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Quotes about Fervent

I suppose, therefore, this may be fixed on as a common principle of Christianity, namely, that constant and fervent prayer for the divine assistance of the Holy Spirit is such an indispensable means for the attaining the knowledge of the mind of God in the Scripture as that without it all others will not be available.
— John Owen
One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.
— William Carey
How do we defeat the enemy? Our victory begins with the name of Jesus on our lips, uttered in fervent prayer. Our triumph is consummated by the transformation of our nature, where Christ Himself dwells as Lord in our hearts.
— Francis Frangipane
For true peace of heart is to be found in resisting passion, not in yielding to it. And therefore there is no peace in the heart of a man who is carnal, nor in him who is given up to the things that are without him, but only in him who is fervent towards God and living the life of the Spirit.
— Thomas a Kempis
Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.
— William Carey
Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come except from hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer?
— AW Tozer
God shows up powerfully when our worship is sincere and fervent in spite of whatever difficult circumstance we might be experiencing.
— James MacDonald
God doesn't respond because someone opens up some new insight for Him. No. In persistent, fervent prayer, God prepares the soil of one's heart to make room for the seed of His answer, from which will flower an alignment with His will.
— Ravi Zacharias
You cannot avoid sin or mistake anyway (Romans 5:12), but if you try too fervently, it often creates even worse problems.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
The most fervent prayer meetings are in hell.
— Leonard Ravenhill
We pray most fervently when we pray most feelingly.
— Thomas Watson
Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or the fervent exercises of the heart? That religion which God requires, and will accept, does not consist in weak, dull, and lifeless, wishes, raising us but a little above a state of indifference.
— Jonathan Edwards