spiritual fervor

Devout inner fire

Spiritual fervor is intense religious or devotional passion—the burning enthusiasm of deep faith.

It describes the emotional heat of worship, prayer, or religious commitment: The revival meeting was marked by spiritual fervor.

The phrase suggests an ardent, consuming quality to one's beliefs, sometimes approaching ecstasy or zealotry.

Related

rapture · speaking in tongues · faith · born again · meditation · zeal · divine love · mysticism · awe · monasticism · worship · laying on hands · glossolalia · holy fire · fire and brimstone · evangelism · transcendence · devotion

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Opposites
intensity of religious/spiritual feeling

spiritual fervorgoing through the motions

Performing without genuine effort

presence versus absence of spiritual concern

spiritual fervoratheism

Rejection of deities

irreligion · secularism · spiritual emptiness · godlessness · unbelief

devotion versus worldly attachment

spiritual fervormaterialism

Prioritizing goods over spirit

worldliness · carnal desire · hedonism · carnality · consumerism

Family

spiritual, spirit, spirits, spirited, spiritually, spirituality, spiritualism, spiritualist, dispirit

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G