Prayer is, I believe, essential in every life. It is not merely essential to what has been called the salvation of the soul, because the soul is never lost, but it is essential to the well-being of each person.

Each of us needs to find within ourselves a sense of oneness with God, a sense of self-realization and inner security, and so achieve the “peace that passes all understanding.” As St. Augustine said, “Our hearts are ever restless, till they find repose in Thee.”

The key is in a deeper, spiritual insight into prayer. Emerson said, “Prayer is a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unbound infinite.”

The Starting Point of Prayer

God is not a person to whom we pray, but a process by which we live. God is present as a Presence right where we are. God is inherent in everything we seek, and is in the inner urge by which we seek it.

Relax and let go, and rest in the realization that you are the living and loving Presence of God expressing as you.

I have found it helpful to use the words “Be still and know that I am God” as I slowly and silently repeat the words to myself in a meditative process. I gently drop off one word each time, like this: “Be still and know that I am,” “Be still and know that I,” etc., finishing up with “Be still” and then simply “Be.” This point of oneness is the starting point of prayer. There is no one to reach for, no outer source to receive help from. You pray, then, not to God, but from a consciousness of God.

In this process there must be but one thing kept in mind; the thought of the individual and God drawing nearer and nearer together. This must be clear-cut in the thought. Any belief in separation, any thought of doubt, must be kept out of mind.

Whatever or whoever you are praying for; remember this is the first step. Lay aside your concern and dwell in the consciousness of Oneness. Then you are ready to pray.

Easy Prayer

Frank B. Whitney, the founder, developer, and first editor of the Unity magazine Daily Word, suggests this consciousness of oneness and simple knowingness in his poem Easy Prayer:

Does the child that’s calling “Father”
Need to think what to say?
Does the flower in need of sunning
Have to wonder where to turn?
Does the child at Mother’s breast
Need to query, “Is she near?”
Is the child just simply praying
In its own instinctive way?

Simple is such way of prayer:
Knowing that we need not question,
Sensing God as ever near,
Feeling that He cares and loves us.
Easy is this thing called prayer:
Thinking God is close at hand,
Simply loving, simply trusting.
God made prayer an easy thing.

The Prayer that Never Fails

It is important that we study, read Truth ideas, and seek to condition our consciousness. But finally we must, as Revelation says, “make an end to prayer,” and accept.

In Genesis we read: “And God said, ‘Let there be light;’ and there was light.” It doesn’t say “There must be . . .,” or “There shall be . . .,” or “Please, God, make there be . . .” It simply says, “Let there be . . .” “‘Let there be light;’ and there was light.” This may be the easiest and most effective of prayers.

For instance, if there is a health need, what better way is there to do this than to say, “Let there be health.” Just relax and, in receptivity to the everywhere present life of Spirit, let health take possession. This is spiritual healing in its simplest and purest form.”

Perhaps finances are a source of anxiety? Then let go! Fill your mind with the spiritual concept of prosperity. Declare with confidence: “Let there be limitless supply.” Don’t even think that you wish there would be, or you think there ought to be, but just “Let there be . . .”

Get into your consciousness that what you desire, God desires for you. It is part of the Infinite creative intention for you. Say “Let there be . . .”

This is the prayer that never fails.

Remember, God is Blessing You Right Now!

Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham

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