12 Bible Verses about Earnestness
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"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.
He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.
You are to love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
when my people humble themselves the ones who are called by my name and pray, seek me, and turn away from their evil practices, I myself will listen from heaven, I will pardon their sins, and I will restore their land.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding.
As dawn was breaking, the angels pressured Lot. "Get going!" they told him. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be engulfed by the devastation that's coming to this city." But Lot kept lingering in the city, so the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters (because of the LORD's compassion for him!), brought them out of the city, and left them outside. Then one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back or stop anywhere on the plain. Escape to the hills, or you'll be swept away!"
and when you you and your descendants, that is will have returned to him and obeyed all the commands that I'm giving you today with all your heart and soul,
How blessed are those who observe his decrees, who seek him with all of their heart,
Give me understanding and I will observe your instruction. I will keep it with all of my heart.
Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
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Earnestness » In prayer » In seeking salvation
He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.
I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.
The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,
Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades.
I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In repentance
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.
Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In love
You are to love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
and when you you and your descendants, that is will have returned to him and obeyed all the commands that I'm giving you today with all your heart and soul,
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In obedience
How blessed are those who observe his decrees, who seek him with all of their heart,
Give me understanding and I will observe your instruction. I will keep it with all of my heart.
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In prayer
Earnestness » Earnestness giving the whole heart to God » In trust
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding.
Paul » Characteristics of » Earnestness
for I could wish that I myself were condemned and cut off from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my own people,
So be alert! Remember that for three years, night and day, I never stopped tearfully warning each of you.
For I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of the Messiah.
