HOW AND WHEN TO PRAY
We know why people pray
… it’s our direct outreach for divine assistance. But what is less known is the
true purpose of prayer and how to pray
effectively.
Whatever one’s concept of God is or isn't (even many atheists have
prayed), when done wholeheartedly one may feel enveloped in God’s radiant love
and protection. This can quell fear, strengthen confidence and help us face
whatever is to come.
Experiments show that prayers’ miraculous power is a true mysterious
fact … many times we will thankfully find our prayers answered. However, if we pray
only when desperately in need, we reduce
prayer to a last-resort call for help instead of utilizing its greater possibilities
and purpose – i.e., to affirm and strengthen our divine connection and to increase
our sense of well-being, serenity, self-worth, goodness, constructive and
creative life-purpose, and to help us become more God-like and experience our oneness
with God.
Prayer serves us better as we more fully utilize it. So pray often
each day. Acknowledge your gratitude for all the goodness provided and affirm your
connection to God again and again. Also, express your desire to be guided in becoming
more courageous, loving, compassionate, wise, generous, kind, and all that would
better bring your Godly-self forward.
So, from this day on, instead of perhaps thinking of prayer as a
911 call that one may occasionally and urgently make, think of it as a chance
to drink from a gloriously nurturing spring many times a day.
Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.
SPREAD AWARENESS ... FORWARD THESE THOUGHTS TO A
FRIEND.
