Prayer 07.08.15

Prayer

I’m a prayer chaplain at my church and recently 24 of us attended a two-day prayer class.

Unity teaches a five-step prayer process:

Relax – Set aside time for prayer.  Begin your quiet time by relaxing your body and opening your mind to an awareness of God.  Breathe deeply, knowing you are in the presence of God and the presence of God is within you.

Concentrate – As you close your eyes and release any thought of the world around you, begin to think of God…about God’s presence in your life. Focus your mind on a single prayer thought.

Meditate – Allow this focused state of mind to move you into a deeper awareness of God.  “Be still…and know that I am God.”  Be still and connect with the divine presence within you.

Realize – From the depth of your being, know that you are one with God.  This knowing, this realization as you experience God’s holy presence is “silent soul communion.”  In this receptive state of mind and heart, listen for the inspiration of God.

Give Thanks – Let gratitude be your heart’s joyous response to this experience of communion with God and with God’s infinite goodness.  Give thanks for blessings to come, ready to receive your good.

Use affirmations such as:

I experience abundance in all areas of my life.

I rest in the assurance that God is working for good in all areas of my life.

I am completely and totally healed on every level of my being:  body, mind, and soul.

I am open and receptive to…

To recap:

Acknowledge God’s Presence

Affirm the Request

Express Gratitude to God and Acknowledge the Christ Presence Within

Unity has a wonderful prayer ministry available to all.

You can call Silent Unity 1-800-NOW PRAY (669-7729) they will pray with you on the phone

or online at www.unity.org/prayer/request-prayer.

From Rev. Paul Hasselbeck

Affirmative Prayer is:

“…the spiritual activity in which we enter into conscious remembering of our oneness with God.  In an attitude of gratitude and love, affirmative prayer celebrates our oneness with God.  It is not praying to God.  Affirmative prayer is praying from the consciousness of God, knowing, realizing, and claiming what is already true at the level of God-Mind.”

God blesses you and yours this day and every day, Keith