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144:4.1 For days after the [[discourse]] on [[prayer]] [[the apostles]] continued to ask [[the Master]] questions regarding this all-important and [[worshipful]] [[practice]]. [[Jesus]]' instruction to [[the apostles]] during these days, regarding [[prayer]] and [[worship]], may be summarized and restated in [[modern]] phraseology as follows:
144:4.2 The [[earnest]] and longing [[repetition]] of any [[petition]], when such a [[prayer]] is the [[sincere]] [[expression]] of a child of [[God]] and is uttered in [[faith]], no matter how ill-advised or impossible of direct answer, never fails to expand the [[soul]]' s [[capacity]] for [[spiritual]] [[receptivity]].
144:4.3 In all [[praying]], remember that sonship is a [[gift]]. No [[child]] has aught to do with [[earning]] the [[status]] of son or daughter. The [[earth]] [[child]] comes into [[being]] by the [[Free will|will]] of its [[parents]]. Even so, the [[child]] of [[God]] comes into [[grace]] and the new life of the spirit by the will of [[the Father]] in heaven. Therefore must [[the kingdom]] of heaven— divine sonship—be received as by a little child. You earn [[righteousness]]—[[progressive]] [[character]] [[development]]—but you receive sonship by [[grace]] and through [[faith]].
144:4.4 [[Prayer]] led [[Jesus]] up to the supercommunion of his [[soul]] with the [[Supreme Rulers]] of the [[universe of universes]]. [[Prayer]] will lead the [[mortals]] of [[earth]] up to the [[communion]] of true [[worship]]. The [[soul]]'s [[spiritual]] [[capacity]] for [[receptivity]] determines the [[quantity]] of heavenly [[blessings]] which can be personally appropriated and consciously [[realized]] as an answer to [[prayer]].
144:4.5 [[Prayer]] and its associated [[worship]] is a [[technique]] of detachment from the daily routine of life, from the monotonous grind of [[material]] [[existence]]. It is an avenue of approach to spiritualized [[self-realization]] and individuality of [[intellectual]] and [[religious]] [[attainment]].
144:4.6 [[Prayer]] is an [[antidote]] for harmful [[introspection]]. At least, [[prayer]] as [[the Master]] taught it is such a beneficent [[ministry]] to the [[soul]]. [[Jesus]] consistently employed the beneficial [[influence]] of [[praying]] for one's fellows. [[The Master]] usually [[prayed]] in the plural, not in the singular. Only in the great [[crises]] of his [[earth]] life did [[Jesus]] ever pray for himself.
144:4.7 [[Prayer]] is the [[breath]] of the [[spirit]] life in the midst of the [[material]] [[civilization]] of the races of [[mankind]]. [[Worship]] is [[salvation]] for the [[pleasure]]-seeking [[generations]] of [[mortals]].
144:4.8 As [[prayer]] may be likened to recharging the [[spiritual]] batteries of the [[soul]], so [[worship]] may be [[compared]] to the [[act]] of [[tuning]] in the [[soul]] to catch the [[universe broadcasts]] of the [[Infinite Spirit|infinite spirit]] of the [[Universal Father]].
144:4.9 [[Prayer]] is the [[sincere]] and longing look of the [[child]] to its spirit [[Father]]; it is a [[psychologic]] [[process]] of exchanging the [[human]] will for the [[divine]] will. [[Prayer]] is a part of the divine [[plan]] for making over that which is into that which ought to be.
144:4.10 One of the reasons why [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], who so often accompanied [[Jesus]] on his long night [[vigil]]s, never heard [[Jesus]] pray, was because [[the Master|their Master]] so rarely uttered his [[prayers]] as [[spoken]] [[words]]. Practically all of [[Jesus]]' praying was done in the spirit and in the [[heart]]—[[silently]].
144:4.11 Of all [[the apostles]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[James, the Apostle|James]] came the nearest to [[comprehending]][[ the Master]]'s teaching about [[prayer]] and [[worship]].
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[[Category:Paper 144 - At Gilboa and in the Decapolis]]
144:4.1 For days after the [[discourse]] on [[prayer]] [[the apostles]] continued to ask [[the Master]] questions regarding this all-important and [[worshipful]] [[practice]]. [[Jesus]]' instruction to [[the apostles]] during these days, regarding [[prayer]] and [[worship]], may be summarized and restated in [[modern]] phraseology as follows:
144:4.2 The [[earnest]] and longing [[repetition]] of any [[petition]], when such a [[prayer]] is the [[sincere]] [[expression]] of a child of [[God]] and is uttered in [[faith]], no matter how ill-advised or impossible of direct answer, never fails to expand the [[soul]]' s [[capacity]] for [[spiritual]] [[receptivity]].
144:4.3 In all [[praying]], remember that sonship is a [[gift]]. No [[child]] has aught to do with [[earning]] the [[status]] of son or daughter. The [[earth]] [[child]] comes into [[being]] by the [[Free will|will]] of its [[parents]]. Even so, the [[child]] of [[God]] comes into [[grace]] and the new life of the spirit by the will of [[the Father]] in heaven. Therefore must [[the kingdom]] of heaven— divine sonship—be received as by a little child. You earn [[righteousness]]—[[progressive]] [[character]] [[development]]—but you receive sonship by [[grace]] and through [[faith]].
144:4.4 [[Prayer]] led [[Jesus]] up to the supercommunion of his [[soul]] with the [[Supreme Rulers]] of the [[universe of universes]]. [[Prayer]] will lead the [[mortals]] of [[earth]] up to the [[communion]] of true [[worship]]. The [[soul]]'s [[spiritual]] [[capacity]] for [[receptivity]] determines the [[quantity]] of heavenly [[blessings]] which can be personally appropriated and consciously [[realized]] as an answer to [[prayer]].
144:4.5 [[Prayer]] and its associated [[worship]] is a [[technique]] of detachment from the daily routine of life, from the monotonous grind of [[material]] [[existence]]. It is an avenue of approach to spiritualized [[self-realization]] and individuality of [[intellectual]] and [[religious]] [[attainment]].
144:4.6 [[Prayer]] is an [[antidote]] for harmful [[introspection]]. At least, [[prayer]] as [[the Master]] taught it is such a beneficent [[ministry]] to the [[soul]]. [[Jesus]] consistently employed the beneficial [[influence]] of [[praying]] for one's fellows. [[The Master]] usually [[prayed]] in the plural, not in the singular. Only in the great [[crises]] of his [[earth]] life did [[Jesus]] ever pray for himself.
144:4.7 [[Prayer]] is the [[breath]] of the [[spirit]] life in the midst of the [[material]] [[civilization]] of the races of [[mankind]]. [[Worship]] is [[salvation]] for the [[pleasure]]-seeking [[generations]] of [[mortals]].
144:4.8 As [[prayer]] may be likened to recharging the [[spiritual]] batteries of the [[soul]], so [[worship]] may be [[compared]] to the [[act]] of [[tuning]] in the [[soul]] to catch the [[universe broadcasts]] of the [[Infinite Spirit|infinite spirit]] of the [[Universal Father]].
144:4.9 [[Prayer]] is the [[sincere]] and longing look of the [[child]] to its spirit [[Father]]; it is a [[psychologic]] [[process]] of exchanging the [[human]] will for the [[divine]] will. [[Prayer]] is a part of the divine [[plan]] for making over that which is into that which ought to be.
144:4.10 One of the reasons why [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], who so often accompanied [[Jesus]] on his long night [[vigil]]s, never heard [[Jesus]] pray, was because [[the Master|their Master]] so rarely uttered his [[prayers]] as [[spoken]] [[words]]. Practically all of [[Jesus]]' praying was done in the spirit and in the [[heart]]—[[silently]].
144:4.11 Of all [[the apostles]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[James, the Apostle|James]] came the nearest to [[comprehending]][[ the Master]]'s teaching about [[prayer]] and [[worship]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_144 Go to Paper 144]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 144 - At Gilboa and in the Decapolis]]
