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==Prayer==

==Prayer==

===Introduction===

===Introduction===

1. Prayer is the greatest gift with which God blessed His Son at his creation. It was then what it is to become; the single voice Creator and creation share; the song the Son sings to the Father, Who returns the thanks it offers Him unto the Son. Endless the harmony, and endless, too, the joyous concord of the Love They give forever to Each Other. And in this, creation is extended. God gives thanks to His extension in His Son. His Son gives thanks for his creation, in the song of his creating in his Father's Name. The Love They share is what all prayer will be throughout eternity, when time is done. For such it was before time seemed to be.

1. [[Prayer]] is the greatest gift with which [[God]] [[blessed]] His Son at his [[creation]]. It was then what it is to [[become]]; the single [[voice]] [[Creator]] and [[creation]] [[share]]; the [[song]] the Son sings to [[the Father]], Who returns the thanks it offers Him unto the Son. Endless the [[harmony]], and endless, too, the [[joyous]] concord of the [[Love]] They give forever to Each Other. And in this, creation is extended. God gives thanks to His [[extension]] in His Son. His Son gives thanks for his creation, in the song of his creating in his Father's Name. The Love They share is what all prayer will be throughout [[eternity]], when [[time]] is done. For such it was before time seemed to be.

2. To you who are in time a little while, prayer takes the form that best will suit your need. You have but one. What God created one must recognize its oneness, and rejoice that what illusions seemed to separate is one forever in the Mind of God. Prayer now must be the means by which God's Son leaves separate goals and separate interests by, and turns in holy gladness to the truth of union in his Father and himself.

2. To you who are in time a little while, prayer takes the [[form]] that best will suit your need. You have but one. What [[God]] created one must [[recognize]] its [[oneness]], and rejoice that what [[illusions]] seemed to [[separate]] is one forever in the [[Mind of God]]. Prayer now must be [[the means]] by which God's Son leaves separate [[goals]] and separate interests by, and turns in holy gladness to the [[truth]] of union in his Father and himself.

 

3. Lay down your [[dreams]], you holy Son of God, and rising up as God created you, dispense with [[idols]] and remember Him. [[Prayer]] will sustain you now, and [[bless]] you as you lift your [[heart]] to Him in rising [[song]] that reaches higher and then higher still, until both high and low have disappeared. [[Faith]] in your [[goal]] will [[grow]] and hold you up as you [[ascend]] the shining stairway to the lawns of [[Heaven]] and the gate of [[peace]]. For this is prayer, and here [[salvation]] is. This is the way. It is God's gift to you.

===True Prayer===

===True Prayer===

1. Prayer is a way offered by the Holy Spirit to reach God. It is not merely a question or an entreaty. It cannot succeed until you realize that it asks for nothing. How else could it serve its purpose? It is impossible to pray for idols and hope to reach God. True prayer must avoid the pitfall of asking to entreat. Ask, rather, to receive what is already given; to accept what is already there.

1. Prayer is a way offered by the Holy Spirit to reach God. It is not merely a question or an entreaty. It cannot succeed until you realize that it asks for nothing. How else could it serve its purpose? It is impossible to pray for idols and hope to reach God. True prayer must avoid the pitfall of asking to entreat. Ask, rather, to receive what is already given; to accept what is already there.