“Never pray with the attitude of a beggar. You are God’s child. As His child, you have a right to the treasure from His storehouse of infinity.
Pray with utter confidence that He is listening. For indeed, so He will, if you pray to Him with love. Pray from your heart, with deep intensity.
Demand of Him lovingly; never beg. By demand I don’t mean you should try to force your will on Him, as though anticipating His reluctance to accede to your wishes. I mean, pray with the firm conviction that He wants to give you everything you need, and that He will give it.
Jesus put it this way: ‘Pray believing.’
Utter faith, and love: these are the most important elements in prayer.”
The Essence Of Self-Realization – The Wisdom Of Paramhansa Yogananda, Recorded and compiled by his disciple, Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), p. 158.
