420 The Effect of True Prayer
Be an honest person;
pray to God to rid you of the deceit in your heart.
Purify yourself through prayer at all times,
be moved by the Spirit of God through prayer,
and your disposition will gradually change.
The true spiritual life is a life of prayer—
it is a life of being moved, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
The process of being moved by the Holy Spirit
is the process of man’s disposition being changed.
A life where one’s not moved by the Holy Spirit is not a spiritual life,
but a life of religious ritual only.
Only those who’re often moved by the Holy Spirit,
and enlightened and illuminated by the Holy Spirit,
have entered into spiritual life, have entered into spiritual life.
Man’s disposition constantly changes as he prays, as he prays.
The more the Spirit of God moves him,
the more proactive and submissive he becomes.
So, too, will his heart gradually be purified,
and his disposition gradually change.
Such is the effect of true prayer. Such is the effect of true prayer.
from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Concerning the Practice of Prayer