Quotes about Honor

Is the Son of God praying in me, bringing honor to the Father, or am I dictating my demands to Him?

I fight with you because I have a heart problem. Rather than my heart being ruled by God and motivated by God's honor, my heart is ruled by my wants, my needs, and my feelings.

We do not honor the Lord nor do we uphold the gospel by playing make-believe. Neither are those who engage the kinds of issues discussed in this book necessarily on the slippery slope to unbelief. Our God is much bigger than we sometimes give him credit for. It is we who sometimes wish to keep him small by controlling what can or cannot come into the conversation.

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.

Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.

And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.