Secrets to Intimacy with God

Here are the secrets of intimacy with God:

• Renounce everything that does not lead to God.
• Become accustomed to a continual conversation with him in freedom and simplicity
• Speak to him every moment.
• Ask him to tell you what to do when you are not sure.
• Get busy with it when you plainly see what he requires of you.
• Offer your activity to him even before you do it.
• Give God thanks when you accomplish something,

The depth of your spirituality does not depend upon changing the

things you do, but in doing for God what you ordinarily do for yourself.

The biggest mistake is to think that a time of prayer is different from

any other time. It is all one. Prayer is experiencing the presence of

God. There should be no change when a time of formal prayer ends.

Continue with God. Praise and bless him with all your energy.

Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

Who is Brother Lawrence? Brother Lawrence, ca. 1614-February 1691,

is best known for his work "The Practice of the Presence of God."

Brother Lawrence was a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery. He

strove to wed the most mundane task with worship of God. He came

to a place of quiet surrender where whether he was working in the

kitchen or attending mass he felt the same prevailing presence of God.

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