Quotes About Worship

Martyn Lloyd-Jones gave this analysis: "The greater the amount of attention that has been paid to this aspect of worship—namely the type of building, and the ceremonial, and the singing, and the music—the less spirituality you are likely to have.

According to 1 Corinthians 14:26-33, a worship service is not a free for all where individual Christians are free to do as they will.

God calls His people to be active and faithful members of a local church. Going to church is not to be squeezed into the Christian's weekly schedule, but rather it is to be the principle activity and focal point of the Christian life. Entertainment, hobbies, work, and sometimes even family are secondary to the worship of God in the assembly of the saints. In other words, Christians are to rotate their schedules around the life of the church.

La iglesia ha pasado de ser la asamblea de los santos que adoran a Dios en Espíritu y en verdad, a ser una reunión social de cristianos nominales, que escuchan discursos motivacionales semanales acerca de cómo mantener una actitud positiva y cómo hacer lo correcto, esto les permite experimentar su mejor vida ahora.

En lugar de tratar de añadir al culto nuevas formas de adoración, es necesario dejar que la iglesia busque hacer aquello que ha sido prescrito y hacerlo bien.

even in our most intense worship, we should not forget that our relationship to god is tied to our relationship with others.

When we come to worship the God and Father of us all and to partake of the sacrament symbolizing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we should be as comely and respectful, as dignified and appropriate as we can be. We should be recognizable in appearance as well as in behavior that we truly are disciples of Christ.

The moment you have a self there is the temptation to put it forward, to put it first and at the center of things. And the more we are--socially or intellectually or politically or economically--the greater the risk of increasing self-worship.

Sadly enough... it is a characteristic of our age, that if people want any gods at all, they want them to be gods who do not demand much: comfortable, smooth gods.

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

I'm not sure Trump himself is one of these fundamentalist Christians. He just worships himself.

I suspect God is more glorified in a humble room of earnest worshipers than a massive production designed to sound "relevant" to the listeners but no longer relevant to God. When the worship of God turns into a "worship experience," we have derailed as the body of Christ.

When the worship of God turns into a "worship experience," we have derailed as the body of Christ.

Jesus is the best marker that exists, so let's raise Him high.

I know the gods exist, whether i believe them worth worshipping is an entirely different matter. Brakandaran té Carn

Damin, if you don't want people getting killed, you really should rethink this whole worshipping the God of War philosophy, you know. It's been my observation that people quite often come to harm when you throw them all on a field together, arm them with sharp implements, and tell them to hit each other until there's nobody left standing.

Nobody knows better than I that the gods exist. Whether I believe them worthy of adoration is an entirely different matter.

is not your hero. He's your god.

If you wonder why you choose to worship other gods rather than wholeheartedly devote yourself to the Lord you love, examine the thought and desires that captivate your heart. That's where you'll fin the answer to every sin and failure in your life. Don't be deceived into thinking that you need to develop more willpower. We need to develop godly thoughts and desires.

Let us be so taken up with the knowledge of God's goodness and the desire to fellowship with Him that our emotions are warmed and our outer man reflects great love. Although we must not seek emotional experiences for their own sake, we must not shun them merely because others misuse them or ignore God's instructions on worship.

Idols aren't just stone statues. No, idols are the thoughts, desires, longings, and expectations that we worship in the place of the true God. Idols cause us to ignore the true God in search of what we think we need. Covenantal Gods

But the Bible isn't mainly about you and what you should be doing. It's about God and what He has done.

Some keep the Sabbath going to church, I keep it staying at home, with a bobolink for a chorister, and an orchard for a dome.

God is indeed a jealous God — He cannot bear to see That we had rather not with Him But with each other play.