Although there are things that can be done to enhance corporate worship, there is a profound sense in which excellent worship cannot be attained merely by pursuing excellent worship. In the same way that, according to Jesus, you cannot find yourself until you lose yourself, so also you cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself. Despite the protestations, one sometimes wonders if we are beginning to worship worship rather than worship God. As a brother put it to me, it’s a bit like those who begin by admiring the sunset and soon begin to admire themselves admiring the sunset. . D.A. Carson
Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the...
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Nicholas Sparks
The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples...
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Anna Godbersen
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Each time I see a beautiful sunset or sunrise, I have to pinch myself because I can't believe that I'm awake and not dreaming.
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Anthony T. Hincks
A sunset will color your dreams. And a sunrise will color your smile. It's all God asks.
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Anthony T. Hincks
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... the worst possible heritage to leave with children: high spiritual pretensions and low performance.
The Christian's whole desire, at its best and highest, is that Jesus Christ be praised. It is always a wretched bastardization of our goals when we want to win glory for ourselves instead of for him.
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You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.
