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Prayer is a way offered by the Holy Spirit to reach God. |
P-1.I1:1 |
It is a means of communication of the created with the Creator.
Through prayer love is received, and through miracles love is expressed.
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T-1.I.11:2-3 |
"I need do nothing" is a statement of allegiance, a truly undivided loyalty. |
T-18.VII.6:7 |
To do nothing is to rest, and make a place within you
where the activity of the body ceases to demand attention.
Into this place the Holy Spirit comes, and there abides.
He will remain when you forget,
and the body's activities return to occupy your conscious mind.
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T-18.VII.7:7-9 |
Trust Him, for help is His function, and He is of God. |
T-9.V.8:11 |
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As prayer is always for yourself,
so is forgiveness always given you.
It is impossible to forgive another,
for it is only your sins you see in him.
You want to see them there, and not in you.
That is why forgiveness of another is an illusion.
Yet it is the only happy dream in all the world;
the only one that does not lead to death.
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S-2.I.4:1-5 |
The secret of true prayer is to forget the things you think you need. |
S-1.I.4:1 |
It cannot succeed until you realize that it asks for nothing. |
S-1.I.1:3 |
Ask, rather, to receive what is already given; to accept what is already there. |
S-1.I.1:7 |
[Prayer] is a song of thanksgiving for what you are.
Herein lies the power of prayer.
It asks nothing and receives everything.
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S-1.I.7:3-5 |
To pray with one who knows that this is true is to be answered. |
S-1.I.7:7 |
It will come because you have realized that Christ is in both of you. |
S-1.I.7.:10 |
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Forget this world, forget this course,
and come with wholly empty hands unto your God. |
W-189.7:5 |
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