Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrectionserved as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris. Christians commonly remember him for the intimacy he expressed concerning his relationship to God as recorded in a book compiled after his death, the classic Christian text, The Practice of the Presence of God...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
god-love enough straws
It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.
god greatness matter
It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
neighbor loving-god
Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing.
prayer gods-presence
Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence
trust-in-god surrender deceiving
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.
desire employment knowing-god
Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him.
worship-music worship-god willing
To worship God is to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself.
world communion communion-with-god
There is no sweeter manner of living in the world than continuous communion with God.
believe each-day loving-god
Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.
christianity conversations-with-god lifestyle
There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.
god teacher prayer
I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.
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It is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelet in the pan for the love of God.
worship truth-is worship-god
To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are.
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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?