The Practice of the Presence of God

Learn the secret of living in the presence of God through this simple book written by a humble monastery cook in the 17th century. This newly revised Pure Gold Classic edition is the only historically accurate and complete version available, and features Scriptures from the KJV and NIV, a topical index, and a full color timeline chart.

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection was a seventeenth-century Carmelite lay brother employed in the kitchen of a monastery in France. He died in 1691 at the age of eighty

Preface

v

Photographs

viii

Section I Collected Thoughts of Brother Lawrence Collected Thoughts

3

(138)

Section II Character of Brother Lawrence Based on the Teachings of His Life

Beginning of Perfection

11

(4)

Pursuing the Sense of the Presence of God

15

(4)

Forsaking All of Self for God

19

(4)

Do All for the Love of God

23

(3)

Brother Lawrence's Final Days

26

(4)

Part of the Great Band Who Have Forsaken the World for Christ

30

(87)

Section III Conversations with Brother Lawrence

First Conversation

45

(3)

Second Conversation

48

(6)

Third Conversation

54

(3)

Fourth Conversation

57

(4)

Particulars Collected from Other Accounts of Brother Lawrence

61

(12)

Section IV Letters of Brother Lawrence

First Letter

73

(3)

Second Letter

76

(6)

Third Letter

82

(2)

Fourth Letter

84

(2)

Fifth Letter

86

(1)

Sixth Letter

87

(2)

Seventh Letter

89

(2)

Eighth Letter

91

(2)

Ninth Letter

93

(2)

Tenth Letter

95

(2)

Eleventh Letter

97

(2)

Twelfth Letter

99

(3)

Thirteenth Letter

102

(2)

Fourteenth Letter

104

(2)

Fifteenth Letter

106

(2)

Sixteenth Letter

108

(9)

Section V Ways of Attaining to the Presence of God

Essential Conditions for Attaining to the Presence of God

117

(3)

Necessary Practices for Attaining to the Spiritual Life

120

(4)

Always Consider the Glory of God

124

(2)

We Are Required to Worship God in Spirit and in Truth

126

(2)

Union of the Soul with God

128

(3)

The Presence of God

131

(3)

Benefits of the Presence of God

134

(7)

Section VI Scriptures Relating to the Presence of God

Appendix A Presence of God---King James Version (Manifested Presence and Felt Presence)

141

(30)

Appendix B Presence of God---New International Version (Manifested Presence and Felt Presence)

171

(28)

Topical Index

199

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The Practice of the Presence of God

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