Richard Foster (theologian) - Worship Quotes

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In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

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As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs of modern life.

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Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father.

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Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.

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If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second.

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Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him. We seek nothing but his exaltation. We focus on nothing but his goodness.

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Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we can have the best possible liturgy, but we have not worshiped the Lord until Spirit touches spirit.

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