It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.
But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images and pictures.
The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.
The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me.
The mosque was the neighbourhood house of worship, but it was also the place where my high school friends and I came to study.
Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
People worship and revere Ganga as a mother, and then throw away flowers in a plastic bag into the same river.
I am not likely to obtain the result flowing from the worship of God by laying myself prostrate before Satan.
Worship is an act of obedience of the heart. It is a response that requires the very core of who you are, to love the Lord for who He is, not just for what He does.
This is so American, man: either make something your God and cosmos and then worship it, or else kill it.
Worship is a posture of life that takes as its primary purpose the understanding of what it really means to love and revere God.
The object of my worship lies beyond perceptions reach. For those who see, the Ka'ba is a compass, nothing more.
Regardless of whether or how you worship, where you come from or who you love, everyone's individual experience is what makes us stronger as a whole.
In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.
If you cannot worship the Lord in the midst of your responsibilitie s on Monday, it is not very likely that you were worshiping on Sunday!
Depend on it, my hearer, you never will go to heaven unless you are prepared to worship Jesus Christ as God.
Worship doesn't happen when a guy gets on a stage w/ a guitar. It happens when faith-filled eyes behold the glory of Christ.
In public worship all should join. The little strings go to make up a concert, as well as the great.
I'm a Frisbeetarian. We worship frisbees. We believe when you die your soul goes up on the roof and you can't get it down.
There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship.
The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish.
This divineness had that in it which, though commanding worship, at the same time enforced a certain nameless terror.
To be converted to faith in Jesus Christ is to return to the worship of the true God, and to dethrone all rivals to his authority.
I sang in the choir growing up and more recently served on the worship team at my church in California.
My plan is to not be leading (worship) at any church until I really feel like I'm supposed to be somewhere else.
I suppose movie theaters are the churches of the modern age, where we gather reverently to worship the tinsel gods of Hollywood.
Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
Our Sabbath practices reveal which Trinity we truly worship: Father, Son, and Spirit... or me, myself, and I.
The kind of hero worship you have, when a parent is lost early and you don't know all their faults and misgivings, is a very strong influence.
Worship, the act of freely giving love to God, forms and informs every activity of the Christian's life.
Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.
I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.
We learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate and deep the worship will be when we come together.
No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist.
Prosperity cannot be a proof of God's favor, since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him. (Matt. 4:9)
All the various component parts of the Hebrew worship subserve this great purpose, the bringing of man into communication with God.
The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbours.
If in our Saturday pursuits we're far from God's presence, we're not in very good shape to worship Him on Sunday.
I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable. Isn't it sick?
It is something unique to the South, the way people look up to actors and worship them and literally celebrate their film.
Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod,
They have left unstained, what there they found,-
Freedom to worship God.
Let us make sure that the worship services we plan and conduct present that Truth in all its clarity and beauty and goodness.
I respect and admire the Mormon faith. And I am eternally grateful that we live in a country where we have the freedom to worship as we choose.
The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.
Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around.
All religions enjoined worship of the One God who is all-pervasive. He is present even in a drop of water or in a tiny speck of dust.
If they won't come to worship God in a church, something must be done. We have to instigate a nationwide search for a way to make it fun.
Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit.
Cooking demands attention, patience, and above all, a respect for the gifts of the earth. It is a form of worship, a way of giving thanks.
In the midst of all the candy and commercialism, let's not lose sight of the true meaning of Halloween: tree worship and animal sacrifice.
If our worship isn't visible, comprehensive and extravagant, the gospel we heard must have been tiny, empty and cheap.
Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.
People get involved not just in politics but in groups and sects and... forget the main reason why we're here: to worship Allah.
Religion is many things, but one of them, surely, is a way for adults to indulge in uncritical hero worship.
Our governments have taught us that we should worship only two people - one is 'chacha' and the other 'bapu.'
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again.
Dominique as Gail looks at her "... there is a stage of worship which makes the worshiper himself an object of reverence."
The person who thinks I worship the devil and kill animals is just as important as someone who makes an interpretation that's closer to what I intended.
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