The Practice of the Presence of God In Modern English

by Brother Lawrence

All things are equal to a soul truly surrendered to God.

He did everything with the intent to please God, and did not worry about consequences.

Our sanctification does not depend upon changing what we do, but in doing for God’s sake what we normally do for our own sake.

The most excellent method he had found of going to God was to do our normal activities without any view of pleasing men, and (as far as we are able) purely for the love of God.

It was a great delusion to think that times of prayer ought to be different than other times. It is just as important to adhere to God by action in the time of action, as by prayer in time of prayer.

In the spiritual life, not to advance is to retreat.