Paul
N. F. (4 July 2007)
"Pray without ceasing"
www. PracticeGodsPresence .com
The Practice of the Presence
of God
- Simply Living God's Will And Way -
"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."
... Brother Lawrence
One of the purest
souls ever to live on this fallen planet was Nicholas Herman,
known as Brother Lawrence.
He wrote
very little, but what he wrote has seemed to several generations of
Christians to be so rare and so beautiful as to deserve a place near the
top
among the world's great books of devotion.
The
writings of Brother Lawrence are the ultimate in simplicity; ideas woven
like costly threads to make a pattern of great beauty.
... A.W. Tozer
Practicing the presence of God is not on trial.
Countless saints have already proved it.
Indeed, the spiritual giants of all ages have known it.
The results of this effort begin to show clearly in a month.
They grow rich after six months, and glorious after ten years.
This is the secret of the great saints of all ages.
'Pray
without ceasing,' said Paul, '
in everything make your wants known unto God.'
'As many as are led by the
spirit of God, these are the sons of God.'
... Frank Laubach
There
is one vice of which no one in the world is free; which every one in the
world
loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people
ever imagine
that they are guilty themselves.
The vice,
the utmost evil, is Pride. All other vices are mere fleabites in
comparison.
Pride leads to every other vice. As long as you are proud you cannot know
God.
... C. S. Lewis
For
those who live according to the world are concerned with the things of
the world,
but those who live according to the kingdom of God with the things of the
kingdom of God.
The
concern of the world is death, but the concern of the kingdom of God is
life and
peace. For the concern of the world is hostility toward God; it does not
submit to the law
of God, nor can it; and those who are of the world cannot please God.
... Romans 8:5-9
"The kingdom of God is within you," says the Lord. Turn,
then, to God with all your heart.
Devote yourself to those things that are within and you will see the
kingdom of God come unto
you, that kingdom which is peace and joy.
...Thomas a Kempis
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The
Practice of the Presence of God is a way of life where we engage in
continual conversation with God;
walk with Him in love, humility, simplicity, and faith; and think, say,
and do nothing that may displease Him; because this is God's will for us.
© Light Heart
www.PracticeGodsPresence.com
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The above is just a very small fraction
of the wonderful material
that Light Heart has on his website. He has a free download for
Brother Lawrence's precious gem
The Practice of the Presence of God
and other writings.
A.W. Tozer, (above-on top), gives a most beautiful description of
the writings of Brother Lawrence.
Yours In Christ,
Paul N. F.