Alan Cohen - Handle with Prayer: Harnessing the Power to Make Your Dreams Come Through

HANDLE

with

Prayer

BY ALAN COHEN

Books

Are You As Happy As

Your Dog?

Companions of the Heart

Dare to Be Yourself

A Deep Breath of Life

The Dragon Doesnt Live

Here Anymore

Handle with Prayer

Happily Even After

Have You Hugged a

Monster Today?

I Had It All the Time

Joy Is My Compass

Lifestyles of the Rich in Spirit

The Peace That You Seek

Rising in Love

Setting the Seen

Audiocassettes

Deep Relaxation

The Dragon Doesnt Live Here

Anymore (audio book)

Eden Morning

Handle with Prayer

(audio book)

I Believe in You

I Had It All the Time

(audio book)

Journey to the Center of the

Heart (also on CD)

Living from the Heart

Peace

Videocassette

The Wisdom of the Spirit

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HANDLE

with

Prayer

Harnessing the Power
to Make Your
Dreams Come Through

A LAN COHEN

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Copyright 1998 by Alan Cohen

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australiaby: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in theRepublic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cohen, Alan

Handle with prayer : harnessing the power to make your dreams come through Alan Cohen.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-56170-467-9 (hardcover) ISBN 1-56170-616-7 (tradepaper)

1. Prayer. 2. Self-realizationReligious aspects.

I. Title.

BL560.C636 1998

291.43dc21 9738449

CIP

ISBN 13: 978-1-56170-616-7
ISBN 10: 1-56170-616-7

10 09 08 07 11 10 9 8
1st printing, February 1998
8th printing, September 2007

Printed in the United States of America

Prayer is not the overcoming of Gods
reluctance, but the taking hold of
Gods willingness.

Phillip Brooks

CONTENTS

P rayer is making a comeback. In the face of many profound changes in and around us, many spiritual seekers are turning inward for answers. We are realizing that real peace comes not from importing our good from the outer world, but from discovering our inner riches.

Prayer is the greatest power at our disposal, yet it has gone largely unused because we have been taught that God is an old man with a long beard sitting on a distant cloud waiting to toss gumdrops to a few lucky ones, and cast lightning bolts at the rest of us. Nothing couldbe further from the truth, and this book sets the record straight.

Handle with Prayer begins with the premise that God is a God of love, we are beloved offspring of God, and it is Gods good pleasure to give us all that our hearts desire. It is not original sin that we need to overcome, but the belief that we are separate from God, small and powerless. We are the shining glory of Gods creation, and nothing less shall ever satisfy usor Spirits intention for us.

Practicing the prayer power principles in this book will enable you to accomplish the critical attitudinal shift necessary to master manifestation: We must pray not to God, but from God. Once and for all, we must recognize that the power of God is within us, and expresses as us.

I feel honored to set out on this, the most magnificent of all adventures with you. As we join our minds and hearts and turn our vision to heaven, we can achieve our loftiest dreamsand much, much more.

Blessings, friends, on your journey. May you receive the peace, joy, and well-being you seek, and may you bask in the great love that you richly deserve.

Alan Cohen

O nce upon a time there was a king who ruled a vast kingdom. King Jonas was a benevolent monarch who treated all of his subjects with kindness and generosity, inspired deep loyalty; and established goodwill, harmony, and prosperity throughout his land. Jonas was known far and wide as a great leader with fabulous wealth and a huge heart.

Jonas had four children, whom he loved above all else. From the moment of their birth, the king and his wife, Queen Florence, celebrated their childrens lives, gave them all they wanted and needed, and enjoyed watching them grow in the splendor of their kingdom.