Message from John, in “The Gospel of God’s Love” page 7.
“I heard your prayer, and I know that God’s Love is flowing into your soul, you now have an abundance of it in your possession, of which you are conscious. It will never fail you when you pray with earnestness and real longings for its coming. It is always ready to respond to your aspirations, and to make you feel its presence, and the happiness that comes with it.
“I am your special friend in my work of helping to develop your soul, and whenever you pray to the Father, as you just have, I come to you with my influence to help open up your soul to the inflowing of this love. Have faith, and you will have certainty of the loves presence, and that it is seeking to come into your soul in greater 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, as 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.
“So if you would keep the consciousness of the presence of this love continually alive, pray and pray, whenever the opportunity presents itself. And by this I don’t mean that you shall wait for a time when you are not engaged in your business affairs, but at moments when the mind may be free, even if for a moment, from these business affairs. The longings, if exercised only for a moment will bring their results, for God’s ear is always open, and ready to cause the response 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 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 fuitle are all the prayers of preachers when the soul’s longings are not present.
“Only soul can call to Soul, and Love responds only when such soul calls. Worship from the soul brings into operation the Holy-Spirit which conveys God’s Love.” Amen