Your Presence Over My Methods

That he (Brother Lawrence) could never regulate his devotion by certain methods as some do. That nevertheless, at first he had meditated for some time, but afterwards that went off, in a manner that he could give no account of.”

Excerpt From: Lawrence, Brother. “The Practice of the Presence of God.”

My Prayer:

Lord, give me a holy desire to simply and profoundly be in Your Presence and to surely have Your Presence within me. My methods are what they are, but You are Who You are -- Always Present. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

"One day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand anywhere else."
-- Psalm 84:10a (GWT)

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Brother Lawrence: When You Forget God?

It is written about Brother Lawrence: “That when sometimes he had not thought of GOD for a good while, he did not disquiet himself for it; but after having acknowledged his wretchedness to GOD, he returned to Him with so much the greater trust in Him, by how much he found himself more wretched to have forgot Him.”

This is my solemn prayer:

Lord, give me a desire to have my mind always on You.
In those times when I wander, gently lead me back...
Until Your own mind is finally, fully formed within me.
Then, I will no longer forget you, not even for a moment.
The soul that chooses not to remember You, Oh Lord,
is indeed wretched and will -- without returning --  ...
also be wrecked forever. God forgive. God forbid.
Your Presence, Lord, is Everything to me.
You are my Life.

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...To Think Of God Continually.

I have reached a state where it would be difficult for me not to think of God continually.
-- Brother Lawrence, a 1600's Practicer of God's Presence

Click: God be in my head - Walford Davies.

God, be in my head... continually!
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Desire Only One Thing

Don't worry about anything or fear nothing. Instead desire only one thing, that you might not offend God.
-- Brother Lawrence, 1600's Practicer of God's Presence

Holiness Unto The LORD!
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