You must live a life of attendance. From the very first moment after rising from your bed in the morning, offer your first words to Heaven. When you step outside your home, your first step should be dedicated to Heaven, and you should step first with your right foot. If you develop such a habit, your life will become a life of attendance. With this viewpoint you should determine to take this type of life attitude from a principled foundation. (17-296)

How can you live a life in service to God? This is how: I must think as one body with God; all things which belong to God belong to the True Parents, and everything which belongs to the True Parents also belongs to the country, and therefore if I am connected to the country, everything belongs to me. You should have this concept. Even the universe belongs to the True Parents. The house also is the True Parents'. Because all the countries of the world belong to the True Parents and since I am the True Parents child these also belong to me. That is the natural conclusion.

If you work for a wage, you must work harder than someone else for the same wage. Don't think that you deserve the same wage for less work.

When you go to spirit world you want a big reward, but while here on earth you should be concerned about smaller things. Pay attention to the small details. This is a continuous line. Common people are above the line. We will receive a small amount. The person who receives a small amount on earth, and sacrifices much, will receive a great reward in the spirit world. Do you understand? [Yes.] When they hear that there are some very nice clothes hanging up somewhere, people in the world will run out to get the nicest clothes, but we Unification Church members don't really care about it and will take what's left.

If clothes are here, don't think they are yours. Those are God's clothes. And parents clothes. You have to think that you wear those clothes representing your brother. You should not be proud. The food is not mine. It is God-given food. It is food parents gave to me. And it is food my brothers gave to me. After the meal you shouldn't say, "Ah, I'm so satisfied." After you finish the meal you should think you are sorry to have eaten well. That's because somewhere there is a Unification member who is starving, and he is suffering. So when I eat and work I should think that I am representing them. The reason why Rev. Moon thinks that way is because such suffering members don't complain, and they have a grateful mind as they follow me. Whether for 10 or 20 years or even their whole life, they follow me, but they don't hate me because I live my life this way. Even though their life looks like failure it surely will be a success.

What will you take? The thing that God likes or Satan likes? [What God likes.] Which side do you want to live on? Satan's side or God's side? [God's side.] You must live all your life like that. When you go to work you should be with the True Parents, and with God. You must think like that.

You have to think about the future, that you should work to build a foundation and establish a tradition which you can teach to others. Then can Satan attack the people, or not? [Not.] Without that you will enter Satan's dominion directly. (161-231)

How joyful God will be when you are joyful and live your life in service for God. Your gratitude to serve God should be greater than the feeling which comes from eating when you are hungry. You should serve God when you're wearing clothes and eating, and when you're sad and suffering. You should be able to place such memories into God's mind that He cannot forget them. (17-291)

The world of heart is not created through having things. It happens through your mind. You should create the destiny where you are always grateful so that in happy times you can be really happy, and as well you can be sad when you see someone who is sad. Then God can share your sadness and happiness. If you don't go through these levels you will not be able to meet with your leaders.

Serving has several different levels. So all Unification Church members must go through a seven-year course. Fallen man must go through this process of seven years in order to be able to prepare for a life of attendance. Most people don't know about that. They have forgotten everything. What about you? "What seven-year course?" You should not think that it doesn't matter. Let's think about the family. You have parents, yourself, and your son. You must serve your parents, but you must also serve your son.

You should not only serve the parents, but for the sake of the restoration of the four-position foundation you should serve your son. You must make every effort to connect with that foundation.

You should serve parents for three years. Why three years? In order to restore three levels at one time. Therefore when you live centering on the family, you should prepare for them a bedroom.

That place should be prepared with utmost sincerity. So even if you live in a one room house you should always have prepared that special place. You should prepare, for yourself, special clothes and shoes, which are clean, for that special day when you have the opportunity to serve parents. You should sweep the courtyard one more time. You should always keep parents in mind. Have you done that? If you are active in the church you should be living in this way. (17-291)