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Beth Moore, A Woman's Heart: God's Dwelling Place

"Prayerlessness is a sin because
(1) it causes us to forfeit some of God's precious gifts to us,
(2) it makes us much weaker when tempted,
(3) it causes us anxiety, and
(4) it closes our ears to God.

True Worship
(1) Fragrant worship is costly. It comes only when what is deep inside is lavished on Christ.
(2) Often, the fragrance of worship cannot be truly released until the vessel is broken.
(3) Fragrant worship is not hindered by others.
(4) Fragrant worship places us in a right relationship with God.... an awareness of Who He is... is indeed a necessity....
(5) We cannot out-sin God's ability to forgive. My past sins have forfeited respect and position. After I have truly repented, past sins cannot annul my right tot he deepest invitations of the Christian experience: to know God and to worship Him.... Lavish worship comes from lavish love....
altar of incense+ privilege and reverence (118-119)

"... the only coals that could heat the incense to make it a fragrant offering were those on which the blood of sacrifice had been spilled.... Fragrant offering was possible only on the basis of sacrifice.... Our spirit[s] give us the capacity to know and experience God" (121).

"Fragrant worship is only that which rises to God after it is poured on Christ" (122).

Sarah Lynne Ramsey, Are We There Yet?

(on the shewbread): "Bread, the staff of life, represents strength. It is at this table eating this bread that we are strengthened in our spiritual live[s].... The Word as food becomes part of an individual when [It} gets into his heart and becomes food for his inner man. He receives spiritual strength for worship and service" (155-156).