"Holy Ground"

God said to Moses amidst the burning bush, “the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.” The place where God meets with His people is Holy ground. Thus, God’s house of worship is the place where He meets with His people. As a result, we should worship and conduct ourselves with the faith that God is in our midst. E.G. White notes that “If when the people come into the house of worship, they have genuine reverence for the Lord and bear in mind that they are in His presence, there will be a sweet eloquence in silence. The whispering and laughing and talking which might be without sin in a common business place should find no sanction in the house where God is worshiped. The mind should be prepared to hear the word of God, that it may have due weight and suitably impress the heart.” (CCh 249).