WE’RE QUICK TO WEAR A CROSS, BUT SLOW TO BEAR A CROSS … L.R.
– WITH THE BIBLE ITS NOT WHETHER ONE GOES THRU THE BOOK, BUT WHETHER THE BOOK GOES THRU ONE … L.R.
– GOD’S NOT INTERESTED IN OUR ABILITY, HE’S INTERESTED IN OUR STICKABILITY … L.R.
– THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF PERSONS: THOSE DEAD IN SIN AND THOSE DEAD TO SIN … L.R.
– GOD’S NOT LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH US, BUT OWNERSHIP OF US … L.R.
– WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO SPEAK IN TONGUES ON SUNDAY, THEN CURSE AND GOSSIP ON MONDAY? … L.R.
– WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR GOD FIRST, BEFORE HE WILL GIVE US THE POWER TO DO WHAT WE CAN’T … L.R.
– FOLK MAY CHASTISE YOU FOR TAKING GOD’S WORD SO SERIOUSLY, GOD WILL CHASTISE YOU IF YOU DON’T … L.R.
– SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE THE DEVIL’S OPIUM TO THE MASSES … L.R.
– SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE THE DEVILS SUBSTITUTE FOR GOD’S JOY …L.R.
– IF JESUS HAD PREACHED THE SAME DILUTED MESSAGE AS MANY CHURCHES DO
TODAY, THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE THAT HE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED …
L.R.
– THE FIRST TIME CHRIST CAME MEN HANDLED HIM ROUGHLY, THE LAST TIME HE COMES HE’LL HANDLE MEN ROUGHEST … L.R.
– THE MAN OF GOD NEEDS TO SPEND MORE TIME BEFORE GOD ABOUT MEN, THAN TIME BEFORE MEN ABOUT GOD … L.R.
– THE WORLD IS NOT IN NEED OF A NEW DEFINITION OF CHRISTIANITY, IT’S IN NEED OF A NEW DEMONSTRATION OF CHRISTIANITY … L.R.
– WHEN THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE BIBLE THAT CHURCHES/SAINTS DON’T LIKE, THEY CALL IT "LEGALISM … L.R.
"The world does not need a new definition of Christianity, its needs an a new demonstration of Christianity"
In an old town in Ireland they’ll show you with reverence a place where
four young men met night after night after night praying for revival.
In Wales, there’s a place in the hills where three or four young men
only 18 or 19 years old met and prayed night after night. They wouldn’t
let God go; they would not take no for an answer. As far as humanly
possible they prayed a revival into birth. If you’re thinking of
revival at your church without any inconvenience, forget it. Revival
costs a lot.
I can give you one simple reason why we don’t have revival in America.
Because we’re content to live without it. We’re not seeking God we’re
seeking miracles, we’re seeking big crusades, we’re seeking blessings.
In Numbers 11, Moses said to God, "You’re asking me to carry a burden I
can’t handle. Do something or kill me!" Do you love America enough to
say, "God, send revival or kill me"? Do you think it’s time we changed
Patrick Henry’s prayer from, "Give me liberty or give me death," to
"Give me revival or let me die"?
In the 3Oth chapter of Genesis, Rachael goes to Jacob and throws
herself down in despair. She says, "Give me children or else I die."
Are you willing to throw yourself down before God to seek the spiritual
birth of spiritual children in our country?
People say, "I’m filled with the Holy Spirit." If the coming of the
Spirit didn’t revolutionize your prayer life, you’d better check on it.
I’m not so sure you got what God wanted you to get.
We’ve said that prayer changes things. No! Prayer doesn’t change
things. Prayer changes people and they change things. We all want
Gabriel to do the job. God says do it yourself – with My sufficiency
and My strength.
We need to get like this woman, Hannah. What did she do? She wept, she
was grieved, she said she had a complaint, she fasted – and she prayed.
Jesus, the anointed of God, made prayer His custom. Paul, with his
background and intellect, depended on prayer because he said he was
weak. David, the king, called himself a poor man and cried to the Lord.
Hannah prayed for a son and gave birth to a prophet. The prayers of a
handful of young men sparked revival.
There’s nothing more transfiguring than prayer.
[From the article ‘Prayer’ by Leonard Ravenhill, available in full at: http://lastdaysministries.com/articles/prayer.html ]
"If weak in prayers, we are weak everywhere." — Leonard Ravenhill
"Men give advice; God gives guidance." — Leonard Ravenhill
"Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?" — Leonard Ravenhill
"A sinning man stops praying, a praying man stops sinning" — Leonard Ravenhill
"The only reason we don’t have revival is because we are willing to live without it!" — 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
"The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a
cruise ship recruiting the promising." — Leonard Ravenhill
There was no room for him in the inn
He got a big older, there was no room in his family
His family turned on him
He went to the temple, no room in the temple, the temple turned on him
And when he died there was no room to bury him, he died outside the city.
Well why in Gods name do you expect to be accepted everywhere you go?
How is it that the world couldn’t get along with the holiest man that ever lived and can get along with you and me?
IS OUR FAITH COMPROMISED?
Have we no righteousness that reflects on their corruption
Is the world crucified to you or does it fascinate you?
“A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet
reaches your conscience.”
“The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were ‘Repent!’”
“I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the
United States are truly born again.”
“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?”
“Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?”
“Today’s church wants to be raptured from responsibility.”
“My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil’s most wanted list.”
“When there’s something in the Bible that churches don’t like,
they call it ‘legalism.’”
“There’s a difference between changing your opinion, and changing
your lifestyle.”
“Our seminaries today are turning out dead men.”
“How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don’t even
have the strength to turn off your TV?”
“Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he was
performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was
being stoned to death.”
“If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there’s
something wrong!”
“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’?”
“If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach
today, He would never have been crucified.” — Leonard Ravenhill.
– THE KEY TO REVIVAL STARTS IN THE PULPIT (JOEL1:13), THEN THE PEW (2 CHRON 7:14) … L.R.
– WE’LL HAVE NO BROKEN HEARTED PEWS, UNTIL WE HAVE BROKEN HEARTED PULPITS … L.R.
– UNLESS WE ALLOW THE LORD TO EMPTY US, THERE IS NO FILLING … L.R.
– IN THE EARLY CHURCH THEY WERE ALL AMAZED (BY WHAT GOD WAS DOING), IN
THE MODERN CHURCH WE WANT TO BE AMUSED (BY WHAT WE WANT GOD TO DO) …
L.R.
– IN THE EARLY CHURCH THEIR POWER WAS ELECTRIFYING, IN THE MODERN CHURCH OUR POWER IS ELECTRONIC … L.R.
– IN CHURCHES TODAY THERE’S MORE FASHION, THAN PASSION … L.R.
– THE MODERN CHURCH/SAINT IS QUICK TO JOIN A COMMITTEE, BUT SLOW TO JOIN A COMMITMENT … L.R.
– MOST COMMITTEES SPEND HOURS MAKING MINUTES … L.R.
– THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY WE LOST OUR FIRST LOVE, IT SAYS WE LEFT OUR FIRST LOVE … L.R.
– THE PROBLEM IS NOT GETTING US TO THE CROSS, IT’S GETTING US ON THE CROSS … L.R.
– WE WANT TO ORGANIZE, WHILE GOD WANTS US TO AGONIZE … L.R.
– CHURCH UNITY COMES FROM CORPORATE HUMILITY … L..R.
– THE WORLDS OUTLOOK IS EXTREMELY GRIM, BUT THE CHRISTIANS UPLOOK IS EXTREMELY GLORIOUS … L.R.
– WE’VE GOT MUSLIMS READY TO DIE FOR THEIR FAITH, AND CHRISTIANS WHO AREN’T READY TO LIVE FOR OURS … L.R.
– WE’RE QUICK TO WEAR A CROSS, BUT SLOW TO BEAR A CROSS … L.R.
– WITH THE BIBLE ITS NOT WHETHER ONE GOES THRU THE BOOK, BUT WHETHER THE BOOK GOES THRU ONE … L.R.
– GOD’S NOT INTERESTED IN OUR ABILITY, HE’S INTERESTED IN OUR STICKABILITY … L.R.
– THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF PERSONS: THOSE DEAD IN SIN AND THOSE DEAD TO SIN … L.R.
– GOD’S NOT LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH US, BUT OWNERSHIP OF US … L.R.
– WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO SPEAK IN TONGUES ON SUNDAY, THEN CURSE AND GOSSIP ON MONDAY? … L.R.
– WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR GOD FIRST, BEFORE HE WILL GIVE US THE POWER TO DO WHAT WE CAN’T … L.R.
– FOLK MAY CHASTISE YOU FOR TAKING GOD’S WORD SO SERIOUSLY, GOD WILL CHASTISE YOU IF YOU DON’T … L.R.
– SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE THE DEVIL’S OPIUM TO THE MASSES … L.R.
– SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE THE DEVILS SUBSTITUTE FOR GOD’S JOY …L.R.
– IF JESUS HAD PREACHED THE SAME DILUTED MESSAGE AS MANY CHURCHES DO
TODAY, THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE THAT HE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED …
L.R.
– THE FIRST TIME CHRIST CAME MEN HANDLED HIM ROUGHLY, THE LAST TIME HE COMES HE’LL HANDLE MEN ROUGHEST … L.R.
– THE MAN OF GOD NEEDS TO SPEND MORE TIME BEFORE GOD ABOUT MEN, THAN TIME BEFORE MEN ABOUT GOD … L.R.
– THE WORLD IS NOT IN NEED OF A NEW DEFINITION OF CHRISTIANITY, IT’S IN NEED OF A NEW DEMONSTRATION OF CHRISTIANITY … L.R.
– WHEN THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE BIBLE THAT CHURCHES/SAINTS DON’T LIKE, THEY CALL IT "LEGALISM … L.R.
"The world does not need a new definition of Christianity, its needs an a new demonstration of Christianity"
In an old town in Ireland they’ll show you with reverence a place where
four young men met night after night after night praying for revival.
In Wales, there’s a place in the hills where three or four young men
only 18 or 19 years old met and prayed night after night. They wouldn’t
let God go; they would not take no for an answer. As far as humanly
possible they prayed a revival into birth. If you’re thinking of
revival at your church without any inconvenience, forget it. Revival
costs a lot.
I can give you one simple reason why we don’t have revival in America.
Because we’re content to live without it. We’re not seeking God we’re
seeking miracles, we’re seeking big crusades, we’re seeking blessings.
In Numbers 11, Moses said to God, "You’re asking me to carry a burden I
can’t handle. Do something or kill me!" Do you love America enough to
say, "God, send revival or kill me"? Do you think it’s time we changed
Patrick Henry’s prayer from, "Give me liberty or give me death," to
"Give me revival or let me die"?
In the 3Oth chapter of Genesis, Rachael goes to Jacob and throws
herself down in despair. She says, "Give me children or else I die."
Are you willing to throw yourself down before God to seek the spiritual
birth of spiritual children in our country?
People say, "I’m filled with the Holy Spirit." If the coming of the
Spirit didn’t revolutionize your prayer life, you’d better check on it.
I’m not so sure you got what God wanted you to get.
We’ve said that prayer changes things. No! Prayer doesn’t change
things. Prayer changes people and they change things. We all want
Gabriel to do the job. God says do it yourself – with My sufficiency
and My strength.
We need to get like this woman, Hannah. What did she do? She wept, she
was grieved, she said she had a complaint, she fasted – and she prayed.
Jesus, the anointed of God, made prayer His custom. Paul, with his
background and intellect, depended on prayer because he said he was
weak. David, the king, called himself a poor man and cried to the Lord.
Hannah prayed for a son and gave birth to a prophet. The prayers of a
handful of young men sparked revival.
There’s nothing more transfiguring than prayer.
[From the article ‘Prayer’ by Leonard Ravenhill, available in full at: http://lastdaysministries.com/articles/prayer.html ]
finalcall07 
Lord use me to spark revival, stir me up, raise me up to stand in the gap; fill me with Your Holy Spirit & revival fire, help me do whatever it takes, give me strength to break through, level the mountains; break the vicious cycle & help me get dead serious, give me ravenous, voracious, insatiable hunger for you God in Jesus name