“How hard is it for God to get your attention? Do you regularly practice turning aside in your day? That is, taking a moment to listen to God- because God, through the Holy Spirit, really is speaking, because we know, every place is filled with the presence of God. There is not an inch of space, not a moment of time, that God does not inhabit.” KnowsDoeHardMomentsSpiritSpaceAttentionPracticeHolyFilledHoly SpiritInchesPresence Of God Author:John Ortberg
“Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.” ShouldSpiritSleepPracticeHolyHoly SpiritPreacherPresence Of GodGale Author:Brother Lawrence
“The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you” ImportantMomentsSpiritualLife IsPleasurePracticeHolySpiritual LifePresence Of GodGod Is With You Author:Brother Lawrence
“When the Holy Spirit comes to live within you, He will come with the ability to produce righteousness. Righteousness is the nature of God, which when imparted to the human spirit, produces the rightness of God in the human spirit. It gives man right standing with God; it gives him the ability to stand in the presence of God without a sense of guilt, inferiority or condemnation. It means rightness in God. The righteousness of God is wrought in you.” MenGivingHumansMeanSpiritAbilityProduceHolyStandingGuiltHoly SpiritRighteousnessWithin YouHuman SpiritInferiorityCondemnationPresence Of God Book:Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You Source: Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You
“This is the first thing the Holy Spirit does in your life. He brings you God's presence, and when He does, you will no longer be in the dark. The Holy Spirit has a beautiful identity. He is called 'The Angel of God's presence.' He is the One Who brings us the presence of God and makes it real to us.” FirstsDoeRealBeautifulSpiritDarkIdentityHolyAngelHoly SpiritPresence Of GodGod's Presence Book:Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You Source: Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You
“Angels, inasmuch as they come from the Throne Room of the Thrice-holy God, usher us into the presence of God once removed and such encounters with God are more powerful and overwhelming than ordinary moments with God.” MomentsRoomsPowerfulHolyOrdinaryAngelEncountersOverwhelmingThronesPresence Of GodThriceHoly GodOrdinary Moments Author:Scot McKnight
“The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, "You shall be as gods.” HumansHuman BeingsHolyCreaturesOppositesOriginalsTemptationSatanSensationsOverwhelmingPresence Of GodOverpoweringHoliness Of God Author:R. C. Sproul
“I drove away from my mind everything capable of spoiling the sense of the presence of God.... I just make it my business to persevere in His holy presence... My soul has had an habitual, silent, secret conversation with God.” MindSoulPrayerSecretHolyConversationWorshipCapableSilentMy SoulPersevereHabitualPresence Of GodConversations With God Author:Brother Lawrence
“If you find a reluctancy to go into the presence of God, there may be unconfessed, unrepented sin in your life. Part of your quiet time is to get your heart clean and pure. Each of us needs to take ourselves by the nap of our necks and confess and repent before we come into God's holy presence to fellowship.” IfsNeedsHeartMayPrayerSinHolyPureQuietCleanNecksRepentFellowshipNapsPresence Of GodQuiet TimeUnconfessed Sin Author:Adrian Rogers