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How Should We Then Pray?

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How should we then pray?

Many religions offer prayers of one form or another. Many religions offer guidelines as to how to pray. The New Message is no exception. One error that the New Message rebukes is the idea of praying for every preference.

How should we then pray?

“They want God to provide so many things for them without asking anything in return. They do not want their lives to be directed or impacted or restrained. But they want God to do so many things for them, as if God were a kind of servant, an errand boy [emphasis mine] for the shifting desires of the individual.” (Volume 4, The New God Experience, Experiencing God, Verse 2)

How should we then pray? Many religions direct their students to pray to the Lord of the universe, the Creator of all life. But if God is the Creator of a billion billion billion races and more, don’t my prayers have to “go through channels?” Is God micromanaging my life? The New Message says “No.”

“God is not micromanaging your affairs, and changing the climate, and bringing about catastrophe and good fortune. This is something that is just living in the process of life—a process that was initiated at the beginning of time. In this, there is no conflict or contradiction between Creation and the evolutionary process.” (Volume 1, The Time of Revelation, God’s Plan for the World, Verse 8)

How should we then pray? I never pray for individuals or events on other worlds. But what about individuals and events in this world? Should I strengthen particular outcomes? Oscar Wilde observed that when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. Maybe I should limit my prayers to giving strength of character and strength of faculty of mind. Such a prayer will never be punished.

“You will have a special practice two times today where you are to think of someone in need and then give them a quality that you wish to receive yourself. Send that individual that quality. Send them love or strength or faith or encouragement or determination or surrender or acceptance or self-discipline—whatever they need to bring about resolution in their lives.” (Volume 3, Steps to Knowledge, Step 121 “Today I am free to give.”, Verse 2)

How should we then pray? I pray that my prayers may be launched and guided by Knowledge, the deeper spiritual intelligence that God has placed in every person. I pray that my prayers my be of noble intent. And to the extent that they are, I pray that they are prayed and shared by other people. I pray that they become part of the culture around me, and part of the culture beyond my awareness.

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Welcome to Mystery of Ascension! We are students and advocates of the the New Message from God. We are members of a worldwide community. We seek to assist the world in successfully navigating difficult times ahead. We seek to assist the world in successfully emerging into a greater community of intelligent life. You will also find some poetry. Find out more about us here. Contact us here.

Did You Imagine This Eleven Years Ago?

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The revelation “God’s Plan for the World,” a small portion of the New Message from God, was made public on June 20. Marshall Vian Summers received this revelation on March 26, 2011 in Boulder, Colorado. There are 800 of these revelations, of which 400 have been made public. The Society for the New Message from God is releasing a new revelation to the public every two weeks. Therefore, at this rate, the entire New Message from God will be available to the public in slightly over fifteen years. This revelation will appear in the forthcoming book “The Time of Revelation.“

Did you imagine this eleven years ago?

Did you imagine this eleven years ago?

This revelation made certain predictions about the future. I mention the date that this revelation was received so that you could examine it in that context. You can see how well the predictions made in this revelation hold up. This revelation put it’s predictions on display by repeatedly using the word “Increasingly.”

Increasingly, you will see that one nation alone cannot be successful if others fail.

Increasingly, you will see that one religion alone cannot meet and speak to the needs of humanity.

Increasingly, you will see that crisis in one nation will affect the well-being and the prosperity of other nations.

Increasingly, you will see that the environment is disrupted and that violent weather and the changing of the world’s climate will have an increasingly destructive effect upon humanity’s ability to feed and care for itself.

Increasingly, you will see discord and financial instability and corruption arising in the corridors of power.

Increasingly, you will see the consequences of human irresponsibility.

Increasingly, you will see that war cannot be an option, for it destroys the infrastructure and the resources, which will be so difficult to replace in the future.

Increasingly, you will see that people need the same things and that the world is limited in what it can provide.

Increasingly, you will see the limits of technology and what happens when technology fails and how that affects the lives of so many people.

Increasingly, you will see that it must be human courage, human determination and human cooperation that will make all the difference in the end.

Did you imagine this eleven years ago? I did not. I read the book “The Great Waves of Change” 12 years ago. It spoke of how we face an increasingly difficult world. I thought its predictions of climate disruption, resource depletion, and increasing political instability were something for the more distant future. I was mistaken. All I know is that I must cultivate my ability to follow Knowledge, the deeper spiritual intelligence that God has placed in every person. All I know is that I must be noble and strong, inspired and determined. All I know is that I must do whatever I can to help others be noble and strong, inspired and determined.

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Welcome to Mystery of Ascension! We are students and advocates of the the New Message from God. We are members of a worldwide community. We seek to assist the world in successfully navigating difficult times ahead. We seek to assist the world in successfully emerging into a greater community of intelligent life. You will also find some poetry. Find out more about us here. Contact us here.