# Chain: Prayer Changes World Conditions > *Prayer as an outward force on the world* **The argument it traces:** Intercessory prayer acts on distant souls and conditions through a describable route: collection in a vessel within the praying circle → overflow into directed streams → angelic division, direction, and exponential multiplication → arrival at thousands never met, with the intended end that God places in them the desire for His Love. FENCE: [[Chains/Earth Conditions And Prayer|Earth Conditions And Prayer]] is defensive (the darkness-field met by prayer, respite and protection); this thread looks outward (prayer discharged outward to change conditions and souls elsewhere) **4** messages · **22** supporting · main statement not yet chosen --- ## Foundation ### 2016-07-25 - [[2016-07-25 Power of Prayers Multiplied in Healing Circles|Power of Prayers Multiplied in Healing Circles]] The mechanism, given step by step: angelic healers and circles "which rise up through the spheres of spirit" join the gathering; "with this comes a great Light, a portal of Light, directly from God"; "amongst you within this circle is a great vessel, a vessel that collects these energies"; the energies "overflow from this vessel into various streams travelling in all directions in the world"; "many angels are directing and dividing this energy to various places in the world"; and "this one great beam of Light is multiplied over and over again exponentially and touches many, many thousands in the world, not only the children you pray for and those loved ones and those you know, but many, many more," with the intended end named: God "will place within them the desire for His Love." The same spirit sketches the route at [[2016-05-09 Working as a Group Has Many Benefits for the World|2016-05-09-af-seretta-kem]]. ## Elaboration ### 2016-09-01 - [[2016-09-01 Group Prayer Multiplies Blessings|Group Prayer Multiplies Blessings]] The upstream condition, from the same spirit as the Foundation, [[2016-07-25 Power of Prayers Multiplied in Healing Circles|2016-07-25-af-seretta-kem]]: what strengthens the offering is harmony rather than volume, "it is your longing, your passion, your focus, and your efforts to receive and to be in harmony together to create those conditions amongst you that draws this great blessing," by "harmonizing and resonating with one another," naming the Law activated: "you generate and activate a great Law of Attraction." Two further additions: the reciprocal benefit, "You benefit from the prayers of your brothers and sisters who join you," where the Foundation is entirely outward-directed; and the thread's own limit, "This is not the only way to receive Divine Love... it is in your personal and private prayers that the substantial portion of Love is given," to be weighed against the registry wording at build. ### 2016-09-03 - [[2016-09-03 Pray for Mankind|Pray for Mankind]] The chain describes how intercession travels, collected in a vessel, overflowing, divided and multiplied by angels, arriving at thousands never met. James supplies why mankind is what is prayed for, the diagnosis: "almost all souls residing in this place have a great lacking within them," so "Pray for the children. Pray for those who are lost. Pray for your fellow man, for each soul in their own way, is lost," with the deprivation universal rather than confined to the visibly suffering, "Look into the eyes of those in the world and you will see it." Nearest to it is [[2016-09-01 Group Prayer Multiplies Blessings|2016-09-01-af-seretta-kem]], at the same gathering, which gives the condition of the offering, harmony rather than volume. That one conditions the sending; this one names and grounds the target. ### 2018-11-29 - [[2018-11-29 The Power of Prayer|The Power of Prayer]] Puts a condition on the thread's central claim: intercession works only in proportion to what is behind it. "If you pray in anger and fear, concern and indignation your prayers only go as high as your breath." Also gives the thread its account of how the effect travels and why it is not observed: "It adds a stream of possibility into the mix and currents of the human condition. The stream may be nurtured by God as you continue in your prayers", and "one cannot expect an outcome that is obvious to those who pray... most often wheels are set in motion that may not come to their endpoint quickly, even within a lifetime." --- ## Also touches on this *These messages restate or echo the idea rather than carry it forward, so they sit alongside the thread rather than in it.* - **2014-07-26** [[2014-07-26 Free Will Makes for a Free Wheeling World, Nothing Is Guaranteed|Free Will Makes for a Free Wheeling World, Nothing Is Guaranteed]] (sighting) - The requirement stated without a mechanism, "your prayers are required, your influence is required," with the object being that God's Will manifest in the world rather than any named person or place. - **2015-03-27** [[2015-03-27 Every Human Soul Is Damaged by the Earth Condition|Every Human Soul Is Damaged by the Earth Condition]] (witness) - "it does not require great numbers to bring love and light to this world, it requires a yearning soul in prayer in harmony with one another, and there will be many in spirit with you." The condition is harmony, not numbers, which [[2016-09-01 Group Prayer Multiplies Blessings|2016-09-01-af-seretta-kem]] develops at length; here it is one clause about a small gathering. - **2015-06-21** [[2015-06-21 God's Will Is above Man's Will|God's Will Is above Man's Will]] (witness) - "the power of your prayers, the intention of your prayers, the sincerity of your prayers are more powerful than all of these obstructions and conditions laid about by mankind... this power can indeed change the conditions of this world." - **2015-10-26** [[2015-10-26 Guidance about Our Choices in the Flow of God's Love|Guidance about Our Choices in the Flow of God's Love]] (witness) - Prayer as the thing to do instead of intervening, with assurance that it lands, "your prayers... are answered and are always being answered as the angels draw close," and "all the souls in your lives benefit from your prayers." - **2015-12-21** [[2015-12-21 God Will Ask Much of You in the Coming Year|God Will Ask Much of You in the Coming Year]] (witness) - Distance is no bar to prayer's reach, "just because you reside in one part of your planet does not mean that through your collective efforts you may not influence the conditions in anyplace in this world," with a call to form smaller groups "to pray for specific things in this world" and to coordinate with others around the world, "praying together though others may be far apart." Stated rather than developed. - **2016-05-09** [[2016-05-09 Working as a Group Has Many Benefits for the World|Working as a Group Has Many Benefits for the World]] (witness) - "to even change the conditions of this world... bring relief from pain, and influence the leaders of this world"; the steps sketched in clauses (prayer opens doors, the angels work in conjunction with the circle, the circle becomes a portal, effects reach people and conditions never touched directly); the mechanism sketched rather than developed. The same spirit develops at [[2016-07-25 Power of Prayers Multiplied in Healing Circles|2016-07-25-af-seretta-kem]] what is sketched here. - **2016-07-27** [[2016-07-27 Be a Link in the Chain of God's Blessings to Others|Be a Link in the Chain of God's Blessings to Others]] (witness) - Asserts the Light going outward ("the world is touched with Light as you make these efforts to connect with God"); roster witness beneath [[2016-07-25 Power of Prayers Multiplied in Healing Circles|2016-07-25-af-seretta-kem]]. - **2016-08-26** [[2016-08-26 You Are Part of God's Salvation for Mankind|You Are Part of God's Salvation for Mankind]] (witness) - The outward direction asserted without the mechanism ("You must pray and be that channel of Light that will beam upon every soul"); roster witness, on the outward side of the thread's fence. - **2016-08-28** [[2016-08-28 Pray for the World Healing Centre|Pray for the World Healing Centre]] (sighting) - The outward-sending language aimed at the room the people praying stand in, the far side of the thread's own fence; recorded so the phrasing is findable. - **2016-09-03** [[2016-09-03 Love Brings Resolution to Disturbances|Love Brings Resolution to Disturbances]] (witness) - Intercession aimed at one named person, with protection rather than awakening as its object: "you must pray for her and send her your love. Put your love around her and ask for the cloak of protection to surround her and those who are close to her, that this disturbance may be quelled." The same outward direction as the chain's other messages, at a scale of one, and the effect asked for is a shield rather than a kindling. - **2016-09-04** [[2016-09-04 Continue in Your Service|Continue in Your Service]] (sighting) - The drawing mechanism from the praying side, "You draw to the group, through your prayers, through your intentions and desires and gifts these great blessings so that others may drink deep as the great well of love is filled and filled overflowing." The overflow image matches that chain's route, but the direction differs: the blessing is drawn into the room here rather than discharged outward from it. - **2016-11-27** [[2016-11-27 Confucius Welcomes the Flock|Confucius Welcomes the Flock]] (sighting) - "a portal of light to this world," pointing outward, with the mechanism belonging to the portal material rather than to this chain. - **2016-11-27** [[2016-11-27 Many Souls on Our Side Are Part of This Effort|Many Souls on Our Side Are Part of This Effort*]] (witness) - The same claim seen from the other end. The circle's prayers reach a company on the spirit side far larger than the room: "so we gather many souls on our side of life, vastly more than are in the flesh... there are many involved in these efforts and are touched by your gatherings and prayers together. Much is accomplished." The chain's founding message describes prayer travelling outward to distant souls; this describes spirits gathered around the praying circle itself, which is nearer to the lattice material. - **2016-11-28** [[2016-11-28 Luke Welcomes Those Who Are a Part of the Punalu'u Gathering|Luke Welcomes Those Who Are a Part of the Punalu'u Gathering]] (sighting) - The outward claim in the closing lines, "All those you pray for will be touched and comforted, healing will spread out to many. This is part of your effort and dedications together." Stated without mechanism. - **2016-11-28** [[2016-11-28 For Change Must Come, Love Must Bring Harmony|For Change Must Come, Love Must Bring Harmony]] (build) - Bears on the fence with [[Chains/Bell Toll Instrumentality|Bell Toll Instrumentality]] recorded in Open questions. One sentence holds both sides: "So much extends and expands out from each one of you and when you come together in groups, you increase the power of this exponentially." On the curator's working direction it splits at the "and": what goes out from each person belongs to the bell-toll thread, the group multiplication to this one. But what is multiplied in the second half is the same thing that goes out in the first, and the fence will need to say how that is divided. - **2016-11-28** [[2016-11-28 For Change Must Come, Love Must Bring Harmony|For Change Must Come, Love Must Bring Harmony]] (witness) - The outward claim with the route running along bonds of love: "From each one of you a great network of light extends out to those you love, those who are connected in some way to each one, and blessings are transmitted freely with these tentacles of light across this great network." The circle multiplies it, "when you come together in groups, you increase the power of this exponentially," and Celestial spirits "help orchestrate the many blessings, healings, the flow of light and love, and the peace that comes through your simple prayers." Like [[2016-11-27 Many Souls on Our Side Are Part of This Effort|2016-11-27-af-james-reid-2]], it also sees a company of spirits at the circle itself, "there are many of their ancestors here this day, who are observing and being taught the way of God's Love." [[2016-09-01 Group Prayer Multiplies Blessings|2016-09-01-af-seretta-kem]] already gives the network of love bonds as this thread's route, so this message states it rather than developing it. - **2016-12-02** [[2016-12-02 Welcome to This Circle of Love|Welcome to This Circle of Love]] (sighting) - The outward claim reaching both worlds, "this Light flows from your midst to many others in the worlds, both the material world and the spirit world." Stated without mechanism. - **2016-12-02** [[2016-12-02 The World Needs Your Prayers|The World Needs Your Prayers]] (witness) - The whole world named as what is prayed for, "This world needs your prayers. The children need your prayers. The lost souls need your prayers. The hungry need your prayers. Those in pain need your prayers," with the diagnosis behind it, "all of these abuses in the world stem from a lack of love". The same target and grounding as [[2016-09-03 Pray for Mankind|2016-09-03-af-james]], which develops them; nothing is said here about how the prayer travels. - **2016-12-07** [[2016-12-07 Be Fully with God in Your Prayers|Be Fully with God in Your Prayers]] (witness) - The thread's own limit seen from the seeker's side, intercession handed to a vessel so that it does not displace communion, "if the form of this love is in a prayer for another then by all means give that prayer but always come to that place where you and God are one." [[2016-09-01 Group Prayer Multiplies Blessings|2016-09-01-af-seretta-kem]], the Elaboration whose limit the roster's structural note records, puts the substantial portion of Love in private prayer; this puts communion before intercession in the order of a single prayer. - **2016-12-07** [[2016-12-07 Pray from Your Heart|Pray from Your Heart]] (witness) - The outward claim asserted with the effect unseen, "though you may not see the effects of your prayers there are indeed many, many blessings that pour through you and amongst you, pour from you to others," the circle's harmony as the condition, "in your prayers together, in harmony, in one voice you bring the angels into your midst, you are God's active agents bringing blessings to many," and the blessing travelling along bonds, "as he blesses you so he shall bless those who are connected to you." - **2018-08-13** [[2018-08-13 Growing the Light Within Your Souls Is the Greatest Service to God|Growing the Light Within Your Souls Is the Greatest Service to God]] (witness) - Intercession asked for the whole suffering world, "You must pray for these lost souls. You must pray for the leaders of your world. You must pray for those who are suffering, confused and in darkness. For without the upliftment that must come for all the children of this world, there is no hope." - **2019-02-06** [[2019-02-06 Your Prayers May Change the Conditions of the World|Your Prayers May Change the Conditions of the World]] (witness) - Central claim is intercessory - "Prayer is powerful... Prayer can change conditions. Prayer can change the behavior of those who violate and are in ignorance and error," so that "the minds of those in darkness may be changed" and "blessings will pour upon this world." Distinct from [[Chains/Prayer Soul Longing|Prayer Soul Longing]] (the nature of true prayer) and from [[Chains/Earth Conditions And Prayer|Earth Conditions And Prayer]] (prayer defending the individual soul against the world's darkness-field): this is prayer reaching outward to change the world and other people.