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July 9th, 1917.
Received by:James Padgett.
Washington D.C.
I am here, Jesus.
Well, my brother, I see that you are much better than you have
been for some days past, and that you have prayed more to the Father
for the inflowing of His Love, and, as a consequence, have more
of it in your soul, and are in a better condition spiritually and
physically. I should like to finish my message on God tonight, but
I do not think that you are in just the condition necessary to enable
you to receive it, and I think it desirable to postpone it for a
while longer.
You must surely realize the effect of prayer to a greater extent
than ever, because if you had not prayed as you have been doing
for the past few days, you would have found yourself in a great
degree of despondency, as the same cause for creating this despondency
exists now as it existed several days ago when you were so depressed
and worried. Prayer is a wonderful help when offered with the true
longings of the soul and will always find a response, and the benefit
will not be merely spiritual but, as you may say, material as well.
Of course, prayer does not remove the cause of worry and thus relieve
the mortal from worry, but it operates on the mortal's consciousness
in such a way as to remove the effect of this cause of worry on
the feelings and mental conditions of the mortal, and in this way
is the mortal benefited and his prayers responded to. He, as it
were, becomes a new man and ceases to look upon these causes in
the same light that he did before the prayers commenced to bring
their responses. And he in his real self, is a different man from
what he was when in the condition that existed before he prayed.
I am so very glad that you prayed and let your longings go out
to the Father, and tried to have faith in us to help you. We are
helping you, and you will soon realize the result of our work in
securing those things that you desire and consider necessary to
enable you to get rid of your worries and perform our work. Continue
to pray and to have faith in us, and you will not be disappointed
in what we promise, for our promises will be fulfilled in a very
short time.
I have many messages yet to write, and so desire that you get in
condition to receive them properly; and besides myself, there are
many other spirits who want to write upon these truths, that are
so important that the world should know. So, if you continue to
pursue the course that you followed today, you will find a wonderful
improvement in your condition of soul and mind and spirit qualities,
and we will be able to form the required rapport that is necessary
to our properly communicating.
I will not write more tonight. But in closing,
I advise that you continue to pray with all the longings of your
soul, and to believe with all the strength of your mind and you
will develop to a surprising degree in your soul qualities and perceptions
and also in your physical condition and mental strength. I will
say good night.
Your brother and friend,
Jesus
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