First Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence’s letters are the very heart and soul of what is titled ‘The Practice of the Presence of God’. All of these letters were written during the last ten years of his life.
Third Conversation – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence told me that the foundation of the spiritual life in him had been a high notion and esteem of God in faith. When he had once well established his faith he had no other care but to reject every other thought so he might perform all his actions for the love of God.
Life and Hope Through Adversity and Affliction
God is present with us in affliction. He softens the heart. He grows mercy. He gives empathy. He empowers us to do as we see Him do.
My Grace is Sufficient for You
7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, […]
Names of God in the Bible
To Whom am I to pray? To whom am I to communicate? With whom am I to commune? Islam prays to الله Allāh, Judeo Christians to YHWH/God, Christians to Jesus, Hinduism to Shiva, Brahma, and Indra, The list of names used to address God is longer than the total number of languages which have existed. […]
Shaddai: Sufficient or Almighty
Shaddai (Sufficient/Almighty, Hebrew šad·day, שַׁדָּי) Occurs along with El, Occurs independently as a name of God, (see Job) LXX., sometimes παντοκράτωρ the word as (“He who is sufficient”)