Worship Quotes by J. I. Packer

9 Worship quotes by J. I. Packer

J. I. Packer’s nine notes on worship distill his scholarly yet pastoral approach. Expect a blend of doctrine and personal devotion that invites thoughtful reflection.

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The Christian's instinct of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God.

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Certainly true worship invigorates, but to plan invigoration is not necessarily to order worship.

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God has spoken to man, and the Bible is his Word, given to us to make us wise unto salvation... Godliness means…

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If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being…

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The Christian's life in all its aspects-intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness-is supernatural; only the…

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We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who…

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The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge…

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There is, however, equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for some unfathomable reason, He wants me…

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Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God…

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We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the…

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What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it -…

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For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?

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Fanciful spiritualizing, so far from yielding God's meaning, actually obscured it. The literal sense is itself the spiritual sense, coming from God and leading…

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Grace means God sending his only Son to the cross to descend into hell so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God…

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God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.

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Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence…

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Calvinism is the consistent endeavor to acknowledge the Creator as the Lord, working all things after the counsel of His will.

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There are few things stressed more strongly in the Bible than the reality of God's work as Judge.

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Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.

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The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God; it is the state of affairs in which God, instead of being against…

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Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the…

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God is triune; there are within the Godhead three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; and the work of salvation is…

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It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and…

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A little knowledge OF God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge ABOUT him.

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