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• We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Simplicity, Speak

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.6, Booklassic

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• The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Greatness, Soul, World

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• I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love.

  Brother Lawrence

  Humility, Suffering, And Love

  Brother Lawrence (2005). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.46, Shambhala Publications

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• If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God's constant presence, if for no other reason than His presence is a delight to our souls and spirit.

  Brother Lawrence

  Soul, Live In The Moment, Delight

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only to persevere in His holy presence, wherein I keep myself by a simple attention, and a general fond regard to GOD, which I may call an actual presence of GOD, or, to speak better, an habitual, silent, and secret conversation of the soul with GOD, which often causes me joys and raptures inwardly, and sometimes also outwardly, so great that I am forced to use means to moderate them, and prevent their appearance to others.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Mean, Simple

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.20, Courier Corporation

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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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• Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Delight

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• Emptiness is that which frees us from religiosity and leads us to true spirituality.

  Brother Lawrence

  Teacher, Spirituality, Emptiness

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• Think often on God, by day, by night, in your business and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave him not alone.

  Brother Lawrence

  Night, Thinking, Diversion

  Brother Lawrence, Aeterna Press (1905). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.32, Aeterna Press

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• Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity.

  Brother Lawrence

  Thinking, Vanity, Life Is

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims”, p.33, Lulu Press, Inc

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• In order to form a habit of conversing with GOD continually, and referring all we do to Him, we must at first apply to Him with some diligence: but that after a little care we should find His love inwardly excite us to it without any difficulty.

  Brother Lawrence

  Order, Care, Littles

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.5, Booklassic

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• There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.

  Brother Lawrence

  Sweet, Prayer, Practice

  Brother Lawrence (1967). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.20, Baker Books

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• 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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• If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.

  Brother Lawrence

  Pain, Differences, Pleasure

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.

  Brother Lawrence

  World, Ifs

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• You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Thinking, Needs

  Brother Lawrence, Aeterna Press (1905). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.25, Aeterna Press

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• Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.

  Brother Lawrence

  Sleep, Practice, Gale

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• Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Believe, Each Day, Loving God

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.76, Courier Corporation

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• What can God have that gives him greater satisfaction than that a thousand times a day all his creatures should thus pause to withdraw and worship him in the heart.

  Brother Lawrence

  Christian, Heart, Giving

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• Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.

  Brother Lawrence

  Blessing, Hands, Giving

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims”, p.3, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.

  Brother Lawrence

  Dies

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.35, Courier Corporation

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• Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love and humility.

  Brother Lawrence

  Humility, Worship, Devotion

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.28, Booklassic

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• If we knew how much He loves us, we should be always ready to receive equally and with indifference from His hand the sweet and the bitter; all would please that came from Him.

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  Sweet, Hands, Bitter

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

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• One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Thinking, Presence Of Mind

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

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