Authentic worship is not perfect worship. It stands in continual need of examination, repentance, increased depth and humility as well as outpouring meekness and humility. The lordship of Christ will be tested over and over again.

-- Harold Best, "Unceasing Worship" (2003), p. 162

At creation God placed into man the need to worship. At 'new birth,' this need finds its ultimate fulfillment when man becomes not only a 'new creation' but a 'new worshiper' of His Creator.

-- Ron Owens, "Return To Worship" (1999), p. 43

Worship is meant to usher us into God's presence so that we can delight in that relationship and consequently be formed to live according to God's best purposes.

-- Marva Dawn, "Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down" (1995), p. 116

The deepest and purest moments of worship often come in the midst of trials and struggles.

-- Sammy Tippit, http://www.sammytippitinternational.org/

If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it is not worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. ... In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

-- Richard Foster, "Celebration Of Discipline" (1978), p. 173

To use Christian worship for any purpose other than the glorification of God is to abuse it. God expects a church to meet for divine worship without ulterior motives.

-- C. Welton Gaddy, "The Gift Of Worship" (1992), p. 40

God's Word, rightly read and heard, will shake us up. It will kill us, for God cannot bear our sin and wants to put to death our self-centeredness. ... Once worship kills us, we are born anew to worship God rightly.

-- Marva Dawn, "Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down" (1995), p. 206

The worship of anything but God alone is idolatry.

-- Harold Best, "Unceasing Worship" (2003), p. 26

Worship is the single most visible activity of any congregation. Thus it is often where the symptoms of church health show up first.

-- J. Michael Walters, "Can't Wait For Sunday" (2006), p. 16

I have no doubt that the church that returned to true worship would lose people -- "important" people -- and probably have to make drastic cuts in the budget. But then -- something would happen! A beautiful new sense of spiritual reality would result, with people glorifying God instead of praising men.

-- Warren Wiersbe, "Real Worship" (1986)

The primary purpose of worship is to experience faith in the community of worship in such a way that the Christian faith is not merely known intellectually, but experienced as a reality. In this kind of worship, the Christian faith is taught by being caught.

-- Robert Webber, "Blended Worship" (1994), p. 89

Worship is an active response to God whereby we declare His worth. Worship is not passive, but it is participative. Worship is not simply a mood, it is a response. Worship is not just a feeling; it is a declaration.

-- Ronald Allen and Gordon Borror, "Worship: Rediscovering the Missing Jewel" (1982), p. 16

Successful worship isn't discovered in a better program, rather it's a natural expression of a congregation that understands God's power and purpose in worship and willingly brings itself into alignment with that purpose.

-- Jack Hayford, "Charismatic Worship: Embracing a Worship Reformation" in "Experience God In Worship" (2000), p. 137

If we are really going to give people opportunities to encounter and interact with God in our sanctuaries ... we have to set aside some of our control issues and get out of the way.

-- Sally Morgenthaler, "Worship Evangelism"(1999), p. 67

A congregation is just as responsible to sing the gospel as the preachers are to preach it.

-- Harold Best, "Music Through The Eyes Of Faith" (1993)

Contemporary Christians obscure the breadth and depth of the Bible's teaching on [worship] when they persist in using the word 'worship' in the usual, limited fashion, applying it mainly to what goes on in Sunday services.

-- David Peterson, "Engaging With God" (1992), p. 18

Worship people find joy in the simple things and are inspired enough to embrace the impossible things. When we have this attitude, God's presence ceases to be an experiential feeling and becomes a reservoir out of which life and love flow.

-- -- John S. Miller, "Gen-X Worship: A Model For A New Generation" in "Experience God In Worship" (2000), p. 156

Passive worship cannot be justified on the grounds of Scripture, theology, or history.

-- Robert Webber

... all that happens in life is our worshipful response to God and God's revelation, and the specific response of our worship practices influences both directly and indirectly who we are as we worship in the rest of life ...

-- Marva Dawn, "Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down" (1995), p. 106

Christian worship is not anything and everything we want it to be. Worship has biblical parameters with which we need to acquaint ourselves. Until we do, we will continue to offer worship substitutes.

-- Sally Morgenthaler, "Worship Evangelism"(1999), p. 49

Life has no other purpose than to be rendered up to God in adoration and gratitude.

-- C. F. D. Moule, "Worship In The New Testament" (1964), p. 84

The level of corporate worship will never exceed the level of personal worship.

-- John Chisum, www.worship4life.org

O God, teach me to seek You, and reveal Yourself to me when I seek You, for I cannot seek You unless You first teach me, nor find You unless You first reveal Yourself to me. Let me seek You in longing, and long for You in seeking. Let me find You in love, and love You in finding.

-- Ambrose of Milan (4th century)

Worship ... will help us embrace the surest part of the world beyond and mature in our experience with it. Worship will exercise our supernatural life.

-- Ben Pasley, "Enter The Worship Circle" (2001), p. 9

What I believe about God is the most important thing about me.

-- A. W. Tozer