“God calls people to worship him with their obedience, and instead they try to fob him off with their religion.” — John Hercus

Jesus, quoting an Old Testament prophet, states in Matthew 15:8: “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”

If our worship is only from our lips and not from our heart, then we are not really worshiping the Lord; we are merely going through the motions.

If we have not conducted ourselves in a godly lifestyle while at the market or at the workplace, and then we come to church and go through motions that appear to others as honoring Christ, we are wasting our time and failing to show true worship.