. The Prayer “Dear heavenly Father, we’re very grateful for this opportunity to come to Thee in prayer. Please protect us and guide us and keep us in Thy care. Amen.” __ “Our Father, Who Art in Heaven, our Creator, and Provider, we recognize that Thou Art. Thou Art all Holy, unconditionally loving, merciful and forgiving; patient and understanding. And we are Thy children, and not the subservient, sinful, and depraved creatures. But we are the greatest of all Thy creations and the objects of Thy great Soul’s love and tenderest care. “Father, we recognize that Thy will is that we become at-one with Thee by coming to Thee in prayer and by partaking of the Great Love, which Thou hast offered to bestow upon us through Thy Mercy. And Father, we recognize Thy desire—that we become in truth Thy children through this Love, by seeking for and receiving It into my soul. Father, we pray that Thou will open up our souls to the inflowing of Thy Love, with help from Thy ministering angels, whom we welcome here this evening. And we pray that then may come Thy Holy Spirit to bring into our souls this--Thy Love in great abundance. “Let Thy Love enter and find within our souls a place that might be worthy of receiving It, and of sufficient purity to become a dwelling place. Let Thy Love take possession of this place within our soul, blessing us in every way by Its Presence. Father, let us take this time to express the longings of our soul in silence, as we long to experience the Presence of Thy Love. “ (Follow this by 20 to 30 minutes of silent, contemplative prayer.)