Practicing The Presence Of God Quotes

#1. Brother Lawrence called this "practicing the presence" of God, and the most important part of that practice lay in "renouncing, once and for all, whatever does not lead to God.

John Ortberg

#2. If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little.

Anne Lamott

#3. It takes practice to become proficient at something. Practicing the presence of God will make us good at it.

R. Alan Woods

#4. I have picked up on the terminology of Brother Lawrence, who called praying unceasingly practicing God's presence. In fact, practicing God's presence has been my number one goal for the last year

Beth Moore

#5. Entertaining the mind with trivial pretties when I haven't bowed the head and heart in a prayer longer than five minutes in a week.

Ann Voskamp

#6. John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third base and how to protect myself. John taught me more baseball than anyone else.

Judy Johnson

#7. I definitely feel there's room for improvement.

Roger Federer

#8. Listening to God - which is a key part of practicing His presence - is not a method, but a walk with a person.

Leanne Payne

#9. If there are infinite worlds, how do I find the one that is uniquely, specifically mine?

Blake Crouch

#10. The acknowledgment that God is always with us - even when we are least aware of it in our sensory being - requires discipline. To acknowledge the Unseen Real requires a concerted effort of our will at first. This is why the term practicing the presence is so useful.

Leanne Payne

#11. Missions is practicing God's presence until His passion compels us to obey.

Ann Dunagan

#12. The average permanent lasts about four months.

Dana Gould

#13. There's nowhere like home for me, but there has been something so interesting about most of the places I've visited. One that sticks out in my mind is traveling around South America. It's a huge continent, and I only got to see a small portion of it, but I've always liked going there.

Brittany Bowe

#14. The 'peace' the gospel brings is never the absence of conflict, but an ineffable divine reassurance within the heart of conflict; a peace that surpasses understanding.

Walter Wink