The human being in general, continues to remember to pray when he is beset by problems or a sorrow afflicts him, but he has forgotten to pray and thank God for how much he has and when he is happy, God is little present in his daily life and that is why the bewilderment of his existence and that evil division between spirituality and his material life "Jesus lamented the fact that so little spirit of gratitude was found in the prayers and worship of his followers."
“Prayer can be a spontaneous expression of God's conscience, or a meaningless recitation of theological formulas. It may be the static praise of the knowing soul of God or the slave obedience of a mortal dominated by fear. It is sometimes a pathetic expression of spiritual desire and sometimes the blatant cry of pious phrases. Prayer can be joyful praise or humble plea for forgiveness. ”
“Many resort to prayer only when they are troubled. It is a deceptive and thoughtless practice. Yes, you do well to pray when something distresses you, but you must also, as a child, speak with the Father when your soul is serene. May all your sincere supplications always be secret, do not let men listen to your personal prayers. Prayers expressing gratitude are appropriate for groups of worshipers, but prayer of the soul is a personal matter. There is but one form of prayer that is appropriate for all the children of God and is: "in spite of everything, may your will be made Lord"
The ideal is that prayer should always be, not a monologue to ask, but rather that it be a dialogue that reflects "the attitude of the soul, in its conscious relations with its Creator. 1603" "Jesus taught his followers that, afterwards to raise their prayers to the Father, they would remain in quiet receptivity for a time, thus offering the resident Spirit a better opportunity to speak to the soul willing to listen. ”for“ prayer is the breath of the soul and should lead you to persist in your attempt of knowing the will of the Father. and live according to her.
“Prayer is an entirely personal and spontaneous expression of the attitude of the soul towards the spirit, prayer must be the communion of filiation and the experience of brotherhood. Prayer dictated by the spirit leads to the progress of the cooperative spiritual life. Ideal prayer is a form of spiritual communion that leads to intelligent worship. ”Always bearing in mind that“ worship is the technique of seeking in the One, the inspiration to serve many. ”Cannot remain only in the intellectual field or emotional.
“When you are totally dedicated to doing the will of the Father in heaven, you will receive the answer to all your supplications, because you will pray in total and full agreement with the will of the Father and the will of the Father, it will manifest itself forever in all its vast universe . What the true son desires and what is the will of the infinite Father becomes reality. Such a prayer cannot remain unanswered and there is no other type of supplication that can be fully answered. ”But we must bear in mind that God's time is very different from ours and that his vision of what is best for us may differ from what we are looking forward to, but then is when our trust and love must prevail and "put our tomorrow in the hands of our Father and learn to be content whatever our situation. 1336" refugees in our faith and perseverance, also remembering that everything, absolutely Everything has a gestation period and you have to know how to give time to time, because "prayer cannot be used to avoid the postponements of time or to transcend the obstacles of space."
“If perseverance wins the favor of a mere mortal, imagine how much more your perseverance in the spirit will win, the bread of life in the generous hands of the Father of heaven. Again I tell you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. Because he who asks receives, he who seeks finds and he who knocks the door of salvation will open the door. Your perseverance is not to win the favor of God, but it will change your earthly attitude and expand your soul's ability to receive the spirit. "Because" revelation must always be limited to man's ability to receive it. "
“Prayer can be the childish plea for the impossible, or the mature plea for moral growth and spiritual power. The request can be for the daily bread or for the sincere desire to find God and do his will. It can be a totally selfish request or a true and magnificent gesture towards the realization of the altruistic fraternity. "Everything will depend on the evolutionary degree that the person has and on their free will, because" "the prayer is intended to make man think less and understand more. It is not made to increase knowledge, but rather to broaden discernment ”“ Prayer contributes greatly to the development of the religious feeling of an evolving human mind. It is a powerful influence that acts to prevent personality isolation ”because“ isolation tends to deplete the soul's energy load, so association with peers is essential to maintain the enthusiasm for life and indisense for evolution itself, because fear, envy and pride can only be prevented by intimate contact with other minds.
In order for it to be effective, the prayer must be accompanied by the action because, just as it is not enough for the air currents to be ascending, the bird cannot fly to Unless it spreads its wings, we won't get what we want if we don't put all our effort and dedication to achieve it. Do not be lazy enough to ask God to solve your difficulties, but do not hesitate to ask him for wisdom and spiritual strength to guide you and sustain you while attacking with resolution and courage the problems that afflict you. Prayer should never prostitute itself, to the point of becoming a substitute for action. Every ethical prayer is a stimulus to action and progressive guidance to obtain the idealistic goals of attaining the higher self.
Prayer is not an escape escaping technique but rather to grow, when faced with the conflict itself. Pray so only for values, not for things, for growth, not for gratification. Prayer elevates man, because it is a technique of progressing through the use of the ascending spiritual currents of the universe. Genuine prayer increases spiritual growth, modifies attitudes and produces that satisfaction that comes from communion with divinity. It is a spontaneous explosion of the conscience of God The most true prayer, is actually a communion between man and his Maker and that Jesus was particularly against praying in public. He taught the twelve, that they should always pray in secret, that they should walk away alone, in the serenity of nature or lock themselves in their rooms to pray
We must pray with our own words and feelings, because Jes s warned his followers that the prayers would not become more effective through elegant repetitions, an eloquent phraseology, neither by fasting, penance or sacrifices. He exhorted his believers to use prayer as a means to reach true worship, through thanksgiving. and intimate communion with God, but knowing that only an individual with a child spirit can think of trying to persuade or presume to change God, but if he can change our perspective of addressing the problems that afflict us, a reminder that, although prayer does not change God, very often it makes great and lasting changes in which he prays with faith and confidence. Prayer has been the ancestor of much peace of mind, joy, calm, courage, self-control and justice among men and women of the evolving races.
The Master did not fully approve the practice of pronouncing established and formal prayers ”because“ prayer is the technique by which, sooner or later, every religion becomes institutionalized and eventually associates with numerous secondary agencies, such as priests, sacred books, worship rites and ceremonies ”the medium is taken as an end, thus distorting true prayer transforming it into a rite.
Our prayers must also be consistent with reality, it is not possible to go to the moon by bicycle because of that ”Jesus never taught that specific human knowledge and arts could be obtained through prayer. But he did teach that prayer helps to expand the capacity of being, to receive the presence of the divine spirit. When Jesus taught his associates to pray in the spirit and in the truth, he explained that that meant praying with sincerity and according to the clarification of each one, praying wholeheartedly, with intelligence, with honesty and with constancy. ”
“When you pray for the sick and the afflicted, do not expect your supplication to replace the loving and intelligent care that these afflicted beings need. Pray for the welfare of family, friends and colleagues, but especially for those who curse you and make pleas for lovers who persecute you. But I won't tell you when you should pray. Only the spirit that dwells within you can urge you to pronounce the supplications that best express your intimate relationship with the Father of the spirits ”because as long as we volitionally open the channel of communication with God. “The constant stream of divine ministry to the creatures of the worlds, is immediately available. When man hears the words of the spirit of God within the heart, there is inherent in this experience the fact that God simultaneously hears man's plea. ”
Based on the teachings of the Urantia Book.
I share something that just came to me "by chance" and that sums up very well what I have tried to tell you about prayer, it belongs to Martha Snell and says:
Sometimes I don't pray with words
I take my heart in my hands
and I lift him to the Lord
Sometimes I don't pray with words
My spirit prostrates at His feet
and with His hand over my head
We communicate in sweet silence
Sometimes I don't pray with words
Well, I'm tired and I want to rest
and my heart finds everything it craves
resting on the sweet lap of Jesus.
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