In the Bible, Paul recommends that we make known our
requests with praise and thanksgiving. Some extraordinary
results follow this simple method of prayer. The thankful heart
is always close to the creative forces of the universe, causing
countless blessings to flow toward it by the law of reciprocal
relationship, based on a cosmic law of action and reaction.
For instance, a father promises his son a car for graduation;
the boy has not yet received the car, but he is very thankful and
happy, and is as car. He knows his father will fulfill his promise, and he is full joyous as though he had actually received the
of gratitude and joy even though he has not yet received the
car, objectively speaking. He has, however, received it with joy
and thankfulness in his mind.
I shall illustrate how Mr. Broke applied this technique
with excellent results. He said, “Bills are piling up, I am out of work, I have three children and no money. What shall I
do?” Regularly every night and morning, for a period of about
three weeks, he repeated the words, “Thank you, Father, for
my wealth,” in a relaxed, peaceful manner until the feeling
or mood of thankfulness dominated his mind. He imagined
he was addressing the infinite power and intelligence within
him knowing, of course, that he could not see the creative
intelligence or infinite mind. He was seeing with the inner
eye of spiritual perception, realizing that his thought-image
of wealth was the first cause, relative to the money, position,
and food he needed. His thought-feeling was the substance
of wealth untrammeled by antecedent conditions of any kind.
By repeating, “Thank you, Father,” over and over again, his
mind and heart were lifted up to the point of acceptance,
and when fear, thoughts of lack, poverty, and distress came
into his mind, he would “Thank you Father,” as often as
necessary. He knew that as he kept up the thankful attitude
he would recondition his mind to the idea of wealth, which is
what happened.
The sequel to his prayer is very interesting, After praying
in the above-mentioned manner, he met a former employer of
his on the street whom he had not seen for twenty years.
The man offered him a very lucrative position and
advanced him $500 on a temporary loan. Today, Mr. Broke is
vice-president of the company for which he works. His recent
remark to me was, “I shall never forget the wonders of “Thank
you, Father’ It has worked wonders for me.”