Worship Quotes

“We can only praise and celebrate who God is to the degree that we have a revelation of Him, so if we want to praise Him well, we must know Him well. ”
― Leland Watson, Worship: An Encounter With God

“If you are wondering why all this preparation is necessary to worship God, you must understand that when we worship Him, we are entering into the manifest presence of a holy, living, all powerful and all-knowing Eternal God.  In the Old Testament, if the priests did not prepare themselves for God’s presence and tried to approach Him, they died there before the Lord.  In our case, if we do not prepare ourselves to enter into His presence in worship, God does not accept our worship, and the Holy Spirit simply does not show up and manifest Himself to us. ”
― Leland Watson, Worship: An Encounter With God

“It is only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and the veil of His flesh that we can approach God and enter into the holy of holies to offer our spiritual sacrifices unto the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords as we stand in His very presence.               We need to understand how blessed and fortunate we are to have this privilege.  What only one man could do once a year in the Old Testament, you and I can do as often as we desire in the New Covenant.  We can gather together with the other saints to worship at our local churches and enter into the holy of holies, or we can go into our prayer closet to get alone with God and enter into the holy of holies as we offer the sacrifice of praise to the Lord. ”
― Leland Watson, Worship: An Encounter With God

“Some people want the Holy Spirit to manifest Himself before they will begin to worship God.  King David writes, “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel” (Psalm 22:3). God comes in and inhabits the praises of His people, and it is not the other way around.  The Psalm does not say that God shows up in order to get us to worship Him, but it says that we are to worship God, and then He will show up.”
― Leland Watson, Worship: An Encounter With God

“When we begin to fully understand worship and come to the realization that we are standing in the presence of God, our worship experience will come alive and be much more powerful.”
― Leland Watson, Worship: An Encounter With God

“We should feel like praising God for the reasons that we have already discussed, but in reality, it does not matter if we feel like praising the Lord or not. We worship Him because He is worthy to be praised, glorified, and honored. ”
― Leland Watson, Worship: An Encounter With God

“He “was” and “is” and “is to come”.  The redemptive work of God through Jesus Christ His Son is reason enough for us to worship Him.  If we cannot rejoice and worship God for giving us salvation, something is wrong.”
― Leland Watson, Worship: An Encounter With God