Worshiping Quotes

“When you know the knower within, you don't need to know further. When you know the meditator within, you don't need to meditate further. When you truly know the worshiper in you, you are to be worshiped.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

“Langdon quickly explained how most people pictured satanic cults as devil-worshiping fiends, and yet Satanists historically were educated men who stood as adversaries to the church. Shaitan. The rumors of satanic black-magic animal sacrifices and the pentagram ritual were nothing but lies spread by the church as a smear campaign against their adversaries. Over time, opponents of the church,
wanting to emulate the Illuminati, began believing the lies and acting them out. Thus, modern Satanism was born.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

“Possibly the most debilitating deception of all is to create a god of my own making, fool myself into believing that this limp god of mine is the true God, and then construct the entirety of my life on this flamboyantly fictional character. Possibly the most devastating realization of all is when the real God shows up, and in the showing up all of this come crashing down.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“You are so fool worshiping and dreaming her like an angel; while another asshole is banging her right now.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“Winning and being smart is not all that required, but the fulfillments of the Christian race brings peace ,joy to the mind and soul.”
― Jerry Y. Sarkw.

“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

“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

“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

“Intergenerational worship is only possible if our common ground is deference instead of preference.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“Remembering the Resurrection only on Easter is like remembering your marriage only on your anniversary.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“If we create worship just to accommodate our needs, then the god we worship looks a lot like us.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“We believe music is a universal language just as long as everyone else lives in our universe. It’s impossible for intercultural worship to begin with a common musical style, so it must instead begin with a common biblical content. And when it does, music won’t get the blame for what only theology can fix.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship

“Hymns and modern worship songs aren’t mutually exclusive. As long as we are filtering them according to theology instead of partiality, they can both live in harmony and compatibility as worship allies instead of adversaries.”
― David W. Manner, Better Sundays Begin on Monday: 52 Exercises for Evaluating Weekly Worship