Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, โTake my life and let it beโ when you haven't given Him one ounce?
Leonard RavenhillPrayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.
Leonard RavenhillPrayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
Leonard RavenhillI believe the place of prayer is not only a place where I lose my burdens, but also a place where I get a burden. He shares my burden and I share His burden. ... To know that burden, we must hear the voice of the Spirit. To hear that voice, we must be still and know that He is God.
Leonard Ravenhill