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“The most efficient prayer 🤲 that men can offer to a god of any kind is helpfulness 👥 to those in need of help 🚁; for what you do for other men the Holy One will do for you 🫵.”

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ: Section X: Jod: Life... | Sacred Texts Archive

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1. It was a holy day and Jesus walked upon the Athens beach 🏖️.
2. A storm ⛈️ was on a ships ⛴️ were being tossed about like toys upon the bosom of the sea 🌊.
3. The sailors and the fisherman 🐟 were going down to watery graves 🪦; the shores were strewn with bodies of the dead 💀.
4. And Jesus halted not, but with a mighty power 💪 he rescued 🏊‍♀️ many a helpless one, oft bringing back life to seeming dead. 🫁
5. Now, on these shores were altars sacred to the gods supposed to rule the seas.
6. And men and women, heedless of the cries of drowning men were crowding all about these altars calling 📞 on their gods for help 🆘.
7. At length the storm was done 🌦️, and all the sea was calm, and men could think again 😥; and Jesus said,
8. “You worshippers of the wooden 🪵 gods, how has the fury of this storm 🌩️ been lessened by your frantic prayers?”
9. “Where is the strength of these poor, weather-beaten gods with painted 🎨 swords and crowns 👑?”
10. “A god that could abide in such a little 🤏 house could hardly hold a frantic fly 🪰, and who could hope that he could hold at bay the Lords of winds 💨 and waves 🌊?”
11. “The mighty powers of worlds unseen 😇 do not give forth their help till men have done their best 👍; they only help when men can do no more. 😓”
12. “And you have agonized and prayed around these shrines, and let men sink to death who might have been, by your assistance ⛑️, saved.“ [jk: call to action]
13. “The God that saves dwells in your souls 🫀, and manifests by making use of your own feet 👣, and legs 🦵, and arms 💪, and hands ✋.”
14. “Strength never comes through idleness 🧍‍♂️; nor through a waiting ⏳ for another one to bear your loads, or do the work that you are called to do 🫵.”
15. “But when you do your best to bear your loads, and do your work, you offer unto God a sacrifice well-pleasing 🤗 in his sight.”
16. “And then the Holy One 🕊️ breathes deep upon your glowing sacrificial coals, and make them ablaze ❤️‍🔥 aloft to fill your souls with light 🕯️, and strength 🏋️‍♂️, and helpfulness 🤝”.
17. “The most efficient prayer 🤲 that men can offer to a god of any kind is helpfulness 👥 to those in need of help 🚁; for what you do for other men the Holy One will do for you 🫵.”
18. “And thus God helps.”