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.
BROTHER LAWRENCELoving God and loving one’s neighbor are really the same thing.
More Brother Lawrence Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
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God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.
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The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.
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I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
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Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence
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I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
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