“Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship" so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious.” FirstsForgetStepsWorshipFirst StepsPious Author:Robert Louis Stevenson
“In the act of worship itself, the experience of liberation becomes a constituent of the community's being . . . It is the power of God's Spirit invading the lives of the people, "building them up where they are torn down and propping them up on every leaning side".” PeopleSpiritSidesCommunityBuildingWorshipDown AndLiberationTornConstituentsPower Of GodInvading Author:James H. Cone
“One should hallow all that one does in one's natural life. One eats in holiness, tastes the taste of food in holiness, and the table becomes an altar. One works in holiness, and raises up the sparks which hide themselves in all tools. One walks in holiness across the fields, and the soft songs of all herbs, which they voice to God, enter into the song of our soul.” ShouldDoeSoulSongVoiceNaturalWalksFieldsTasteWorshipToolsRaisesTablesHolinessSparksAltarsHerbsRaise UpNatural Life Author:Martin Buber
“Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.” LongEnoughSongEnjoyShareSpecialWorshipPicksPhonesCaringLiftsSunsetLift You Up Author:Barbara Johnson
“The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.” SoulChristianWorshipReverence Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Every praying person, every person who has an encounter with God, must have a passionate concern for his or her brother and sister, his or her neighbor. To treat any of these as if he were less than the child of God is to deny the validity of one's spiritual existence.” IfsChildrenPersonsSpiritualExistenceBrotherPrayingWorshipConcernTreatsPassionateDenyNeighborEncountersBrothers And SistersChild Of GodValidity Author:Desmond Tutu
“What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's part; if I were a swan, I would do as a swan. But now I am a rational creature, and I ought to praise God. This is my work. I do it, nor will I desert my post, so long as I am allowed to keep it. And I ask you to join me in this same song.” IfsMenLongSongAsksOughtCreaturesWorshipPraiseRationalPostsDesertOld ManHymnsLameSwansNightingalesPraise God Author:Epictetus
“The church can have light only as it is full of the Spirit, and it can be full only as the members that compose it are filled individually.” LightSpiritChurchMembersWorshipFilled Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.” PeopleKnowsWallStanding Author:Dave Chappelle
“Those to whom worshiping is a window, to open but also to shut, have not yet visited the house of their souls whose windows are open from dawn to dawn.” SoulHouseWorshipWindowDawn Author:Khalil Gibran