God is nearer to us than our own spirit.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
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When we, by the working of mercy and grace, be made meek and mild, we are fully safe; suddenly is the soul oned to God when it is truly peaced in itself: for in Him is found no wrath.
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Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.
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For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.
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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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That which is impossible to thee is not impossible to me: I shall save my word in all things and I shall make all things well.
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Wherefore me behoveth needs to grant that all-thing that is done, it is well-done: for our Lord God doeth all.
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It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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Prayer is the deliberate and persevering action of the soul. It is true and enduring, and full of grace. Prayer fastens the soul to God and makes it one with God’s will.
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He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but he said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.
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Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
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