張慕皚，建道神學院

To worship God, to attribute Him worth, is to know God well enough to relate to who He is—the amazing and complete provider—and to know ourselves well enough to be satisfied with out guest—our creature—status. We didn’t think we must perform for God or think of ourselves as God’s needed resources.  God himself is the resources, the focus, the power of all right worship. 

Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission, Zondervan 1995, 242

God-pleasing worship is deeply emotional and deeply doctrinal.

Rick Warren,  The Purpose Driven Life: What On Earth Am I Here For?Zondervan 2002,101

信徒集合一起敬拜神，有三方面基本的意義：

1. 與神對話，正面回應三位一體真神對人的自我啟示。
2. 對神表達完全的奉獻。
3. 成為神的形象，成為像基督的生命，在思想、感情、意志、行動上讓基督進入自己生命。

宣道會北角堂崇拜委員會:『宣道會北角堂崇拜手冊』 香港宣道出版社，2000，p.5

the definition of worship …..a celebration of the death and the resurrection of Christ.

Robert E. Webber, Blended Worship: Achieving Substance and Relevance in Worship, Hendrickson, 1996, 39-40

In all of our worship we hear again God’s gracious promises, remember that we live in union with Christ, and renew our own commitment to Christ.

The Worship Sourcebook, Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2004, 283

Worship is the gift of participating through the Holy Spirit in the incarnate Son’s communion with the Father.

James B. Torrance, Worship, Community & The Triune God of Grace, InterVarsity, 1996, preface

Corporate worship is primarily for God; we come to offer Him a gift of praise in response to His gracious initiatives in our lives.

Ron Man,  Church Musicians Today November 1008 issue

Worship is a response to revelation is displayed through consecrated lives (Romans 12), through wholehearted songs of love and devotion (Psalms), and by living lives of love and justice (Micah 6:8).

Darlene Zschech, “What is Worship?” The Worshiper Magazine, Summer 2008 issue, 30

Worship involves all that we are - heart, soul, mind, and strength. We seek to worship with our whole being, holding nothing back. As we worship, we exercise our minds in thinking about God, our wills as we offer ourselves to him, our emotions as we open our hearts, our bodies as we follow the biblical imperatives to praise, sing, shout, clap, kneel, bow, dance, play instruments, and lift our hands to the Lord. As we offer all that we are in worship, we are transformed through an encounter with the living God. We experience repentance, forgiveness, renewal, healing, and empowerment for service.

Mark D. Roberts,  Basics for Worship, Irvine Presbyterian Church, www.markroberts.com

Thus Christian worship is not only offering all that we are to a Holy God (spirit). It is an intentional response of praise, thanksgiving, and adoration to The God, the One revealed in the Word, made known and accessible to us in Jesus Christ and witnessed in our hearts through the Holy Spirit (truth).

Sally Morgenthaler, Worship Evangelism, Zondervan, 1999, 47

Martin Luther preached in 1544 describing worship this way: ‘our dear Lord speaks to us through his holy Word, and we respond to him through our prayer and praise.’  True biblical worship is always initiated by God coming to us in myriad ways, and then we are empowered to respond in faith, devotion, and loving obedience.  After all, worship is one thing we do that is exclusively devoted to expressing our love to God, inside and outside of the sanctuary!  Biblical worship includes revelation and response in all four primary aspects of human experience—volitional, emotional intellectual, and physical.

Bob Rognlien, Worship Leader Magazine, July/August 2010 issue, 90

To worship is to partner within the fellowship as we participate in corporate worship acts…we not only participate in order to offer our worship sacrificially to God, but we also participate to encourage others as they too offer worship. Participatory worship is experiential worship—experiencing the presence of the risen Christ in the fellowship of community.

Constance M. Cherry,  Worship Leader Magazine, July/August 2010 issue,30–31