53 Bible Verses about eagerness
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This was because Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, to avoid any loss of time in Asia; he wanted to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
Brothers, when we were bereft of you for a little while (out of sight, not out of mind), we were the more eager to see you. We had a keen longing for you.
For love of money is the root of all mischief; it is by aspiring to be rich that certain individuals have gone astray from the faith and found themselves pierced with many a pang of remorse.
Then she hurried in at once and asked the king, saying, "I want you to give me this very moment John the Baptist's head on a dish."
These men make much of you ??yes, but for dishonest ends; they want to debar you from us, so that you may make much of them. Now it is fine for you to be made much of honestly and all the time ??not simply when I can be with you.
in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.
So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;
a promise which our twelve tribes hope to gain by serving God earnestly both night and day. And I am actually impeached by Jews for this hope, O king!
Make love your aim, and then set your heart on the spiritual gifts ??especially upon prophecy.
See what this pain divine has done for you, how serious it has made you, how keen to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how eager for me, how determined, how relentless! You have shown in every way that you were honest in the business.
Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.
It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end,
Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.
who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.
Now then, you are to the front in everything, in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all zeal, and in love for us ??do come to the front in this gracious enterprise as well.
Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,
Yet who will wrong you if you have a passion for goodness?
never let your zeal flag; maintain the spiritual glow; serve the Lord;
be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,
the speaker his words of counsel; the contributor must be liberal, the superintendent must be in earnest, the sick visitor must be cheerful.
So with yourselves; since your heart is set on possessing 'spirits,' make the edification of the church your aim in this desire to excel.
It is a sure saying. I want you to insist on this, that those who have faith in God must profess honest occupations. Such counsels are right and good for men.
Yes, and I will see to it that even when I am gone, you will keep this constantly in mind.
He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and he preached and taught about Jesus with ardour and accuracy, though all the baptism he knew was that of John.
Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
David here calls him Lord. Then how can he be his son?" Now the mass of the people listened with delight to him.
So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."
As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"
Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"
Now when the angels had left them and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us be off to Bethlehem to see this thing that the Lord has told us of."
And all the people used to come early in the morning to listen to him in the temple.
So when the Samaritans arrived, they pressed him to stay with them; he did stay there two days,
As Paul and Barnabas went out, the people begged to have all this repeated to them on the following sabbath.
where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.
Now, carry it through, so that your readiness to take it up may be equalled by the way you carry it through ??so far as your means allow.
Only, we were to 'remember the poor.' I was quite eager to do that myself.
tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous,
Attend to your prayers, maintain your zest for prayer by thanksgiving;
Brothers, I beg of you, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, rally round me by praying to God for me;
I thank my God for all your remembrance of me; in all my prayers for you all I always pray with a sense of joy
Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, salutes you ??a servant of Christ Jesus who is always earnest in prayer for you, that you may stand firm like mature and convinced Christians, whatever be the will of God for you.
Thus you lack no spiritual endowment during these days of waiting till our Lord Jesus Christ is revealed;
So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
and not only so, but even we ourselves, who have the Spirit as a foretaste of the future, even we sigh to ourselves as we wait for the redemption of the body that means our full sonship.
for it is by faith that 'we' wait in the Spirit for the righteousness we hope for;
But we are a colony of heaven, and we wait for the Saviour who comes from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ,
