The Reset Quotes

“We just thought we were singing simple love songs to Jesus and were almost oblivious to the fact we were simultaneously destroying the gates of hell.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“You’re not a part of a five-year plan, you’re a part of a generational one.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“Pure praise has always been a weapon of mass destruction to the kingdom of darkness. This is why Satan, the sworn enemy of God, hates the song of the redeemed and the praises of the Lamb more than any other sound on earth. Because he is a killer, a stealer, and a destroyer, he has been hell-bent on destroying the worship movement long before it ever had a chance at maturity. He was aware of its great, destructive power to his realm of darkness long before we were. We just thought we were singing simple love songs to Jesus and were almost oblivious to the fact we were simultaneously destroying the gates of hell.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“We must look at every area of worship we’ve been given oversight of and fearlessly call to account anything perverting our purpose or keeping us from faithful, Biblical execution of our mission as worshiping communities.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“Will this _______ help activate, grow and equip the kind of worshiper my Father is seeking?”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“Success is the sum of details.” In other words, the details matter because the details create the sum. There is a common saying, “The devil is in the details.” But the devil is only in them because we have forgotten to enthrone God there.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“worship is only worship if it pleases God. It doesn’t matter if it sounds like worship, or if it’s labeled as “worship,” or if it’s in every “inspirational” category on iTunes; it doesn’t even matter if it’s taken up and sung by every worship leader in every worship service around the globe... If God doesn’t like it...it’s not worship.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“We are fond of crying out “Lord, do whatever you want to do tonight!” in our pre-service prayer times, but week after week, we keep choosing the consistency of our programs, proven set lists, and controlled outcomes over risking to follow His voice. Week after week we choose control instead of surrender, and yet we wonder why there is no power.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“We are in desperate need of true worship leaders. The difference between a song leader and a worship leader, is the Holy Spirit. Almost anyone can play four chords and lead people in a singable chorus. But true worship leading is a Spirit empowered activity. It is learning to lead and sing in the Spirit, with the Spirit, and by the Spirit.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“We are not lacking gifted singers, communicators, songwriters, song leaders, or massive corporate songs. They abound more than ever. What we desperately lack is the mighty presence and power of the Spirit flowing through yielded vessels.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“In summary, your dreams will only be as healthy as your level of surrender and intimacy with God.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“Romans 12:1 makes this clear: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual act of worship.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“If the call doesn’t require you to lay your life down, it’s less than the call of Jesus. If the call doesn’t cost you everything you have to obtain it, it’s less than the call of the gospel.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“As Dietrich Bonhoeffer put it: “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“My brothers and sisters, you are called to be so much more than a machine that spits out three to five popular worship songs on a Sunday morning. You were born to be so much more than a pretty voice or a skilled musician. You are called to be a house of prayer; a living, breathing, human being, who through the power of the cross and the spilled blood of Jesus, are now connected to God the Father and have become a walking encounter with His presence.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“Worship is not an industry. It’s not a platform. It’s not about worship leaders, worship projects, new songs, new artists, new movements, or new brands. Worship is not a trade. It is not a career path or a professional line of work we get to do. Worship is the sound of a covenantal people; a people betrothed to Jesus. It is the sound of their love, adoration, and zealous devotion to the only One found worthy!”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion

“My greatest desire for you as you read this book is that Jesus would become your one and all-consuming desire. I pray that if there’s anything competing or taking the edge off of your desire for Him or if there’s any place in your heart where other things are starting to seduce and “dazzle” you more, that reading this book would be a moment of divine reset in your heart. I pray this journey will be the beginning of a new chapter in your life marked by greater purity and power.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion