Message from John, published in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 7.
“I heard your prayer, and know that God’s Love is flowing into your soul, and that you have a great abundance of it in your possession, of which you are conscious. It will never fail you whan you pray with real soulful longings for its coming. It is always ready to respond to your aspirations, and to make you feel the happiness that comes with it.
“I am your special friend in my work of helping develop your soul, and whenever you pray to the Father, I come to you with my love and influence to help open up your soul to the inflowing of this love. Have faith, and you will have the certainty of the presence of the love, seeking to come into your soul in greter abundance.
“You are blessed in that you have knowledge of the existence of this love, and know that it may be yours if you so will it to be, and pray with the true longings of your soul’s desires. You cannot doubt the truth of what I write, for, in the ordinary things of life, there is nothing so convincing as personal experience, and your experience is such that there has been no room for doubt.
“If you want to keep the consciousness of this love continually alive, pray and pray, whenever the opportunity presents itself. You don’t need to wait for a time when you’re not engaged in your business affairs, but if only for a moment, from these affairs. The longing, if exercised for a moment, will bring their results, for God’s ear is always open, and ready to cause the responses to such longings.
“One moment of true soul-felt longing is more effective than hours of prayer where these longings are not present. The prayer of the lip, or of habit, arises no higher than the escaping breath, and does not cause the love to respond and flow into the soul. Remember this, and then realize how futile are all the prayers of preacher and ostensible worshipers when the soul’s longings and desires are not present.
“Only soul can call to Soul, and love responds only when such soul calls. The desires of the mind do not in the least affect the soul; the soul’s faculties are not activated when only the mind is in operation, and will not effectuate the workings of the holy spirit. Amen