Have we lost the Fear of God?

I believe that one of the reasons the church in North America is declining in many places is because those of us who self-identify as Christians have lost our fear of God.  We have an image of a loving old man who is tolerant of anything and everything. Yet, in the Bible every time someone had an encounter with God, he/she fell down in a combination of fear and worship.

Occasionally, we vaguely remember that God can not tolerate sin.  So we excuse sin as a mistake.  We say, oops. Oops I did it again.

When we understand who God is and who we are, we will fear God. 
Proverbs 1:7 says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

The beautiful part of a personal relationship with God is that when I fear Him, He will then say, "Fear not."