through prayer and thanksgiving of Jesus, increased sufficiently to feed five thousand people.

All causes that bring about permanent results originate in Spirit. Spirituality, faith, and love are God-given faculties. When we are raised in consciousness to their plane they act naturally under a spiritual law that we may not comprehend. If we make proper connection with Divine Mind in the kingdom of heaven within us, the Father will surely answer our prayers. No good thing will He withhold from us if we comply with the law.

We all need a better understanding of the nature of God if we are to comply with the laws under which He creates. We must begin by knowing that "God is Spirit." Spirit is everywhere--the breath of life and the knowing quality of mind active in and through all. The highest form of prayer is to open our mind and quietly realize that the one omnipresent intelligence knows our thoughts and instantly answers, even before we have audibly expressed our desires.

This being true, we should ask and at the same time give thanks that we have already received. Jesus expressed this idea. When we think or silently speak in the all-potential substance of Spirit, there is always an unfailing effect.