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Book Excerpt: Prayer is the meditational harmonizing of our being with the nature and purpose of God. Prayer is the concreted effort of our whole being to become attuned to the creative Spirit of the Creator. We can pray collectively or individually. It can be done by thought, emotion, and even attitude, in quiet serenity or with boisterous sound and movements. Prayer is very powerful. This power of prayers is often affected by the attitudes we hold---both about the one whom we pray, God; and for whom we prayer, others and ourselves. In relating to God we must have an attitude of faith, For he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that he a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). In relating to others we must express love and forgiveness because God measures back to us the measure we mete out to others, and when we relate ourselves with acceptance and grace we oppose self-hatred, the root if unbelief and lack of forgiveness. These are catalysts for te power of prayer. How deep we can go into God and this power depends on how much we are willing to let go of the wounds and inner pain we harbor either against God, others or ourselves. One prayer which the Lord Jesus taught us to pray commonly is called The Lord's Prayer . This prayer calls us to live as we pray, and to pray as we will live. In other words, our daily thoughts, actions, and beliefs must strive for the same level of attunement with God that we seek in prayer.
