Presence in Sickness
John 11:3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 11 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Mary and Martha send word to Jesus that their beloved brother is sick and needs his presence.
Neville's Inner Vision
The sisters' message to Jesus in John 11:3 is a prayer that arises from love, a plea to the beloved to act. In Neville's psychology, this scene is your own interior dialogue: the I AM, the Lord within, is the one who loves you and knows your need. The sickness is a feeling in your body or life that you have taken as real; it is not external evidence but a signal your consciousness has bought as true. When you hear the call—'Behold, he whom thou lovest is sick'—you are invited to turn the attention back to the I AM, to assume that the beloved is already whole. The moment you assume the end, the feeling of health wells up and the outer sign changes to match the inner state. Healing occurs not by petition to a distant person, but by re-identifying with the one who loves you and by living from that consciousness. Your prayer becomes a revision of belief: 'I am this love; I am health; I am presence.'
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and silently declare to the inner Lord, 'You love me; I am whole now.' Then dwell in the feeling of health for a few minutes, letting it displace the sense of sickness.
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