“Ugliness, squalor are breeding grounds for revolution. Beauty is conducive to tranquillity, happiness. Beautifying of homes and places of worship began with the dawn of civilization. Beautifying of workplaces is only in its infancy. Yet, since men normally spend more than half of their waking hours at work, surely it is important that adequate attention be devoted to elevating their working environment, whether office or factory, foundry or machine shop, mine or warehouse. Beautiful surroundings subtly encourage beautiful living. Drab surroundings, bad air, bad light, evoke bad reactions.” MenImportantHomeLightBeautifulHoursWorkAttentionHalfEnvironmentAirMinesRevolutionCivilizationOfficeWorshipMachinesReactionsDawnShopsWakingFactoriesDevotedWorkplaceAdequateSurroundingsUglinessEvokeBreedingInfancyTranquillityElevatingWarehouseSqualorPlaces Of WorshipMachine Shop Author:B. C. Forbes
“The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God. But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself; and thinking about worship is a different thing than worshipping ... 'Tis mad idolatry that makes the service greater than the god.” ThinkingHas BeensDifferentWarWould BeChurchPerfectAttentionGreaterMilitaryWorshipMadExcellenceDifferent ThingsNoveltyMonarchyIdolatryChurch Service Author:C. S. Lewis
“Goose pimples rose all over me, my hair stood on end, my eyes filled with tears of love and gratitude for this greatest of all conquerors of human misery and shame, and my breath came in little gasps. If I had not known that the Leader would have scorned such adulation, I might have fallen to my knees in unashamed worship, but instead I drew myself to attention, raised my arm in the eternal salute of the ancient Roman Legions and repeated the holy words, "Heil Hitler!"” IfsHumansLittlesEndsMightEyeAttentionKnownLeaderTearsHairArmsGratitudeHolyEternalWorshipBreathsShameFilledMiseryRoseRaisedAncientKneesFallenGeeseConquerorSaluteLegionLove And GratitudeScornedPimplesAdulation Author:George Lincoln Rockwell
“Philadelphia caught my attention in 1995 when a group of homeless families were living in an abandoned cathedral. Even from the beginning they connected theology with what they were doing. They put a banner on the front of the cathedral that said, "How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday."” MenSaidAttentionGroupsFrontsWorshipCaughtConnectedTheologySundayAbandonedHomelessMondayPhiladelphiaCathedralsBanner Author:Shane Claiborne
“Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important.” WantImportantChristAttentionWorshipLoving HimLoving Deeply Book:How to Listen to God Source: How to Listen to God
“He’d spent his life being a perfect gentleman. He’d never been a flirt. He’d never been a rogue. He hated being the center of attention, but by God, he wanted to be the center of her attention. He wanted to do the wrong thing, the bad thing. He wanted to pull her into his arms and carry her to her bed. He wanted to peel every last inch of her clothing from her body, and then he wanted to worship her. He wanted to show her all the things he wasn’t sure he knew how to say.” ShowsBodyWantedLastsPerfectAttentionArmsBedWorshipHatedGentlemanBad ThingsClothingsInchesFlirtingWrong ThingsRoguesCenter Of AttentionPerfect Gentleman Author:Julia Quinn
“Cooking demands attention, patience, and above all, a respect for the gifts of the earth. It is a form of worship, a way of giving thanks.” WayGivingEarthFormAttentionFoodDemandWorshipCookingThanks Author:Judith Jones
“Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it.” ReasonBeliefUnderstandingAttentionPureWorshipConceptsRelationAwakeningAidsHivFettersScholastics Author:Johann Georg Hamann
“Go to church once a week and nobody pays attention. Worship God seven days a week and you become strange!” GodChristianChurchPayAttentionWeekStrangeBecomingWorshipSevenPay AttentionDayStrangenessWorship GodSeven DaysChristian Service Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“The meaning of your life depends on which ideas you permit to use you. Who you think you are determines where you put your attention. Where you direct your attention creates your life experiences, and brings a new course of events into being. Where you habitually put your attention is what you worship. What do you worship in this mindstream called your life?” ThinkingIdeasUseCoursesAttentionEventsDependsWorshipDirectIntentionDeterminePermitLife Experience Author:Gangaji
“Worship and spiritual hunger make you so attractive to God that your circumstances cease to matter anymore. He will move heaven and earth to find a worshiper. When you begin to worship with all your being and desire, your heart turns Him toward you. You capture His attention and attracts His affection.” HeartMatterGodEarthSpiritualMovingDesireTurnsHeavenAttentionCircumstancesWorshipHungerAffectionChristian InspirationalCeaseAttractiveAffectedCaptureHeaven And EarthSpiritual Hunger Book:The God Catchers: Experiencing the Manifest Presence of God Source: The God Catchers: Experiencing the Manifest Presence of God