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The Practice of the Presence of God

DAY 4 OF 7

How to Adore God

To adore God in spirit and in truth means to adore Him as we should. Because God is a Spirit, He must be adored in spirit. That is to say, we must worship Him with a humble, sincere love that comes from the depth and center of our souls. Only God can see this adoration, which we must repeat until it becomes part of our nature, as if God were one with our souls and our souls were one with God. Practice will demonstrate this.

Second, to adore God in truth is to recognize Him for what He is and ourselves for what we are. Adoring God in truth means that our hearts actually see God as infinitely perfect and worthy of our praise. What man, no matter how little sense he may have, would not exert all his strength to show his respect and love of this great God?

Third, to adore God in truth is to admit that our nature is just the opposite of His. Yet, He is willing to make us like Him, if we desire it. Who would be so rash as to neglect, even for a moment, the respect, the love, the service, and the continual adoration that we owe Him?

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About this Plan

The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the kingdom of God here on earth: the art of “practicing the presence of God in one single act that does not end.” This 7-day devotion based on his unparalleled classic will help guide readers in being content with nothing less than knowing God and feeling His loving presence throughout each simple day.

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