1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV) Pray continually.
Psalm 27:8 (NIV) My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.
Pray remember what I have recommended to you, which is to think often on God, by day, by night, in your business, and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave Him not alone. You would think it rude to leave a friend alone who came to visit you; why, then, must God be neglected? Do not, then, forget Him, but think on Him often, adore Him continually, live and die with Him; this is the glorious employment of a Christian. In a word, this is our profession; if we do not know it, we must learn it.
—Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God. Virtue, Vol. 20, no. 6, Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "DEVOTIONAL LIFE".
