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John Fielding,
CEO
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Lawrence and his brothers receive private tuition.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Brother Lawrence also left the gift of a direct approach to living in God's presence that is as practical today as it was three hundred years ago.
It never failed except when Brother Lawrence's thoughts had wandered from a sense of God's Presence, or he forgot to ask His assistance.
Coupled with his half brother Lawrence's ventures in land, it also gave him an interest in western development that endured throughout his life.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Lawrence's inner torment - an abnormal fear of pain attested to by his brother, Arnold - and the strains of both masochism and homo-eroticism that are clearly manifest in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, may have had their origins in this childhood battle for psychical independence from his mother.
Brother Lawrence was a seventeenth century French monk who knew God's presence at all times.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Lawrence's brother Will is killed, having served as an RFC observer in France for less than a week.
Lawrence's youngest brother, Frank, is killed in action at Richebourg l'Avoue on the Western Front.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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Yet, through his own words, we learn that Brother Lawrence's first ten years were full of severe trials and challenges.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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I understood here some of the secrets of Brother Lawrence's life and practicing the presence of God.
This edition of Brother Lawrence's THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD is offered freely and may freely be printed, copied, and distributed.
From Brother Lawrence's "Yes, Lord" came one of the most powerful stories of God's working His joy and simplicity.
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