Do you notice when watching a game show how excited the contestants are? They come to the stage and you literally see people break out into sobs or kiss each other and jump around expressing joy and stating that they are going to win the prize no matter what it takes. Guess what? The producers have carefully chosen the contestants based on their happy enthusiastic attitude. They do not want a dull lackluster person on stage.

God is the greatest producer in the universe and when you pray you must come to him with the same enthusiasm you would have to get on a game show. You must come to God/ Great Spirit excited knowing that He will hear your prayer and answer it. The prayers of children are extremely powerful. Their faith is pure. They don't doubt for a minute that God is not going to answer their prayers.

Many times when I advise people to pray I hear them say in a very defeated attitude, ?Yeah, I'll do that.? It's as though I'd punished them, and later if I ask did they pray the response is often, ?I hope God heard me.? There's absolutely no exuberance and no belief that the prayer will be answered. This is why some people do not get miracles and those who have impassioned prayers do get miracles.

Get in the game and be enthusiastic. Be a contestant-not a member of the audience!

Scientific prayer

God is the love that upholds the universe?the ocean of life and power that pervades all creation. Through scientific methods of prayer, we can consciously attune ourselves to that Infinite Power, and bring healing to body, mind, and spirit. The methods and principles described here may be used by anyone, regardless of religious affiliation, for they are based not on dogma or belief, but on application of universal laws.

Doubters regard prayer as a vague and ineffective exercise in wishful thinking. The ordinary person resorts to prayer only when in dire trouble and when all other options have failed. True prayer is scientific ? being based on precise laws that govern all creation ? and is a daily necessity for harmonious living.

By the thoughts we habitually entertain and act upon, we create the circumstances in which our life unfolds. Scientific prayer is based on understanding of this truth, and on application of the universal forces of creation: It tunes in with God's thought-patterns of health, harmony, and perfection ? and then uses will power to channel energy to help materialize those patterns.

Prayer is the science by which we can attune the human mind and will to the consciousness and will of God. Through prayer, we form a loving, personal relationship with God, and His response is unfailing.

The Divine responds to all and works for all. Seldom do people realize how often God heeds their prayers. He is not partial to a few, but listens to anyone who approaches Him trustfully. His children should ever have implicit faith in the loving-kindness of their Omnipresent Father.

By patient and persevering application of God's unlimited power, we can, with His love and help, create whatever circumstances we desire, and dissolve difficulties and disease ? not only for ourselves, but for others

Exercise:

Write down a prayer on a small piece of paper and place it inside of a balloon. Blow up the balloon tie it off and release it into the air. As you release it thank God for answering the prayer that's inside the balloon.

Once you have said your prayer you must believe that God heard it. Every day you can thank God for hearing your prayers and answering it. That is faith, believing without seeing.

Prayer Points:

Surrender your problem entirely to God.

Be humble.

Forgive all your enemies.

Have faith. Do not doubt.

Thank God in advance and praise Him.

Pray from the heart. (Enthusiasm)