God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.
BROTHER LAWRENCEIt matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God’s will – that is my whole business.
More Brother Lawrence Quotes
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Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God.
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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.
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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.
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Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.
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Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.
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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.
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If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea.
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Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.
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Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!
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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.
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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.
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The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were on my knees.
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Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence
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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.
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The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.
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