Brother Lawrence Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• I desire only Him and to be wholly His.

  Brother Lawrence

  Desire, Worship

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.22, Courier Corporation

• 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

• GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more than reasonable.

  Brother Lawrence

  Soul, Desire, Worship

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

• 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

• 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

• The more we know Him, the more we will desire to know Him. As love increases with knowledge, the more we know God, the more we will truly love Him. We will learn to love Him equally in times of distress or in times of great joy.

  Brother Lawrence

  Joy, Desire, Increase

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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