Quotes about Zeal

Lord, we need a generation of believers who are not ashamed of the gospel. We need an army of believers who hate to be lukewarm and will stand on Your Word above all else. Raise 'em up, Lord. Raise them up.

When the hammer of logic and the fire of human zeal fail to open the stony heart, unction will succeed.

True preaching is the sweating of blood. —DR. JOSEPH PARKER

To make my weak heart strong and brave, Send the fire. To live a dying world to save, send the fire. Oh, see me on Thy altar lay My life, my all, this very day; To crown the offering now, I pray: Send the fire! —F. de L. Booth-Tucker

In the book of Isaiah, one of our holy texts written by a prophet of old, there are these words: 'Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord almighty will accomplish this.

The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!

Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.

To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor.

The cure against Christian violence is not less of the Christian faith, but, in a carefully qualified sense, more of the Christian faith. I don't mean, of course, that the cure against violence lies in increased religious zeal; blind religious zeal is part of the problem. Instead, it lies in stronger and more intelligent commitment to the Christian faith as faith.

There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition!

Listening to Jeremiah is one hell of a way to get your blood going in the morning; it puts caffeine to shame.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.