Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad adoration or unhappy praise.
John PiperThere is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and the Christianity that wrestles with whether the kids should play soccer on Sunday morning.
John PiperGratitude is the joy that arises in response to God’s good will toward us in all his gifts.
John PiperWe need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.
John Piper