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Quotes About Worship

Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshipping oneself is the best.
~ lewis c s vii
It seems obvious when you think about it. We evolved in nature, and our spiritual feelings of oneness and worship come from nature. All of the world religions were founded in rural settings. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were born in the desert, where the herding of sheep and the cultivation of grain
~ Lewis Richmond
Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury of the Lord.
~ Ellen G. White
Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two.
~ Maria Monk
Well, traditionally, how I grew up, I grew up in the Baptist Church, always going to church every Sunday, Sunday school, vacation Bible school.
~ Jameis Winston
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.
~ Bertrand Russell
We bowed our heads together, and I prayed and then Nimmie prayed. Hers was a beautiful, simple prayer, beginning in faith and repentance and ending with joy and praise.
~ Janette Oke
Many of the girls wear simple dresses to church. We do not make a point of 'dressing up,' nor do we study one another to see what is being worn. Nor does God. It's our hearts He views as we enter the doors to His church. Not our clothing.
~ Janette Oke
Invoqué ou non invoqué, Le divin sera présent.
~ Jean Cocteau
Art is not a pastime, but a priesthood.
~ Jean Cocteau
Stephan was secretive and a liar, but he was a very gentle and expert lover. She was the petted, cherished child, the desired mistress, the worshipped, perfumed goddess. She was all these things to Stephan - or so he made her believe.
~ Jean Rhys
I am not tempted by God but I love his trappings.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Their throats were bare for God.
~ Jeanette Winterson
I would never pull down a church! I adore churches. It is what happens inside them that I detest.
~ Jeanette Winterson
I sat at the back, listening to the music or mumbling through the sevice. I'm never tempted by God, but I like his trappings.
~ Jeanette Winterson
I sat at the back, listening to the music or mumbling through the service. I'm never tempted by God, but I like his trappings.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Cuando los hombres inocentes y virtuosos gustaban de tener a los dioses por testigos de sus actos, vivían juntos en las mismas cabañas; pero en seguida se volvieron malvados, se hastiaron de esos incómodos espectadores y los relegaron dentro de templos magníficos. Finalmente los expulsaron de ellos para establecerse ellos mismos; o, al menos, los templos de los dioses no se distinguieron ya de las casas de los ciudadanos. Fue
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading.
~ Joseph Hertz
Now I see that God prefers to work through intermediaries - Mary and the saints. . . He wants us to pray through Mary and not only directly.
~ Peter Kreeft
The art of work . . . It is going to your work as you go to worship, with a prayer of thankfulness and the aspiration to serve.
~ Wilferd Peterson
I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work.
~ Brooks Atkinson
He who receives a sacrament does not perform a good work; he receives a benefit. In the mass we give Christ nothing; we only receive from Him.
~ Martin Luther
If we keep our eyes fixed on God alone, then truly he must work in us and nothing, neither the crowd nor any place can hinder him in this.
~ Meister Eckhart
Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there.
~ A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God