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Jesus' prayer at the tomb of Lazarus, before he had
called upon him to come forth from the dead, should be
ours in all that we desire: "Father, I thank Thee, that
Thou hast heard me, and I know that Thou hearest me
always."
It is also written. "If we know that he heareth us, we
also know that we have the petitions that we desired of
Him." -- I Jno. 5:15. When we know that He "heareth
us always," we will joyfully declare this, as Jesus did,
rather than plead, as of old; "Hear our prayer, good
Lord." Our manner of praying will be, then, according
to our understanding of God, and man's relation to God.
While we believe in God as a Great Personality,
seated in some far off heaven, arbitrary in will and purpose, swayed by man's pleadings, moved by his desires,
sending good gifts as a reward, withholding good as a
punishment, we will send up our petitions and pleadings
without cessation.
When we know God as Changeless Power and Presence, always Love, forever Good, Eternal Fulness,
"Without shadow of turning," filling full heaven and
earth; that the kingdom of All Good is within us; that
this Infinite Good-Presence does not change, because it
is always Perfection; does not make special gifts, but forever gives all to all; then we pray according to this
knowledge.
We know that every good thing is ready and waiting
for us to accept with loving gratitude; that in the "Son"
we are heirs to this All-good, everpresent. We hear
Spirit saying to Its Own Begotten in us."Son, all that I have is thine;" and we answer. "All mine are thine, and
all thine are mine." Blindness - ignorance only - has
kept us from receiving all good; we have not seen.
It is written, (Fer. 17:5-8), "Cursed be the man that
