Quotes About Reverence

O it is hard then, as he said, amare hominem humaniter—to love and esteem man as a man, to reverence him such so, as not to be in danger of loving their errors also.

Tertullian speaks of some that think satìs Deum habere si corde et animo suspiciatur, licèt actu minus fiat—'God hath enough,' they think, 'if he be feared and reverenced in their hearts, though in their actions they show it not so much;' and therefore they can sin, and believe in God, and fear him never the worse. This, saith he, is to play the adulteress, and yet be chaste; to prepare poison for one's father, and yet be dutiful.

When the religious Cowper confesses in the opening lines of his address to the famous Yardley oak, that the sense of awe and reverence it inspired in him would have made him bow himself down and worship it but for the happy fact that his mind was illumined with the knowledge of the truth, he is but saying what many feel without in most cases recognizing the emotion for what it is—the sense of the supernatural in nature.

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.

We need the sea. We need a place to stand and touch and listen - to feel the pusle of the world as the surf rolls in.

we might be able to intellectually understand that the West has lost 18% of its trees over the last 20 years, and at the same time be overcome by the quaking of a single Aspen leaf.

Rousseau is] the person whom I most revere both for the Force of [his] Genius and the Greatness of [his] mind [...]

Promise this — never to raise your hand against a living creature, either to strike, pluck, or eat, without first recollecting its mother, who suffered for it.

Rather, we stand before the infinite holiness of God, all presumption annihilated in his presence. We are deeply conscious that we do not know him enough to praise him adequately, appreciate him enough to love him as we should, or reverence him enough to serve him as we ought.

A comprehended god is no god.

A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God.

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.

God's name is not known; it is wondered at.

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.

Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God

Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.

Everything in God's store is on the bottom shelf...you have to get on your knees to get it.

If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great and gracious God.

God is either everything, or He is nothing.

Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is.

God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

God does not exist to make a big deal out of us. We exist to make a big deal out of him. It's not about you. It's not about me. It's all about him.

If the text is God's Word, it is appropriate that we respond with reverence, a certain fear, a holy joy, a questing obedience.