Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

Nothing's too good for the Lord.

God deserves the best from us.

As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God.

The temple is a place of worship. Reverence is a supernal form of worship. It is the form of worship found in the celestial kingdom.

God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped.

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls.

We should give the Lord the excellence He deserves in everything we do.

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.

Praying in Jesus' name makes the distinction that all glory and honor belong to Christ, who is one with God the Father.

Adoration is caring for God above all else.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.

It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him.

As everybody likes to be honored, so people imagine that God also wants to be honored. They forget that the fulfillment of duty towards men is the only honor adequate to him.

Before I walk onto the stage, it's about the centrality of Jesus and just really keeping a focus on Jesus as opposed to ourselves.

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives.

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

I love a song that will usher in the very presence of God. Then there's no Andrae; there's no fabulous band, there's no greatness of ours. I've had hundreds of concerts like that, and that's what I try to achieve.

If we constantly give God the glory, then we don't have any glory to keep for ourselves.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

Make God first priority. He's worth it!