“We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity.” IfsMaySaidWorshipPerfectionSincerityWorship God Author:Stephen Charnock
“God has sovereignly pulled back the curtain on His glory. He has disclosed Himself on the platform of both creation and redemption that we might stand awestruck in His presence, beholding the sweet symmetry of His attributes, pondering the unfathomable depths of His greatness, baffled by the wisdom of His deeds and the limitless extent of His goodness. This is His beauty.” MightCreationGreatnessSweetGoodnessWorshipGloryDepthDeedsRedemptionAttributesPlatformsCurtainsLimitlessPonderingSymmetryUnfathomableBaffledAwestruck Author:Sam Storms
“God is most glorified in us when our knowledge and experience of Him ignite a forest fire of joy that consumes all competing pleasures and He alone becomes the treasure that we prize.” JoyPleasureFireWorshipTreasureForestsPrizeCompetingIgniteKnowledge And ExperienceForest Fires Author:Sam Storms
“I simply define glory as the beauty of God unveiled. Glory is the resplendent radiance of His power and His personality. Glory is all of God that makes God God, and shows Him to be worthy of our praise and our boasting and our trust and our hope and our confidence and our joy.” ShowsJoyPersonalityWorshipGloryPraiseWorthyBoastRadiance Author:Sam Storms
“If your reason for worshipping God is merely from a sense of moral duty, God would rather you not worship Him at all. To say that God is pleased with worship that lacks passion is to say God endorses hypocrisy.” IfsReasonPassionMoralDutyWorshipHypocrisyWorship GodMoral Duty Author:Sam Storms
“The ultimate goal of theology isn't knowledge, but worship. If our learning and knowledge of God do not lead to the joyful praise of God, we have failed. We learn only that we might laud, which is to say that theology without doxology is idolatry. The only theology worth studying is a theology that can be sung!” IfsGodMightGoalReligiousKnowledgeLearningStudyWorshipSingingUltimatePraiseTheologyJoyfulPastorTheologianIdolatryUltimate GoalKnowledge Of GodPraise GodDoxology Author:Sam Storms
“To say that worship is either about glorifying God or finding personal satisfaction is to put asunder what God has joined together. His glory and your gladness are not separate tracks moving in opposite directions. Rather His glory is in your gladness in Him.” TogetherMovingFindingsWorshipGloryOppositesTrackSatisfactionGladnessMoving InPersonal SatisfactionGlorifying God Author:Sam Storms
“When it comes to satisfying our spiritual appetites, there is no such thing as excess. There are no restraints placed on us by God. There are no rules of temperance or laws requiring moderation or boundaries beyond which we cannot go in seeking to enjoy Him. We need never pause to inquire whether we've crossed a line or become overindulgent. You need never fear feeling too good about God.” NeedsFeelingsSpiritualLawEnjoyLinesWorshipSeekingBoundariesAppetiteSatisfyingExcessPausesRestraintModerationTemperanceNever Fear Author:Sam Storms
“What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.” KnowsSoulLightForceRoomsMy SoulYour SoulElectricitySpirit And SoulSoul ForceSpiritual Soul Author:Ray Charles
“Worship is first and foremost a feasting on all that God is for us in Jesus... [One] in which God is the host, the cook, the waiter, and the meal itself.” FirstsJesusWorshipCooksMealsHostWaiterFeasting Author:Sam Storms