The Practice of the Presence of God. Illustrated
After being wounded in the Thirty Years War, Brother Lawrence became a monk in France and began to write about experiencing the presence of God. In his monastery, Brother Lawrence served God daily through his humble deeds thoughts.Brother Lawrence believed that it was always possible for one to feel the presence of God and taught methods to help those who sought it.Brother Lawrence's works have been popular for hundreds of years because he learned to live genuinely in the presence of the Lord and was able to share his experience in an accessible way with other believers.
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That he had no scruples; for, said he, when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, I am used to do so: I shall never do otherwise, if I am left to myself. If I fail not, then I give GOD thanks, acknowledging that it comes from Him.
experienced of both kinds in a spiritual state: so that he was careful for nothing and feared nothing, desiring but one only thing of GOD, viz., that he might not offend Him.
That all possible kinds of mortification, if they were void of the love of GOD, could not efface a single sin. That we ought, without anxiety, to expect the pardon of our sins from the Blood of JESUS CHRIST, only endeavoring to love Him with all our hearts. That GOD seemed to have granted the greatest favors to the greatest sinners, as more signal monuments of His mercy.