Practicing God’S Presence: A Thirty-Day Adventure

By Michell and Diane Cook

Walking in Gods presence was made real to Michell and Diane by Brother Lawrence. Brother Lawrences experience is described in the classic book The Practice of the Presence of God: the Best Rule of a Holy Life.

If you follow the process of this book, it will transform your relationship with God. You will learn how to abide in Him through being aware of His presence in your everyday tasks. It will revolutionize your way of living. Your communion and intimacy with God will increase past what you thought possible. How can you be sure this is true? Many others have led the way with their lives transformed. This is a lost art awaiting your personal discovery. Applying yourself for just thirty days will instill these principles into your heart, never to be lost.

Michell and Diane have walked in Gods presence for over thirty-five years. They wrote this book to present a helpful tool to use as a short devotional. They have taken one hundred and fifty tips from Brother Lawrence. They present five of them to you each day to integrate into your life. You are encouraged to do this for thirty days while you go about your daily tasks, just as Brother Lawrence prayed while going about his daily tasks.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Feb 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781490861654

Michell

Michell Cook, MTS (Master of Theological Studies in Counseling), Director of Counseling at Foothills Christian Church in El Cajon, CA, has been a pastor for approximately twenty-five years. Diane Cook served as a missionary teacher in Japan for eight years. They have been married for approximately twenty years and reside in Coronado, CA.

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Day 1

Develop a Habit of Thinking and Talking Directly to God

I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. (Ezekiel 36:27)

God’s message to you:

I have put My Spirit, My very presence within you. I’m right inside your body, which means My Word is living inside you. When you abide in Me by practicing My presence, you will want to follow My requirements and desires. You might discover that you would rather follow My ways, because you are flowing with Me. My Spirit is releasing My Word into your life to form it according to My plan.

God has given you all that you need to abide in Him through practicing His presence. He has given you His Word, His Son, and His Holy Spirit. He also has given you the people of His church to be His instruments of encouragement and help to you.

1. Establish yourself in sensing God’s presence by continually talking with Him.

Example: Lord, I’m not exactly sure what to say, but I am imagining You are right here beside me as I go about my daily duties.

2. Feed and nourish your soul with adoring thoughts of God, which will give you great joy in your devotion to Him.

Example: Lord, I adore You. I devote myself to You and Your ways because they are good.

3. Revitalize your faith by acting on the truth of what the Bible declares and not on circumstances. Changing situations are only petty distractions.

Example: Lord, I’m doing what Your Word says to do, even though circumstances tell me differently. I’m learning to trust You and Your Word in spite of how I feel about it today.

4. Acting on Scripture instead of on what you see is the way of faith. This will help you grow into an excellent Christian.

Example: Lord, please help me in this way of faith that Your children have walked in for thousands of years. I’m so used to going by what feels comfortable, but this is stretching me. I choose to trust You in this as I learn to abide in You every moment.

5. Yield yourself to God in all things, and satisfy yourself only in fulfilling His will. Whether He leads you by suffering or by comfort, when you truly abandon yourself in Him, all will be equal.

Example: "Lord, I yield to You in what I am doing right now. I only want to do Your will in every situation of my life. Lord, I will walk with You and hold on to You no matter what, even if I am in the middle of suffering. I want You and need You to see me