Worship Leading Quotes

“O Alaah, i haven't worshiped you because of lusting of heaven or fearing of hill. I've worshiped you because you deserve to be worshiped.”
― Ali Bin Abi Thalib

“When we lift our hands in praise and worship, we break spiritual jars of perfume over Jesus. The fragrance of our praise fills the whole earth and touches the heart of God.”
― dennis ignatius

“You haven’t prepared yourself for worship if you just practice musical art”
― LaMar Boschman, A Passion for His Presence

“It’s not the art, it’s the heart. What [God] reads during our worship is the inner attitude. Worship is spiritual; it’s organic; it’s relational.”
― LaMar Boschman

“True worship leaders worship the Lord at all times and use songs only when necessary.”
― Gangai Victor, The Worship Kenbook

“WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
"Only those who obey the word of truth can truly worship God in spirit.”
― Mac Canoza

“WORSHIP LEADERSHIP.
Mere talents does not give glory to God but a humble heart.”
― Mac Canoza

“WHEN SIN HINDERS YOUR WORSHIP.
God will never delay His promise.
You have delayed Him.

"..However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8b”
― Mac Canoza

“I NEVER KNEW YOU.
Only those who do not practice sin can stand in the presence of the holy God.

1 John 3:6
No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.”
― Mac Canoza

“WORSHIP IS ACTION.

Worship is not lazy, boring and sad.
Worship is zealous, famous and joyful.


Psalm 66:1-2
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious.


1 Corinthians 6:20
For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

Psalm 107:32
Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.”
― Mac Canoza

“I NEVER KNEW YOU."
Only those who do not practice sin can stand in the presence of the holy God.”
― Mac Canoza

“Only those who do not practice sin can stand in the presence of the holy God." -
"I NEVER KNEW YOU”
― Mac Canoza

“Worship is forever.”
― Mac Canoza

“Comparing our worship to the worship of another congregation means we are trying to measure up to a standard God has called them to, not the one God has called us to.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“Votre adoration est proportionnelle à votre communion avec Dieu et comment vous êtes libre”
― Dr Paul Gitwaza

“A balanced approach to worship evaluation can be summative in that a congregation can learn from its previous worship failures and successes. But it can also be formative since it occurs during the development and conceptual worship service stages.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“When an intentional and collaborative process of weekly worship evaluation is implemented, the reality is that you as leaders will no longer receive all of the credit for worship successes. But fortunately, you won’t receive all of the credit for worship failures either.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“If we never involve our congregants as more than casual bystanders while we read, speak, sing, play, pray, testify, lead, mediate, commune, baptize, con- fess, thank, petition, and exhort, then how can we expect them to transform from passive spectators to active participators? Aren’t we really creating worship tourists who select their destination based solely on their impression of the platform tour guide and excursion offered rather than worship travelers on a continuous journey?”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“Participative worship is intentionally collaborative and is not guarded, territorial, or defensive. It trusts the creative abilities and resources of the whole in the planning, preparation, and implementation. Consequently, participatory leaders are not threatened when someone else gets their way or gets the credit. Participatory worship is a culture, not a one-time event.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“If churches want great worship leaders in the future, they must invest in not-yet-great worship leaders in the present.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“No matter how large or small, every church should be developing distinctly and becoming uniquely the congregation God has called them to be. Loving the Lord with heart, soul, mind, and strength and loving our neighbor as we love ourselves are never contingent on congregational size or abilities.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“It is true that congregations often need to make and should be making regular worship adjustments, including the latest songs, styles, or technological tools. But instead of always being early adopters and jumping without considering circumstances and the potential consequences, those congregations should instead be discerning and determining their worship practices by praying together, reading Scripture together, coming to the Lord’s Table together, mourning together, rejoicing together, sharing ministry together, playing together, and then finally singing their song sets together.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“Worship is always easier when things are going our way, when we have a job, a healthy family, a lovely home, and financial security. But what about when the daily events of life threaten to consume us? If worship is continuous, why wouldn’t you also worship then?”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“Worship doesn’t invite God’s presence; it acknowledges it. God has called us out of darkness into God’s amazing light that we may speak of God’s wonderful acts (1 Pet 2:9). The Father is looking for those who worship him in spirit and truth (John 4:23). God initiates, and we respond.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“If we are waiting on a feeling for worship to occur, then it may never occur. Worship contingent on a musical experience that just stirs the emotions may not be worship, but instead nostalgia or novelty.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“When congregations gather for worship they may be hooked on a feeling stirred by nostalgia or novelty instead of spirit and truth worship. So if those feelings are not elicited because they don’t know or don’t particularly like the songs, they can even leave the worship service believing that worship couldn’t and didn’t occur.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“It doesn’t matter how good our worship is in here; it is still incomplete until it also includes how we treat our neighbors out there.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Psalm 145:1”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The people of God were always a worshipping people. God prescribed the first worship of Himself and it was built into mankind to have this desire to seek Him.”
― St. Thomas Church, An Ancient Worship Movement

“The books I typically find most profitable for leading worship aren't daily devotionals that bring God down to my level, but theology books that stretch my understanding of God. (ch. 8)”
― Bob Kauflin, Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God