When people pray they often ask a God that they imagine exists outside of themselves, floating up high on some throne, sitting in judgement of their request. Then they start begging, pleading, and making deals with this absentee God for help. This is a big mistake. Let me explain.
First, the Divine Source does not exist outside of you. When you are asking, praying or even using affirmations the key is to realize that the Source you ask is within you, has always been within you, and is probably the one who gave you the desire in the first place. To imagine that God is outside of you creates a lack of connection and forces you to plead and supplicate this God for favors.
Second, when you ask God for help in any way you must be willing to have faith. If you ask without faith it won't matter how hard you pray, how much you pray or what you offer to do in exchange for an answer to your prayers. Your beliefs directly affect what comes into your experience, miracles included! When you beg and plead you are showing a lack of faith in your own Divine soul and your ability to deserve what you are asking for.
When it comes to money most people are hesitant to ask for help. And then when they do they say, "Only enough to get by." And still they feel guilty asking for that much and then begin to bargain with God. "If you could just help me pay my bills this month I promise I will...." And when they pray for the health of another they make all kinds of bargains! Joseph Murphy talks of a man who constantly said he'd give his right arm to see his daughter healed from her ailment and don't you know, in a freak accident the man lost his right arm and his daughter was miraculously healed? True story!
But the main truth is this; God exists within you and your desire for an improved life comes from the Divine Source within you so stop assuming you have to "talk" God into giving in to your prayers. By begging and pleading and bargaining you show a lack of faith in your own miracle. Every miracle begins when faith is given first. First. That is the most important part. Begging only blocks your miracle from coming. To open the way you must open the doors of disbelief within you.
Next, realize that what you ask for, whether money, a solution to debt, a healing, whatever, is easy peasy pudding pie for God to create in the blink of an eye! It may seem impossible to you, it may seem like it will take a long time and a lot of prayers, but for God anything can be accomplished. Do not forget who created you, this world and everything in it! YES! This is God's creation! Our entire Universe, this dimension, this whole world is God's creation and everything in it can be easily manipulated by its own Creator. When we trust in God to do the job we ask for, in faith, we are openly allowing for the manifestion of our desire.
And here is the final truth; All miracles flow THROUGH US! God can not create through you if you have all your inner doors shut tight with the expectation that you haven't done enough, arent' deserving enough, or haven't prayed enough to get your miracle. YOU are the only one who stands in the way of your own miracles. And YOU are the only one who can allow the miracle in.
So, next time you ask for help of any kind,
#1 realize you are perfectly deserving of your request. God knows your desire comes from the Divine Source within and will NEVER stand in the way of your desire.
#2 have faith your request is already in creation by a God who loves you and will always give to you what you expect to receive in perfect faith.
#3 get out of the way of your own request. Open all the channels within you to allow your miracle to flow in through you. God will work through you in amazing ways when you have perfect faith in your receiving. Don't worry about the how, just concentrate on the "allow."
It can be hard to remember that God loves you and wants you to be happy when you live in a world that seems to be better at giving hardships than happiness. Do not make the mistake of assuming that God wants you to struggle or be unhappy. We came to this world to be the creators and God simply sits back and gives us what we expect in perfect faith. Most of us expect the bad over the good thinking we must earn the good by pleasing a God that sits on high. But God does not sit on high, God, or Divine Source, exists in you. That's how loved you are! So next time you ask, ask knowing you are truly, deeply, and unconditionally loved by the One Source. No begging needed.
