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   1      What are the motives for prayer? Do we pray to
     make ourselves better or to benefit those who hear us,
   3  to enlighten the infinite or to be heard of

    Right
    motives

     men? Are we benefited by praying? Yes,
     the desire which goes forth hungering after righteous-
   6  ness is blessed of our Father, and it does not return
     unto us void.
         God is not moved by the breath of praise to do more
   9  than He has already done, nor can the infinite do less
     than bestow all good, since He is unchang-

    Deity
    unchangeable

     ing wisdom and Love. We can do more for
  12  ourselves by humble fervent petitions, but the All-lov-
     ing does not grant them simply on the ground of lip-
     service, for He already knows all.
  15      Prayer cannot change the Science of being, but it
     tends to bring us into harmony with it. Goodness at-
     tains the demonstration of Truth. A request that
  18  God will save us is not all that is required. The mere
     habit of pleading with the divine Mind, as one pleads
     with a human being, perpetuates the belief in God as
  21  humanly circumscribed,--an error which impedes spirit-
     ual growth.
         God is Love. Can we ask Him to be more? God is
  24  intelligence. Can we inform the infinite Mind of any-
     thing He does not already comprehend?

    God's
    standard

     [[[Do we expect to change perfection? Shall
  27  we plead for more at the open fount, which is pour-
     ing forth more than we accept?]]] The unspoken desire
     does bring us nearer the source of all existence and
  30  blessedness.
         Asking God to be God is a vain repetition. God is
     "the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever;" and

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