Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our church to be seen as successful. Rather, the entire reason for our worship is that God deserves it. (Worship) immerses… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
Without the emotion and willingness of Spirit, our music becomes dry and dusty—without life. Without doctrinal bones as a skeleton, the Body is not… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our church to be seen… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
Every other religion gives you directions on how to find God, but Jesus takes you to Him. — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
Sabbath ceasing means to cease not only from work itself, but also from the need to accomplish and be productive, from the worry and tension that accompany our modern criterion of efficiency, from our efforts to be in control of our lives as if we were God, from our possessiveness and our enculturation, and, finally, from the humdrum and meaninglessness… — Marva Dawn Copy Share
If believers worship with gladness and passion, anyone not yet a part of the community certainly will be attracted to the One who is… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
This sense of being made in God's image calls us all constantly to look for it in others and to do what we can to help them acknowledge it and to realize it by joining in worship. We thereby carry to others the answer to their inmost longing, a yearning for union with the Trinity, a thirst to respond with… — Marva Dawn Copy Share
If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be devotees that he had… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly to create… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
“On feeling guilty about lack of 'productivity': "In a time of infirmity, the illness IS one's work. Taking care of all the disciplines that… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
The Christian life consists in what God does for us, not what we do for God. — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
In a time of infirmity, the illness IS one's work. Taking care of all the disciplines that our health problems require IS the other… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
Instead of scrambling for security in national victory and domination, in preparation for war and military aggression, we must relearn the values of cooperation… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
