That's a basic misunderstanding. It's not that God needs our worship. God cares because he cares about us, and he knows that we can only flourish if we worship him. God not caring about whether we worshipped him would be like a husband not caring whether his wife loved him, or me not caring about whether my friends like me.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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