Quotes about Worthiness

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.

Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.

God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers—not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.

faith alone makes all other works good, acceptable and worthy

We pray because we are unworthy to pray. Our prayers are heard precisely because we believe that we are unworthy. We become worthy to pray when we risk everything on God's faithfulness alone.

the implication that older styles of worship are somehow less spiritual and the modern electronic worship is somehow more worthy is sheer cultural prejudice and should be happily laughed at whenever it emerges.)

The only hope of success is the way of love as agape rather than eros. From this rival perspective, the secret of the search is not our "great ascent" but "the great descent" - of God toward us. Instead of the seeker finding love, love seeks out the seeker - not because the seeker is worthy of love but simply because love's nature is to love regardless of the worthiness or merit of the one loved.

We tend to say, "But God could never have called me to this. I'm too unworthy. It can't mean me." It does mean you, and the more weak and feeble you are, the better. The person who is still relying and trusting in anything within himself is the last person to even come close to saying, "I will serve the Lord.