Will the following prayer be effective, and if not, why not: “Lord, I Am Not Worthy That Thou Shouldst Come Under My Roof, But Only Say the Word, And My Soul Shall Be Healed?”

This is typical of many current prayers that have found their way into the liturgy. It is a prayer of human disempowerment, in a total sense. It first states that humans are unworthy of God’s presence or intervention. This in effect, is saying: God, go away. Come again when we are, perhaps, worthy of you. By being passive, that is the net effect. It is a decision you will not be touched by the Divine. Your lack of worth is clearly stated, and its consequences as well. Because I am not worthy, do not come forth to be with me. We have told you before, many times, that the intention of human rules your world. We always follow the lead of human, and what they think, and desire, and will not act on an agenda of our own. You are setting the rules and guidelines for our involvement, and when you put limits in place, those limits will rule. When you put your worst fears into words, they will come true. You can be certain this is so. That is very much the case here. The second half of the prayer, is again a statement of total passivity, that you will be helped if God deems it to be so. You are not stating this is desired or expected. And are not inviting Creator to take action. You are stating that you are, in effect, helpless and will wait to see what happens. And again, we must tell you, quite frankly, that when you decide to be helpless you will not be helped, because you have built a fence around yourselves, and we will not violate the perimeter you have established, to separate yourselves from us. As regrettable as that is, this is the power you have to choose your isolation, your diminishment, your helplessness, and your suffering by presuming it is all up to the Divine. On one level, this is true, but if you surrender your power, we cannot act in your stead. And this is a very important lesson to learn for all who wish to invoke a divine blessing of any kind. It is important to decide what you wish to have, and then request, directly, divine help for that to come into being. And you must also not only believe in us and our ability to help, you must also believe in yourselves, and your worthiness to be acknowledged, and helped, by the Divine. If you are diminished through a conclusion about the self, that will limit what we can do for you. It is that simple. You must awaken to the full meaning of what we have stated before—that all humans are an extension of our consciousness, and therefore, you exist as a part of us to begin with. There is no need for any separation whatsoever, nor for a lesser status. We are on an equal plane. There is only a difference in the relative power we command. You have less power because you are only a portion of our consciousness, whereas we have the totality of our consciousness to make things happen. But apart from the strength of our reach, you too can think lofty thoughts, and have lofty notions, and use love as a force for good, every bit as effectively as we can. And sometimes more so, because you have the extra empowerment to act freely in your realm, whenever you see a wrong to be righted, someone in need, and someone who has a deficit of love in their lives that you can supply. You can be more generous. We are not allowed, by the rules of engagement, unless those criteria are all in place. So, in this sense, you have greater power in your world than we do, on many occasions. To surrender that power, leaves you in a vacuum, and we cannot fill that for you, if your decision is to live this way. If you fill yourselves with love, and spread the love, and ask for more, things will come into balance, and will stay in balance.