1) HaShem does NOT need are Tefila – we need it in our aspirations to become close to HaShem and to recognize that HaShem is the source of all Brocha.
2) HaShem wants our prayers so that we can can draw close to Him.
3) HaShem wants us to show a proper Kavod to Him – not for His beneift but for ours – once again as in all Mitzvahs, this is for our benefit in order to get close to Him.
4) HaShem wants us to show Kavod to each other and to our Shuls – not because he needs it, but because we need it.
5) jackets, hats, slacks, shirts, footwear (ties???): these items of clothing are all items that are for Kavod HaShem and for Kavod of the Tzibur and the Shul. Many of these things have changed over the generations (ties? short vs. long coats? styles of turbans as opposed to fedoras).
I posted previously in this thread that people should be glad that people are coming to shul and should not chase them out because of their shoes.
Now, as a part of the Tzibur, I will overlook the kavod of how people are dressed and perhaps HaShem will overlook that:
my hat needed to be brushed, and
my jacket is missing a button.
My shirt was not spotfree, and
my tie is on my dining room chair.
my trousers were wrinkled,
my shoes weren’t shined, and
I have a hole in my sock.
Maybe even HaShem will overlook my lack kavana in my Tefila.
Wishing everyone of my friends a good Shabbos and a good Chodesh and may this Chodesh turn to a time of Simcha Gedola for all of Israel.