Awake Prayer, Steady Will Within
Matthew 26:43-44 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Matthew 26 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jesus finds the disciples asleep, then prays the third time, repeating the same words. The moment highlights perseverance and obedience amid fatigue.
Neville's Inner Vision
Jesus enters a moment of deep inner testing: the sleeping disciples symbolize a mind that forgets its divine awake-ness. The I AM within Jesus remains fully alert, turning again to prayer, not to prove anything to God, but to align his consciousness with the truth that God is present now. When he prays the same words the third time, he demonstrates Neville's method: settle one empowering assumption and repeat it until it becomes felt reality. The repetition is not mere ritual; it is the inner act of waking the mind to its oneness with God. Your fatigue, doubts, and busyness are the sleepy state; perseverance is your conscious decision to dwell in the realization that you are one with the Father. By assuming, "I am awake now," or "I am one with God," you revise your inner weather, feel the truth, and let it realign your actions. Obedience and faithfulness follow as the inner state becomes outer experience.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, declare, "I AM awake now" as the governing reality, and repeat it until the feeling of wakefulness floods your chest.
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