Answered Prayers

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Prayer Is a Demand of the Soul

 

Prayer is a demand of the soul. God did not make us beggars; He created us in

His image. The Hindu scriptures and the Bible declare it. A beggar who goes to a

rich home and asks for alms receives a beggar's share, but the son can have

anything he asks from his wealthy father. Therefore we should not behave like

beggars. Divine ones such as Krishna, Christ, and Buddha did not lie when they

said we are made in the image of God.

 

Yet we see that some people have everything, seemingly born with a silver spoon

in their mouth, whereas others seem to attract failure and troubles. Where is

the image of God in them? The power of Spirit lies within each one of us; the

question is how to develop it. If you will follow the lesson in my experiences

with God, you are bound to find the result you are seeking. In the past you may

have been disappointed that your prayers were not answered. But do not lose

faith. In order to find out if prayers work or not, you must have in your mind

an initial belief in the power of prayer.

 

Your prayers may have gone unanswered because you chose to be a beggar. Also,

you should know what you may legitimately ask of your Heavenly Father. You may

pray with all your heart and power to own the earth, but your prayer will not be

granted, because all prayers connected with material life are limited; they have

to be. God will not break His laws to satisfy whimsical desires. But there is

aright way to pray.The cat is said to have nine lives; difficulties have

ninety-nine! You have to find the one sure way of killing the cat of

difficulties. The secret of effective prayer is to change your status from

beggar to child of God; when you appeal to Him from that consciousness, your

prayer will have both power and wisdom.

 

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