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No step is more crucial to entering God's words than quieting your heart in His presence. It's a lesson that all people are in urgent need of entering at present. The paths of entry into quieting your heart before God are as follows: First of all, withdraw your heart from external matters. Be at peace before God, and give your undivided attention to praying to God. Then, with your heart at peace before God, eat, drink, and enjoy God's words. Meditate on and contemplate God's love and ponder God's work in your heart. First, begin from the aspect of prayer. Pray with undivided attention and at fixed times. No matter how pressed you are for time, how busy your work, or what befalls you, pray every day as normal, and eat and drink God's words as normal.

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Ordinarily, you can draw close to God normally in your heart, contemplate God's love and ponder God's words, without being disturbed by external things. When your heart has achieved a certain degree of peace, you will be able to muse silently and, within yourself, to contemplate God's love and truly draw near to Him, regardless of your surroundings, until finally you reach the point where praise wells up in your heart, and it's even better than prayer. Then you'll be possessed of a certain stature. Only after people are able to be at peace before God can they be touched, enlightened and illuminated by the Holy Spirit, and only then are they able to have true communion with God, as well as to grasp God's intentions and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. They will then have entered onto the right track in their spiritual lives.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. On Quieting Your Heart Before God