".....Prayer
works even if the recipient of your prayer lives in Tucson and you live
in Omaha. God lives everywhere, full power, all the time. God lives in
the hearts and minds of every individual whether he or she recognizes it
or not.
Here’s
a very short sketch of how prayer works in our lives. Spirit is the
Creative Energy of the Universe. Spirit created us in It’s image and
likeness. We are separate and unique, but we are spiritual creatures and
we are connected to God through our consciousness. (Consciousness
contains all our thoughts, beliefs, and feelings in this moment.)
Our
consciousness is constantly sending messages to Spirit and Spirit
responds. God (or Spirit) is Love working through Law in our lives. When
we pray, we are speaking directly to God with the purpose of setting
Spiritual Law into motion to create new circumstances.
The
person praying envisions, believes and accepts the desired outcome. The
person we are praying for must accept the goal of the prayer in order
to have it work. That is a part of why we never pray for others unless
it is requested. When we ask for prayers from others we are depending
on, or borrowing their conviction and clarity. Of course, the best thing
is for the person requesting prayer to also have conviction but that’s
not always at an optimum level.
The
reason prayers from unknown people worked for me was that when I
requested the prayers, I was already envisioning, believing and
accepting the healing at some level. The prayers of others were powerful
because they were clear and focused. I needed your prayers because I
was, more or less, stuck in the experience of “not well”.
.......Remember that you do not have to understand how prayer works, you only
have to pray and expect it to work...."
Excerpted from a newsletter by Dr. Jane Claypool
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