9/27 讚美與敬拜
- 敬拜,就是將我們一切天然本性向神降服。因著祂的聖潔,我們的良心得以甦醒;因著祂的真理,我們的心智得著餵養;因著祂的美麗,我們的想像力變得純淨;我們的心向祂的愛敞開來,我們的意志向祂的旨意降服。Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness, the nourishment of the mind with His truth, the purifying of the imagination of His beauty, the opening of the heart to His love, the surrender of the will to His purpose.(William Temple)
- 福音的樂曲,引導我們歸家。The music of the Gospel leads us home.(Frederick W. Faber)
- 我們的讚美,在天堂有同步的建造。Our praise builds up equity in Heaven(Pastor Rod W. Larkins)
- 為著鎚子、銼刀、火爐而讚美神;鎚子模造我們,銼刀磨利我們,火燄鍛煉我們。(撒母耳.路得福)Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.(Samuel Rutherford)
- 讚美神的人走在正義的軌道上。(齊克果)The person who praises God is on the tracks of justice.(Soren Kierkegaard)
- 當我們完全以神為滿足時,神也在我們裡面得著完全的榮耀。God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.(John Piper)