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• To worship God is to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself.

  Brother Lawrence

  Worship Music, Worship God, Willing

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• Do not forget Him but think on Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession. If we do not know it, we must learn it.

  Brother Lawrence

  Christian, Thinking, Forget

  Brother Lawrence (2009). “The Practice of the Presence of God: The Complete Works of Brother Lawrence with Notes and Scripture References”, p.80, Perieco Publishing

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• Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him.

  Brother Lawrence

  Desire, Employment, Knowing God

  Brother Lawrence (2005). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.47, Shambhala Publications

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• God as we ought to worship Him. God is Spirit, so we must worship Him in spirit and truth, that is, by a humble and true adoration of spirit in the depth and center of our souls.

  Brother Lawrence

  Humble, Soul, Depth

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• That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Giving, Soul

  Brother Lawrence (2007). “The Practice of the Presence of God: The Original 17th Century Letters and Conversations of Brother Lawrence”, p.12, Xulon Press

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• Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.

  Brother Lawrence

  Pain, Sweet Love, Joy

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.36, Courier Corporation

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• That all things are possible to him who believes, that they are less difficult to him who hopes, they are more easy to him who loves, and still more easy to him who perseveres in the practice of these three virtues.

  Brother Lawrence

  Believe, Practice, Three

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “Mystical Paths to God: Three Journeys”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• I cannot imagine how religious persons can live satisfied without the practice of the presence of GOD. For my part I keep myself retired with Him in the depth of centre of my soul as much as I can; and while I am so with Him I fear nothing; but the least turning from Him is insupportable.

  Brother Lawrence

  Religious, Practice, Soul

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.26, Booklassic

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• Lift up your hearts to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him. You need not cry very loud; He is nearer to us than we are aware.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Heart, Remembrance

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “Mystical Paths to God: Three Journeys”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since.

  Brother Lawrence

  Flower, Winter, Views

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.3, Booklassic

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• We may make an oratory of our heart wherein to retire from time to time to converse with Him in meekness, humility, and love. Every one is capable of such familiar conversation with God, some more, some less. He knows what we can do. Let us begin, then.

  Brother Lawrence

  Heart, Humility, And Love

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.29, Courier Corporation

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• Having found in many books different methods of going to GOD, and divers practices of the spiritual life, I thought this would serve rather to puzzle me than facilitate what I sought after, which was nothing but how to become wholly GOD'S. This made me resolve to give the all for the all; so after having given myself wholly to GOD, that He might take away my sin, I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not He; and I began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world.

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Book, Practice

  "The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of a Holy Life".

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• We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Giving, Joy

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• Have courage then: make a virtue of necessity: ask of God, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He should please, and as long as He shall please.

  Brother Lawrence

  Pain, Long, Bears

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.36, Courier Corporation

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• A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Heart, Remembrance

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• A little lifting up of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, an interior act of adoration, even though made on the march and with sword in hand, are prayers which, short though they may be, are nevertheless very pleasing to God, and far from making a soldier lose his courage on the most dangerous occasions, bolster it. Let him then think of God as much as possible so that he will gradually become accustomed to this little but holy exercise; no one will notice it and nothing is easier than to repeat often during the day these little acts of interior adoration.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Heart, Exercise

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• That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.

  Brother Lawrence

  Trust In God, Surrender, Deceiving

  Brother Lawrence (1967). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.13, Baker Books

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• To worship God in truth is further to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself if we desire it. Who will be so imprudent as to turn himself away, even for a moment, from the reverence, love, service and continual adoration which we most justly owe Him?

  Brother Lawrence

  Desire, Worship, Moments

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• It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God's will - that is my whole business.

  Brother Lawrence

  Long, Suffering, Matter

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.73, Courier Corporation

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• O my God, since thou art with me, and i must now, in obedience to thy commands, apply my mind to these outward things, i beseech thee to grant me the grace to continue in thy presence; and to this end do thou prosper me with thy assistance, receive all my works, and possess all my affections." (Bro. Lawrence implored His grace and offered to Him all his actions).

  Brother Lawrence

  Art, Grace, Mind

  Brother Lawrence (2017). “The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of a Holy Life”, p.16, Sai ePublications via PublishDrive

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• Men invent means and methods of coming at God''s love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of trouble to bring oneself into the consciousness of God''s presence. Yet it might be so simple. Is it not quicker and easier just to do our common business wholly for the love of him?

  Brother Lawrence

  Mean, Simple, Men

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• Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? 'Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear.

  Brother Lawrence

  Rude, One Day, Cost

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.38, Booklassic

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• We ought to seek God's assistance in our affairs just as they happen.

  Brother Lawrence

  Affair, Ought, Happens

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• How happy we would be if we could find the treasure of which the Gospel speaks; all else would be as nothing. As it is boundless, the more you search for it the greater the riches you will find; let us search unceasingly and let us not stop until we have found it.

  Brother Lawrence

  Treasure, Riches, Would Be

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• Let all our employment be to know GOD: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him. And as knowledge is commonly the measure of love, the deeper and more extensive our knowledge shall be, the greater will be our love: and if our love of GOD were great, we should love Him equally in pains and pleasures.

  Brother Lawrence

  Pain, Desire, Employment

  Brother Lawrence (2005). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.47, Shambhala Publications

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