There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
What is worthy or unworthy on the Sabbath day will have to be judged by each of us by trying to be honest with the Lord. On the Sabbath day, we should do what we have to do and what we ought to do in an attitude of worshipfulness and then limit our other activities.
The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.
I am persuaded that the chief reason why we do not enjoy religion is that we do not try to enjoy it.
I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.
I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.
When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence.
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.
I was doing worship as a lifestyle before it was a section at the bookstore.
I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence.
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.
That's the best worship you can get when the worship leader is there with no other intentions and ready to sing their heart out for the Lord.
There is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no activity through which it should not happen.
You have to be humble when you're dealing with God.
Piety is indifferent whether she enters at the eye or at the ear. There is none of the senses at which she does not knock one day or other. The Puritans forgot this, and thrust Beauty out of the meeting-house and slammed the door in her face.
