Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Prayer As A Solemn, Sacred Petition Or Request


 

A very powerful line to include in prayers, "In the name of the celestial intelligences of all Nebadon, I ask for..." 🙏 🙏🏼🙏 (See Urantia Book 189:2.1) What is prayer? Prayer is simply making a solemn, sacred petition. Prayer is not worship. ✨ 


You can make a solemn, sacred petition in the name above all names. And yes, you should. 👍🏼🎇💗 The name above all names is the name that the heavenly Father, our First Source and Divine Center, gave to Jesus Christ at the successful completion of his bestowal mission on earth (Urantia). The Father gave him that name AFTER he successfully completed his mortal incarnation mission. The heavenly Father highly exalted his Son, our Master Son, our Master Michael. Before he came to our world, he did not have the name above all names. The name above every other name in our universe carries with it, all power, all glory, all authority that cannot be contested. That name means unlimited and unrestricted power and authority in the very universe that our Master, Christ Michael created. 

When you understand that prayer is simply making a solemn, sacred petition AND THAT prayer is not worship, then you will easily appreciate and understand the power, value, blessings and/or advantages of using prayer as a tool to get things done. 🎇💗🤍😇 
In making solemn, sacred petitions or requests, sometimes you can call on or appeal to the power of the individual or individuals you are presenting your petition or request to. In other words, you can call on or invoke their names - meaning, their authority. 🤍🎇🙏🏼 


Why pray in the names of celestial intelligences or celestial personalities? Why not pray only in the name above all names? 
We all, mortals and immortals alike, are all in "the kingdom of God." It's a family affair. Family members interact with one another. It's like asking: Why petition, request or ask for assistance from the governors of my country when I have access to the president himself? 

Prayer is spiritual communion. It is a solemn, sacred petition or request. It is having a plea-, petition-, or asking-conversation with someone who can assist. Prayer is making a request. 

Prayer is not worship. Worship is different.

The family of God has all kinds of family members who are empowered to assist one another. Just like you need to know how to approach your governor and how to tender requests to him, you need to know how to get the attention of your amazing celestial brothers and sisters, celestial helpers and to know how to get their assistance. Prayer is having a conversation of requests. It also promotes communion with the one you are speaking to. You do not bring in worship except you are speaking to/with the Paradise Father and his representatives like Christ Michael (a.k.a. Jesus Christ). 💗🙏🏼🤍 

In the Urantia Book 189:2.1, we read, "...the chief of archangels - the angels of the resurrection - approached Gabriel and asked for the mortal body of Jesus." The chief archangel made a request to Gabriel or placed a petition before Gabriel or prayed to Gabriel. The archangel said, "...In the name of the celestial intelligences of all Nebadon, I ask for a mandate giving me the custody of the mortal body of Jesus of Nazareth and empowering us to proceed with its immediate dissolution." 

This is a prayer. A conversation between two persons, where one individual is making a solemn, sacred request before the other. There is no worship involved. Even we humans pray to one another all the time. For example, I can come to you and say, "My brother (or my sister), I pray you to assist me with such and such." Hahaha... 😀😇🎇 I can stand before you and appeal to or humbly move you to use your powers to assist me or help me to get something done. Hallelujah! 🙏🏼🤍💗 

People have to see prayer from a different angle. Please, why did the archangel not go directly to the heavenly Father? Prayer is simply making a solemn, sacred petition. Prayer is not worship. ✨

Yes, we intermingle prayer and worship when we engage with our heavenly Father and our Christ. However, we don't intermingle them in our interactions with our fellow mortals and fellow celestial brothers and sisters, who are a part of the celestial intelligences in our universe but who do not deserve our worship. If you understand this explanation, then you shall appreciate this: 
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A very powerful line to include in prayers: "In the name of the celestial intelligences of all Nebadon, I ask for..." 🙏🏼🙏 
(Urantia Book 189:2.1) 

Sincerely, 
- Brother Karo Akamune 
ChristMichaelCenter.org 

NB:  
Effective Prayer 

Jesus taught that effective prayer must be:
Unselfish - not alone for oneself.
Believing - according to faith.
Sincere - honest of heart.
Intelligent - according to light.
Trustful - in submission to the Father's all-wise will. 
(Please, see Urantia Book 144:3.17-22)