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December 2nd, 1916.
Received by:James Padgett.
Washington D.C.
"The only prayer that is necessary is the
prayer for the inflowing of this love; all other forms, or real
aspirations, of prayer are secondary, and of themselves, will not
tend to produce this love in the souls of men.
This is the only prayer that men need offer to
the Father. It is the only one that appeals to the Father, and with
the answer, which will surely come, will come all the blessings
that men may need, and which the Father sees are for the good of
His creatures.
So, my brothers, continue to pray and have faith,
and in the end will come a bestowal of the love like unto that which
came to the Apostles at Pentecost.
I will leave my love and blessings and the assurance
that i pray to the Father for your happiness and love."
Your brother and friend,
Jesus.
Our Father, who art in heaven, we recognize that
Thou art all holy and loving and merciful, and that we are Thy children
and not the subservient, sinful and depraved creatures that our
false teachers would have us believe. That we are the greatest of
Thy creation and the most wonderful of all Thy handiworks, and that
we are the objects of Thy great Soul's love and tenderest care.
That Thy will is that we become at one with Thee
and partake of Thy great love which Thou hast bestowed upon us through
Thy mercy and desire that we become, in truth, *Thy children, through
love not through the sacrifice and death of any one of Thy creatures.
We pray that Thou will open up our souls to the inflowing of Thy
love, and that then may come Thy Holy Spirit to bring into our souls
this, Thy Divine Love in great abundance, until our souls may be
transformed into the very essence of Thyself; and that there may
come to us faith--such faith as will cause us to realize that we
are truly Thy children and that we are one with Thee in very substance
and not in image only.
Let us have such faith as will cause us to know
that Thou art our Father and the bestower of every good and perfect
gift, and that only we, ourselves, can prevent Thy love changing
us from the mortal to the immortal.
Let us never cease to realize that Thy love is waiting for each
and all of us, and that when we come to Thee with faith and earnest
aspirations, Thy love will never be with-holden from us.
Keep us in the shadow of Thy love every hour and moment of our lives, and help us to overcome all temptations of the flesh and the influence of the powers of the evil ones who so constantly surround us and endeavor to turn our thoughts away from Thee to the pleasures and allurements of this world.
We thank Thee for Thy love and for the privilege of receiving it,
and believe that Thou art our Father--the loving Father who smiles
upon us in our weakness, and is always ready to help us and take
us to Thy arms of love.
We pray thus with all the earnestness and longings of our souls,
and trusting in Thy love, give Thee all the glory and honor and
love that our finite souls can give.
Correction made by Jesus on Rosh Hashana - Sept.
26, 1965.
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