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OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRAYER AND OF THE HIGHEST WORK OF ALL - MEISTER ELKHART

The most powerful prayer and almost the strongest
of all to obtain everything
and the most honorable of
all works is that which proceeds from an empty spirit

The emptier the spirit
the more is the prayer
and the work mighty
worthy profitable
praiseworthy and perfect
the empty spirit can do everything

What is an empty spirit?

An empty spirit
is one that is confused
by nothing attached
to nothing has not
attached its best to any fixed way of acting and
has no concern whatever
in anything for its own gain

for it is all sunk deep
down into God’s dearest will and has forsaken its own
A man can never perform any work however
humble without it gaining strength and power from this

We ought to pray so powerfully
that we should like to
put our every member and strength
our two eyes and ears
mouth heart and all our senses
to work and we should not
give up until we find that we wish to be one
with him who is present to us
and whom we entreat namely...God

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from Broken Soldier: Live at the Valley Forge Remembrance Society's Summer Reading Events, released August 1, 2018

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Broken Soldier Portland, Oregon

Broken Soldier is a one-man band. A fictional duo featuring Jeff Betz and his nameless companion known only as The Soldier.

Together they create works of musical fiction that purport to be Live performances but which are in fact home recordings made in a small studio apartment in Portland, Oregon.

Jeff Betz: Vocals, Guitars and all other instruments and Field Recordings. ... more

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