Erwin McManus Quotes

I speak to God every day.

The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.

Surfing is my religion, if I have one.

I listen and talk to God daily.

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.

Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.

I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.

God created the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the waves for our enjoyment. Surfing is just my way of worshipping Him.

The spirituality that I experience sometimes touches on religion, in that I resonate with the thread of continuity that permeates through all religions. But in terms of it being a concretized, organized part of my life, it's not.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and closer to each other.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God.

I'm a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it's easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it's also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek... is like a beautiful opera, but way better.

Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

It is the right and duty of all men publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being.

What I view as worship now is certainly a little different than how I used to view worship. I don't see it as a verse in a chorus, on a big screen with words, like I used to. It's just trying to be as real as possible in front of an audience.

Worship isn't an event to attend & watch. It's a lifestyle to be lived.