Assured Inner Prayer
Jeremiah 42:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 42 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jeremiah tells the people he has heard them and will pray to the LORD according to their words; he promises to declare whatever answer comes and to keep nothing back.
Neville's Inner Vision
Jeremiah's voice here is your inner I AM speaking through the prophet. 'I have heard you' is the inward acknowledgment of your own desire. 'I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words' invites you to pray with the exact assumption you have spoken, not by doubt but by alignment with your spoken desire. The LORD's answer is the inner impression that answers your petition; 'I will declare it unto you' means you must acknowledge it in thought and speech until it becomes your outer reality. 'I will keep nothing back from you' asks you to release your whole state—the longing, the fear, the faith—so nothing is hidden from the subconscious. Prayer becomes a practice of assuming the truth already present; when you align with the words you have spoken, you enter a state in which the answer must appear, for the I AM cannot contradict your conscious assumption. Practice this by repeating your desire in the first-person present and by feeling the fulfilled result as if it were already true.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly and state your present desire as already granted; affirm to your inner I AM, 'I have heard you; I will pray to the LORD my God according to my words.' Then hold the feeling of the answer as if it were already here until it becomes your natural state.
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