Inner Prayer, Immediate Answer
Ezra 8:23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ezra 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
They fasted and prayed to God, and God granted their request. The passage shows that persistent intention and trust invite divine response.
Neville's Inner Vision
Observe that the scene is not about a distant deity moving in space, but about your own state of consciousness responding to the call of I AM. When Ezra’s company fasted and besought, they aligned their inner atmosphere with a settled assumption: the problem exists in consciousness, and its solution is already present in the mind that is aware. The words 'intreated of us' reveal that God answers only when the I AM holds the feeling that what is desired is already done. In Neville's reading, the fast is a revision of inner conditions—turning away from doubt and into trust—so that the inner talk of God becomes your habitual awareness. As you dwell in that state, the outer scene rearranges to match; events appear as if guided from within, not forced from without. Your imagination becomes the channel through which providence travels; your longing is a signal to be kept, not a demand to be pressed.
Practice This Now
Take a 5-minute quiet and assume the end as already accomplished. Feel it real in your I AM, revise any doubt, and let the desired outcome inhabit your inner state.
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