Quotes about Reverence

The Old Testament may not seem relevant to us today—but it is, because it is part of God's Holy Word, and He has much to teach us through its pages.

The nation's image has become more like a chameleon—accepting whatever trend marketers concoct. Gone are the days of reverencing a holy God in the church or within ourselves. Yet the Bible tells us, "Happy is the man who is always reverent" (Proverbs 28:14 NKJV).

Christianity has no shrines to visit, no dusty remains to venerate, no tombs at which to worship.

Speak about the love of God and faces light up, but speak of God as a Judge, and our attitudes change.

Don't take the holiness of God lightly, for it is the very essence of His character.

When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans." MATTHEW 6:7 NIV

In many homes and among so-called educated people—it has become fashionable to joke about the Bible and to regard it more as a dust-catcher than as the living Word of God.

If I had it to do over again, I'd spend more time in meditation and prayer and just telling the Lord how much I love Him.

One can approach the Bible with a cold, rationalistic attitude, or one can do so with reverence and the desire to hear God speak.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.

But I am unwilling to utter all that may occur to those who think of it, yet cannot be spoken without irreverence.

Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth.