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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.

Brother Lawrence

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Brother Lawrence
Age: 77 †
Born: 1614
Born: January 1
Died: 1691
Died: February 12
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A little lifting of the heart suffices a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.
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To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are.
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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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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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I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
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How happy we would be if we could find the treasure of which the Gospel speaks all else would be as nothing. As it is boundless, the more you search for it the greater the riches you will find let us search unceasingly and let us not stop until we have found it.
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Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? 'Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear.
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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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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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I drove away from my mind everything capable of spoiling the sense of the presence of God.... I just make it my business to persevere in His holy presence... My soul has had an habitual, silent, secret conversation with God.
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