“Men spend their life down here in the worship of petty (or mean) interests and the search of perishable things, and with that ("et avec cela", Fr.) they pretend to perpetuate for all eternity their self ("moi", Fr.) so hardly worthy ("digne", Fr.) of it.” MenMeanSelfInterestWorshipEternityWorthyPetty Author:African Spir
“God is true. The universe is a dream. Blessed am I that I know this moment that I have been and shall be free all eternity; ... that I know that I am worshiping only myself; that no nature, no delusion, had any hold on me. Vanish nature from me, vanish these gods; vanish worship; ... vanish superstitions, for I know myself. I am the Infinite. All these - Mrs. So-and-so, Mr. So-and-so, responsibility, happiness, misery - have vanished. I am the Infinite. How can there be death for me, or birth? Whom shall I fear? I am the One. Shall I be afraid of myself? Who is to be afraid of whom?” KnowsHas BeensMomentsDreamMotivationalUniverseResponsibilityBirthWorshipEternityInfiniteBlessedMiseryDelusionSuperstitions Author:Swami Vivekananda
“I go through life as a transient on his way to eternity, made in the image of God but with that image debased, needing to be taught how to meditate, to worship, to think.” ThinkingWayMadeTaughtWorshipEternityTransientGod Image Author:Donald Coggan
“The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity.” TodayJoyNextChristTomorrowWorshipEternityPrivilegeSundayToday And Tomorrow Author:Kevin DeYoung
“We're going to worship in eternity. So what does God want me to do while we're here on earth? Practice. Practice worshipping.” WantDoeEarthPracticeWorshipEternityWant Me Author:Rick Warren
“A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a different path to eternity, there would be no human who should offer worship.” KnowsShouldHumansDifferentWould BeNamesPathBlessingOffersWorshipEternityDenyPursueSegregationDifferent Paths Author:Khalil Gibran
“how wearisom Eternity so spent in worship paid To whom we hate. Let us not then pursue By force impossible, by leave obtain'd Unacceptable, though in Heav'n, our state Of splendid vassalage, but rather seek Our own good from our selves, and from our own Live to our selves, though in this vast recess, Free, and to none accountable, preferring Hard liberty before the easie yoke Of servile Pomp” SelfHardStatesHateForceLibertyImpossibleWorshipEternityPaidPursueSplendidYokeRecess Book:Paradise Lost: Parallel Prose Edition Source: Paradise Lost: Parallel Prose Edition
“The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.” EndsPerfectOughtWorshipEternityThis LifePropose Book:The Practice of the Presence of God Source: The Practice of the Presence of God
“We're here to be worshipers first and workers only second. We take a convert and immediately make a worker out of him. God never meant it to be so. God meant that a convert should learn to be a worshiper, and after that he can learn to be a worker...The work done by a worshiper will have eternity in it.” ShouldFirstsDoneWorshipEternityWorkersWork Done Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.” IfsWellsEndsMatterGodChristianChangeLearningHavensHolyWorshipEternityObedienceExpectancy Author:Erwin W. Lutzer
“There is a sense in which the Christian's life on earth is a dress rehearsal for heaven. Not in terms of costumes and theatrics, but in terms of worship and devotion to the One we will worship for all eternity - the Lamb who sits on the throne of heaven.” EarthChristianHeavenTermWorshipEternityDressesDevotionThronesCostumesRehearsalLambsTheatrics Author:David Jeremiah
“The God we worship is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of men's rights, and a guardian of them-a fact clearly shown in the heaven-inspired Constitution of our country, and in the Gospel itself, which might be termed the Constitution of Eternity.” MenPersonsCountryFactsMightHeavenRightsWorshipEternityConstitutionInspiredOur CountryGuardian Author:Orson F. Whitney