Clean Hands, Clear Prayer
Isaiah 1:15 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse states that prayers are unheard when outward rites are offered while hands are full of blood, signaling a mismatch between what you seek and how you live. It points to repentance and aligning inner life with justice.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved, this Isaiah 1:15 speaks to the state you are in. The I AM within you is not a distant judge but your own awareness. When you lift many prayers while your inner hands are stained by violence—by thought, word, or deed—you block hearing because you refuse to align your life with the very justice you seek. The eyes that God hides are the inner sight that notes your contradictions; until you cleanse the inner climate, prayers go unheard. Yet you do not abandon prayer by facing truth; you revise the state by assuming a new identity: a life lived in mercy, integrity, and clear conscience. Imagine the end you desire as already real, feel it as if here and now, and let that feel-it-real revise your memory of self. The I AM will respond to a consciousness that respects life because imagination creates reality. Turn from blame to responsibility, and the world will move in harmony with your inner turning.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: declare a new state—'I am clean of violence and heard by the I AM'—and feel it saturate your being for several breaths. Then go about your day living from that state, letting actions and prayers align.
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