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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.

Brother Lawrence

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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Cake Grace Kings
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
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
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
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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Prayer Simplicity Speak
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
The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.
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Greatness Soul World
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
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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Christian Giving Heart
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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Devotion Humility Worship
In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.
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God Littles Love Way
God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.
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Design Doubt Light
Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!
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Lord Meals Saint
Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.
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Blessing Giving Hands
That there needed neither art nor science for going to GOD, but only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to nothing but Him, or for His sake, and to love Him only.
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Art Determine Sake
I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
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Desire Worship
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
Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.
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Believe Day Each God Loving
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.
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Long Matter Suffering
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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Doe Kitchen Prayer
GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more than reasonable.
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Desire Soul Worship
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.
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Believe Practice Three
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
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.
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Deceiving God Surrender Trust
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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Eternity Perfect Worship
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
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

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