9/13 讚美與尊崇
- 我們四周的一切受造物，豈不都在讚美神嗎？如果我閉口不作聲，我在宇宙裡就是個獨特的例外。當雷如同神軍隊前的鼓聲一般地作響時，豈不是在讚美祂嗎？當山嶺上的樹林如波浪一般搖擺著時，豈不是在尊崇並頌讚神嗎？閃電豈不是用火燄寫出祂的名字嗎？整個大地不都在發聲頌揚祂嗎？那麼，我豈能、豈應該靜默無聲呢？（司布真）Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not the thunder praise Him as it rolls like drums in the march of the God of armies? Do not the mountains praise Him when the woods upon their summits wave in adoration? Doth not the lightning write His name in letters of fire? Hath not the whole earth a voice? And shall I, can I, silent be?（Charles Spurgeon）
- 無論在哪裡，無論處於世界任何地方，倘若我們得著一個讚美神的教會，我們就有個成功的基督教了。I don’t care where it is, what part of the world it’s in, if we have a praise church we’ll have successful christianity.（Dwight L. Moody）
- 在一切觸及我們在世上日常生活的事物中，只要我們覺得歡喜滿足，神也會歡喜滿足；祂期盼我們能自由如小鳥，毫無憂慮煩躁地翱翔著，唱出對創造主的頌讚。（陶恕）In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we’re pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker’s praise without anxiety.（A.W.Tozer）