I just spent some time on Facebook and Twitter reviewing postings of my “friends.” I am reminded of the words of Brother Lawrence: He said that useless thoughts spoil all – that mischief began there. Boy are there some useless thoughts online. I guess we […]
Month: June 2011
Drawn to God – Devotional for Thursday, June 30, 2011
Brother Lawrence practiced the presence of God continually. I find it difficult to keep God continually in mind and His presence constantly at the forefront of my thinking. I have to force myself to think of Him and to turn my thoughts to Him. Thankfully, […]
Satan Continually Condemns – Devotional for Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Spiritual growth requires the recognition that we are sinners deserving of damnation. That only a loving God provides a means of salvation that we do not deserve. If we never come to that realization, sometimes described as “coming to the Cross,” we can never benefit […]
Do All for the Love of God – Devotional for Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Motivation in what we do is so important. We can perform “charitable acts” but if our hearts are not in the right place our acts are for nothing. Brother Lawrence resolved to make the love of God the end of all his actions. In other […]
Simple Talk – Devotional for Monday, June 27, 2011
Brother Lawrence is considered the great teacher and practitioner of the Practice of the Presence of God. Yet His advice is not complex or deep but simple and straight forwarded. For example, his primary advice for practicing the presence of God is to speak with […]
Focus on Service – Devotional for Sunday, June 26, 2011
A gentle man of joyful spirit, Brother Lawrence shunned attention and the limelight, knowing that outside distraction “spoils all”. It was not until after his death that a few of his letters were collected. Joseph de Beaufort, counsel to the Paris archbishop, first published the […]
Devotional for Saturday, June 25, 2011
10 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. 11 And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount […]
Measuring Growth – Devotional for Friday, June 24, 2011
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we […]