Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
There is no room for ignorance in the lives of kingdom people. Jesus is first brought to us as a teacher. As disciples (the root word of discipline), we are learners. <Anderson and Reese, Spiritual Mentoring>
Worship . . . imprints on our whole being the reality that we study. The effect is a radical disruption of the powers of evil in us and around us. Often an enduring and substantial change is brought about. And the renewal of worship keeps the glow and power of our true homeland an active agent in all parts of our being. To "hear and do" in the atmosphere of worship is the clearest, most obvious and natural thing imaginable.
<Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God>