Intercession And Inner Mercy
Acts 8:24 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Simon asks the apostles to pray for him that none of the things spoken would come upon him. It shows a fear-driven urge to escape consequences by external intercession.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through Neville's lens, this moment reveals a state of consciousness seeking relief from its effects rather than a turn inward to the one power within. 'Pray ye to the LORD for me' is not evidence of piety directed outward, but a cleaving to a belief that mercy comes through another’s petition. In Neville's terms, the Lord is the I AM that you are aware of, the living consciousness that renders every imagined consequence as living reality. To beg for intercession is to surrender responsibility to the seen and to treat words as external forces that bend fate. The desire 'that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me' signals a habit of identifying with the effects of inner pictures—fear, judgment, loss—rather than the cause, which is the state of the mind. The remedy is not to seek others’ prayers but to revise the assumption you hold about yourself and the events you fear, to feel the truth that your awareness is unchanging and that mercy flows from within. When you accept the I AM as your only governor, you stop projecting blame outward and begin to experience the liberty of your own creative dominion.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, assume the I AM is governing your inner kingdom, and revise the fear that its spoken words could bind you; silently declare, 'I am the I AM, free now from all imagined consequences, and I feel mercy as my reality.'
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