LIFE AND THE LAW - PRAYER

There is a neat little story about the country church that held a special meeting to pray for rain. And the pastor phoned around to make sure everyone came out. And sure enough, everyone came out. But before they began, the pastor called to a little girl, to come up to the front with him. And he said, “ I thank you for coming. But you didn’t come because you had faith it could rain. You came because I asked you, and I appreciate it. But this little girl is the only one of you who brought an umbrella!”

That’s the Feeling side of treatment – the emotion, the faith that the Lord, the Law, hears you always. That’s where the faith gets added to the intellectual side of life, and you will really feel the presence of God, with you.

Gregg Braden, in his excellent book "The Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer", writes about 'praying rain' rather than 'praying FOR rain'. The FEELING is the prayer, and words are only the tools to achieve the feeling.

Dr. Michael Beckwith, in his book The 40 Day Mind Fast Soul Feast, writes “By actively practicing the Presence of God, the compass of your mind develops the habit of continuously turning in the direction of the Spirit for intuitive guidance, comfort, security, wisdom, joy, peace, truth and love.”