I understand true worship to be when one’s spirit adores & connects with the Spirit of God, when the very core of one’s being is found loving Him, lost in Him. -Darlene Zschech
God first seeks devotion to Him in the hidden place–worship when no one else is watching. -Matt Redman
A sense of God’s supernatural presence is the first essential of real worship . . . Unfortunately, we humans have the ability to shut God out of our lives. As R.C. Sproul concludes, we put on blindfolds & go through our days as if God did not exist. Even as Christians we need to be reawakened to the ‘presence of God’s majesty & glory.’ -Sally Morgenthaler
…”spiritual songs” are most likely unrehearsed and improvised, perhaps short melodies or choruses extolling the beauty of Christ. They aren’t prepared in advance but are prompted by the Spirit and thus are uniquely and especially appropriate to the occasion or the emphasis of the moment. -Dr. Sam Storms on Colossians 3:16
A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell. -C.S. Lewis
We sing in worship to engage and express our affections. There is no other reason to sing. If we aren’t dealing with our affections in worship, we might as well just read the lines of the songs dryly together in paragraph form without any music. We worship with music to because God has created music with a certain nature where it tends to move our affections deeply. -Jonathan Edwards
Worship rises or falls with our concept of God. -A. W. Tozer
Worship is the believer’s response of all that they are – mind, emotions, will, body – to what God is and says and does. -Warren Wiersbe
…regardless of how magnificent the musical moments are, unless one’s heart is fully engaged in the worship being expressed, it is still only music. -Darlene Zschech
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