The SECRET to Effective Prayer!
There IS a Secret to effective prayer!
Many of us ‘resort’ to prayer as a last ditch effort to get an answer after all else has failed! Before praying, we first do everything we can think of to ‘fix’ or solve our problem ourselves. The error of this system is that we draw upon our own life experiences (and sometimes those of our partner, family, friends and associates) to discover the answers. However, our experiences and faulty thinking are what got us into this problem or situation in the first place! So using those same thoughts and ideas to get us out is illogical!
The greatest error we make is deciding to pray after all else fails! Now we are coming into prayer with fear and doubt in our hearts and minds…we feel desperate to solve our problem and have our prayers answered. We are sending a message for fear, doubt and lack to our Infinite Being, since we usually pray for something we don’t have or want. And guess what we attract back to ourselves…more fear, doubt and lack!!
The next error we make is thinking…
- “God never listens to my prayers – I’m not good enough.”
- “Prayer doesn’t work”
- “God doesn’t want me to have this…”
- “My prayers are never answered; why bother”
Again, these thoughts are based in doubt, fear and feelings of lack… but THEY ARE NOT TRUE!
What we are doing is negating positive prayer by using negative thinking and we all know… a positive (+) plus a negative (-) equals a neutral (0)…nothing!
Try remembering a time when your prayer WAS answered…recall your state of mind, feelings or emotions while praying. Did you *feel grateful you could pray for something, *have faith your prayers were being heard and answered, *offer your prayers from a place of love in your heart to help someone else?
Can you see now that prayers are answered when they are based in and coming from positive emotions…like desire, faith, love, hope, joy, enthusiasm? NOT from negative feelings of fear, jealousy, anger, superstition, revenge, greed or hate.
Break away from negative thoughts based in fear, doubt and lack.
Resolve right NOW to change your thinking to be only Positive. Turn your negative problem around…Perceive a positive side to the problem…Search for the lesson you can learn from the situation…Look at it as an immediate opportunity for learning and growth.
This is Positive Change!
Be willing to start with just one negative and take baby steps…it’s OK! After all, you didn’t learn to run instantly…it was crawl first, then stand, take shaky steps to build confidence so you could walk without holding on. You practiced walking every day for awhile to master it before you could run!
So be gentle with yourself…STOP criticizing your Self. When you offer your prayers feeling gratitude, you will be amazed what comes back to you!
This IS the Secret to Effective Prayer!
Inspiration for this article came as I read Think and Grow Rich
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