The Simple Prayer

The spiritual principle behind prayer is very simple. First, we do not pray to get God to act. God is already active. How am I interacting with God? This is the question. When we pray, we have a switch that turns on and off. We turn the switch to 'off' with negative doubts and fears. We turn the switch to 'on' for the greater good we desire. God does the rest.

This may sound over-simplistic but consider the alternatives. Either God is so busy that He didn’t notice you were having a problem, or you’re just getting another lesson on something you didn’t learn the first time. I’m sure we’ve all been down both these roads, so we don’t need to go down them again.

Prayer is an attitude adjustment. If we’re saying yes to worry and to a whole train of negative imagery, we start saying no to these things instead. We say yes to that feeling that things are working for the best and highest. How do we say yes to an answer we cannot yet see? Faith. We ask how we would feel if our problem was solved, then we do our best to embrace that feeling. We feel happy, free, creative, fearless. This is what we want so this is the switch we turn on. The moment the negativity creeps back in, we say no. By saying no, we are committed to releasing the negative energy and all its implications. We begin in this very moment to have a better experience.

Prayer does not free us from worry. Worry can be considered a prayer. But our energy is turned in the wrong direction. We are visualizing something we don’t want, and we’re pouring our faith into it. So, let’s turn it around. Let’s focus on what we do want and pour our faith into that. Turn your prayer from an unconscious response to a negative appearance to a conscious, positive and proactive response to the level of experience you really want. Whether you are praying for healing, prosperity, harmony, or guidance, stop asking God to get busy. Affirm that the divine wisdom of God is working in and through you to bring about the best and highest for all.

This is the simple prayer, and it’s really the only prayer you will ever need.