IMPORTANT THINGS I HAVE LEARNED FROM A LIFETIME OF PRAYER
“All your problems and needs can always be solved through prayer and meditation…if you make the effort to pray your way through until the Divine responds”
Written and published by Chinmayan…
I know from the more than 60 years of being a man of prayer, that prayer is always the best and most helpful response to any situation, problem or need.
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 7, Issue Number 524
SPIRITUAL SOUP KITCHEN Section Number 67
2 minute read Saturday, October 14, 2023
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THINGS I HAVE LEARNED FROM A LIFETIME OF PRAYER
The more that you pray, the more effective your prayers become…
if you are praying sincerely with a longing heart.
Prayer is your direct, personal, private hot line for communicating with the Divine…
It is already “wired” in everyone, but we have to activate and develop it through taking the time and making the effort to pray to the divine as you would to your nearest and dearest beloved.
The best prayers are simple, direct and honest… talking directly to the Divine.
The more you pray, the more attuned to the Divine you become…
The more you can feel God’s presence in each moment…
The more you develop your relationship with God...
The more you are in awareness of and alignment with God’s will…
The more you are able to clearly hear the Divine’s “still small voice within” …
The more you live at a higher and higher vibration and ever expanding consciousness…
The more you attract grace and live in a field of blessings…
PRAYER AND MEDITATION ARE SPIRITUAL PRACTICES THAT BENEFIT YOU and EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH YOU
Prayer is the best thing you can do for yourself, your family, your friends, your community and the world!
The power of your prayers depends upon your intensity, your sincerity, your humility and your faith in the divine.
The best first prayer of the day is simply “Thank you Lord for all your blessings!” Followed by “please lead and guide us today, Lord!”
Prayer is your making a way into the living presence of the Divine within.
Prayer keeps your focus on communicating with the Lord one on One…
Directly, personally, ongoingly…
It is a cosmic law that “whatever you focus your time, energy and attention on, you get more of.”
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IF IT IS URGENT OR IMPORTANT TO YOU, KEEP PRAYING THROUGH!
If you have an urgent or important need, it is best to pray through unceasingly until you get a response. Don’t give up until you do, even if its days, weeks or months…keep praying through with intensity, as long as it takes! Praying through like this transforms you and creates the space for the divine responding in divine timing and in the divine’s way. Be watchful and ready…
Pray for everything!—from the tiniest to the biggest. “You have not because you ask not!”
Prayer is the divine’s highest privilege and blessing for all of us because…
We need divine help….
We need to be able to communicate directly and personally …
We need to have close relationship with God, who wants to be close with us personally.
The divine knows what our real needs are and answers the prayers on our heart,
Even when we may think we need and are asking for something else…
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