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Chapter 8 – Transformed by Love to Love

The crux of the revelations given to James Padgett is to pray for the Divine Love. Specifically, James was advised: “Your praying must be more frequent so that the soul may be freed from … thoughts not spiritual. … You need not wait for occasions or opportunities to formally pray but all during the day and evening let your longings for the love ascend to the Father. A long prayer, or even one formulated into words, is not necessary, as [words are not necessary] to give [the longing] form. The longing may be rapid as unformed thought, and as effective for the Father to catch. … The longing is quicker than the thought, and the answer … will come with as much certainty and love as if you were to put the longing into the most exact form. Prayers of this kind ascend to the Father and are heard and answered.” (TGRABJ/1/5.)

The Bible, often using the term “Holy Spirit” to mean the Divine Love, says in the gospel of Luke:

Luke 11:13 – “If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

This chapter shows how the more that we pray and seek God’s Love for the transformation of our soul, the more we