Quotes About Worship

But with respect to religion itself, without regard to names, and as directing itself from the universal family of mankind to the divine object of adoration, it is man bringing to his maker the fruits of his heart; and though these fruits may differ from each other like the fruits of the earth, the grateful tribute of everyone is accepted.

The christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun.

There was no such thing as a prayer of supplication in the old religion, only ways of giving thanks.

The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.

One cannot believe that God has divided humanity into the elect, whom he loves, and the non-elect, whom he despises and believe that God is nonetheless worthy of worship and, at the same time, love one's neighbor as oneself.

Prayer is the heart's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed,

We must love God more for what He is, than for what He bestows.

If we do not regard God when he speaks to us, he will not regard us when we pray to him.

God comes down to us by his Spirit, and we go up to him by prayer.

What is it to glorify God? Glorifying God consists in four things: 1. Appreciation, 2. Adoration, 3. Affection, 4. Subjection. This is the yearly rent we pay to the crown of heaven.

He who loves money is not weary of telling it: and he who loves God is not weary of serving him.

He that leaves off prayer leaves off to fear God.

The God whom we worship is holy, the work we are employed in is holy, the place we hope to arrive at is holy; all this calls for holiness.

Many people think it is enough to bring their bodies to the assembly, but never look at their hearts. They satisfy themselves that they have been at church, though they have not been with God there.

How far from godliness, are those who are unspiritual in their worship, who do not do duties from a renewed principle and with the utmost intention of soul—but merely to stop the mouth of conscience! Many people look no further than the bare doing of duties—but never heed how they are done. God does not judge our duties by their length—but by love.

Glorifying God has respect to all the persons in the Trinity; it respects God the Father who gave us life; God the Son, who lost his life for us; and God the Holy Ghost, who produces a new life in us; we must bring glory to the whole Trinity.

To seem to be zealous, if it be not according to the word, is not obedience, but will-worship.

A good Christian is not a grave to bury God's mercies, but a temple to sing His praises.

Until the heart is pure, all our holy things (that is, our religious duties) are polluted. They are but splendid sins!

To serve God, to love God, to enjoy God, is the sweetest freedom in the world.

The reason why God has given us a thinking faculty, is that we may think on his Name. When our thoughts run out in vain things, we should think with ourselves thus: Did God give us this talent to misemploy? Did he give us thoughts that we should think of everything but him?

10. "Soon after the birth of Crishna, the holy Indian prophet Nared, hearing of the fame of the infant Crishna, pays him a visit at Gokul, examines the stars, and declares him to be of celestial descent." [279:13] 10. "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, behold, there came wise men from the East, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews, for we have seen his star in the East and have come to worship him." [279:14] 11.

Maya, the mother of Buddha, and Devaki the mother of Crishna, were worshiped as virgins, [326:6] and represented with the infant Saviours in their arms, just as the virgin of the Christians is represented at the present day.

The result of our investigations then, is that, for ages before the time of Christ Jesus or Christianity, God was worshiped in the form of a Triad, and that this doctrine was extensively diffused through all nations. That it was established in regions as far distant as China and Mexico, and immemorially acknowledged through the whole extent of Egypt and India. That it flourished with equal vigor among the snowy mountains of Thibet, and the vast deserts of Siberia.