THE ONLY PRAYER
THAT IS NECESSARY
I am here, Jesus;
I merely want to say a
word for the benefit of you and your friend,* and that is that I have listened to your
conversation tonight and find it in accord with the truth and the influence of the Spirit
is with you both. Now continue in your line of thought and in prayer to the Father, and
also in your making known to others whenever the opportunity arises of the importance of
seeking for and getting the divine love.
As your friend said,
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.
Let your prayer be
as follows:
Our Father, who art in
heaven, we recognize:
- That Thou
art--art all holy and loving and merciful, and that we are the children of Thy care, and
not the subservient, sinful and depraved creatures that our false teachers would have us
believe.
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- That we are the
greatest of Thy creations and the most wonderful of all Thy handiworks, and that we are
the objects of Thy great Soul's love and tenderest care.
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- 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--and not
through the sacrifice and death of any one of Thy creatures, even though the world thinks
that one Thy equal and a part of Thy godhead.
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- That Thou will
open up our souls to the inflowing of Thy love, and that then will come Thy Holy Spirit to
bring into our souls, this, Thy 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.
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- 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.
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- 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 withholden from us.
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- 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.
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- We thank Thee for Thy
love and for the possibility 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.
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- We pray thus with
all the earnestness and longings of our soul, and trusting in Thy love give Thee all the
glory and honor and love that our finite souls can give.
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This is the only prayer
that men need send to the Father. It is the only one that appeals to the love of 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.
I am in very great
rapport with you two tonight, and see that the Father's love is with you, and that your
souls are hungry for more.
So my brothers,
continue to pray and have faith, for in the end will come a bestowal of the love like unto
that which came to the apostles at Pentecost.
I will not write more
now. In leaving you I will leave my love and blessings, and the assurance that I pray to
the Father for your happiness and love. Good night.
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Your brother and friend,
Jesus
*Leslie R. Stone
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