Presence Of God Quotes - Page 9

• The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.

  Philip Neri

  Spiritual, Saint, Firsts

  St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.15, St Athanasius Press

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• The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the Presence of God.

  Emmet Fox

  Faith, Roots, Difficulty

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• Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God.

  Catherine McAuley

  Each Day, Lasts, Steps

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• If you find a reluctancy to go into the presence of God, there may be unconfessed, unrepented sin in your life. Part of your quiet time is to get your heart clean and pure. Each of us needs to take ourselves by the nap of our necks and confess and repent before we come into God's holy presence to fellowship.

  Adrian Rogers

  Prayer, Heart, Naps

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• No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. It is a suitable pledge of his fidelity and responsibility to his country; and creates upon his conscience a deep sense of duty, by an appeal, at once in the presence of God and man, to the most sacred and solemn sanctions which can operate upon the human mind.

  Joseph Story

  Country, Responsibility, Men

  Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.339

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• You always leave the Rosary for later, and you end up not saying it at all because you are sleepy. If there is no other time, say it in the street without letting anybody notice it. It will, moreover, help you to have presence of God.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Catholic, Rosary, Helping

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• If we are hungry enough for God, we will find a way into His presence. We should be so hungry for the presence of God that we absolutely will not go out of our house or tackle any kind of project until we have spent some time with Him.

  Joyce Meyer

  House, Way, Kind

  Joyce Meyer (2004). “Starting Your Day Right: Devotions for Each Morning of the Year”, p.12, Hachette UK

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• Some people become tired at the end of ten minutes or half an hour of prayer. What will they do when they have to spend Eternity in the presence of God? We must begin the habit here and become used to being with God.

  Sadhu Sundar Singh

  Prayer, Tired, People

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• Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God

  R. C. Sproul

  Men, Majesty, Conviction

  R. C. Sproul (2016). “What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics”, p.29, Baker Books

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• We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

  Brother Lawrence

  Humility, Greatness, Littles

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.12, Booklassic

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• To be a holy person means that the elements of our natural life experience the very presence of God as they are providentially broken in His service. We have to be placed into God and brought into agreement with Him before we can be broken bread in His hands. Stay right with God and let Him do as He likes, and you will find that He is producing the kind of bread and wine that will benefit His other children.

  Oswald Chambers

  God, Christian, Religious

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.554, Discovery House

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