“This is worship: to act in a way that shows the heart’s valuing the glory of God and the name of the Lord Jesus. Or . . . worship means consciously knowing and treasuring and showing the supreme worth and beauty of God.”

John Piper

“You worship God . . . when you come to hear a sermon, or spend a half an hour or hour in prayer, or come to receive a sacrament. These are the acts of God’s worship, but they are only external acts of worship, to hear and pray and receive sacraments. But this is the soul’s worship, to subject itself thus to God. You who often will worship God by hearing, praying and receiving sacraments, and yet afterwards will be froward or discontented, know that God does not regard such worship, he will have the soul’s worship, in this the subjecting of the soul unto God. Note this, I beseech you: in active obedience we worship God by doing what pleases God, but by passive obedience we do as well worship God by being pleased with what God does. Now when I perform a duty, I worship God, I do what pleases God; why should I not as well worship God when I am pleased with what God does? ”

Jeremiah Burroughs

“A lot of hymns writers who should have been cutting the grass at the time have written songs instead.”

A.W. Tozer

“The motion of our praise must be like the motion of our pulse, which beats as long as life lasts.”

Thomas Watson

“We cannot pray in love and live in hate and still think that we are worshiping God.”

A.W. Tozer

“To pretend to homage to God, and intend only the advantage of self, is rather to mock him than worship him.”

Stephen Charnock

“Show me where you spend your time, money and energy and I’ll tell you what you worship.”

John Wimber

“Without the heart it’s not worship, it’s a stage play.”

Stephen Charnock