The Practice of the Presence of God

by Brother Lawrence

• ISBN13: 9780882707938
• ISBN10: 0882707930
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Bridge Logos Fndtn

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

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