Inner Doorways of Prayer

Luke 11:5-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Luke 11 in context

Scripture Focus

5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Luke 11:5-13

Biblical Context

Jesus teaches that persistent prayer leads to provision: ask, seek, and knock, and you will receive, find, and have doors opened; the Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the scene is not about a neighbor's door but about the inner door of your own consciousness. The midnight knock is your insistence of imagination, the bread you seek is the quality of awareness you now assume. The closed door and the complaint of the father inside reveal that your present sense of self may appear empty, but importunity is not noise; it is the unwavering lit state of 'I AM' that will not release the wish until it feels true. When you say, 'Ask, and it shall be given,' you are not bargaining with fate but awakening to the fact that you already are the state that receives. The Father, the Holy Spirit, is your inner life-power: fully present, ready to drop into form the fullness of your desire as you hold the state of it. The standard 'evil' is irrelevant; what matters is your capacity to maintain the feeling that the wish is already fulfilled. Persist in the assumption until the outer world hums in harmony; you will see the outer event align with your inner realization.

Practice This Now

Tonight, sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume you already possess the bread you seek. Feel the gratitude as if it is real and let that feeling linger until the outer scene harmonizes.

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