ToC and Editor’s Preface – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
In this small book, through letters and conversations, Brother Lawrence simply and beautifully explains how to continually walk with God – not from the head but from the heart.
Sanctification Depends on Doing for God’s Sake
That it was lamentable to see how many people mistook the means for the end, addicting themselves to certain works, which they performed very imperfectly, by reason of their human or selfish regards.
Address GOD Every Moment, He Is Intimately Present
We may beg His assistance for knowing His will in things doubtful, and for rightly performing those which we plainly see He requires of us, offering them to Him before we do them, and giving Him thanks when we have done.
We Ought to Worship God on Earth as We Will in Eternity – Brother Lawrence
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. – Brother Lawrence