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Loving God and loving one’s neighbor are really the same thing.

Brother Lawrence

It 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.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Long Matter Suffering
That all things are possible to him who believes, that they are less difficult to him who hopes, they are more easy to him who loves, and still more easy to him who perseveres in the practice of these three virtues.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Believe Practice Three
Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
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Joy Pain Sweet Love
I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
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God Live Save World
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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Delight Live Moment Soul
Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues.
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Hope Practice Three
Lift up your hearts to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him. You need not cry very loud; He is nearer to us than we are aware.
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Heart Prayer Remembrance
It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
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Done God Greatness
We can do little things for God; I turn the cake that is frying on the pan for love of him, and that done, if there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before him, who has given me grace to work; afterwards I rise happier than a king.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Cake Grace Kings
And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God.
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Littles Others Saint Serving
Do not forget Him but think on Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession. If we do not know it, we must learn it.
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Christian Forget Thinking
If we are truly devoted to doing God’s will, pain and pleasure won’t make any difference to us.
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Differences Pain Pleasure
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 Giving Heart
God as we ought to worship Him. God is Spirit, so we must worship Him in spirit and truth, that is, by a humble and true adoration of spirit in the depth and center of our souls.
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Depth Humble Soul
The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way.
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Mean Practice Spiritual
Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence
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God Prayer Presence

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