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FOREWORD

The power of prayer is more important in our world than ever before. We live in a time when the appearance that “faster and bigger” is better. This notion is compounded with a false belief system that we need to push and force life in order to survive and compete. However this craze and chaos is literally making us sick. All you have to do for a quick fix in your life nowadays is to turn on the tube, and you will find an answer to your woes in a fabricated commercial. “Just take the latest pill,” the handsome actors suggest, and you won’t be depressed, in pain, without ‘love’, addicted, fearful or sick ever again… and the list goes on and on.

The truth is that these quick fixes are only a band-aid to someone’s well-being. This is where Jon William Lopez and Beatrice Elliott’s enlightened book Perfect Praying comes in.

They write with simplicity and have carefully spelled out a prescription of “Perfect Prayer” that can easily be practiced every day.

They give the reader a 5-step guide to empowering one’s self by practicing daily affirmations which can help many people seeking a way to understand and use “prayer” within their lives. They also show how to become more aware of the power of prayer and positive thought and its cause and effect.

Each chapter is beautifully illustrated with a photograph of nature which reminds us all that we are connected with a simple order; allowing and trusting, for example, that the rose covered with snow in winter will bloom once again in the spring. If we allow ourselves to be nurtured and do the conscious work, then our lives can change dramatically. We can choose perfect health, we can choose to be grateful, we can change how we look at loss and we can choose kindness and forgiveness.

Jon and Beatrice’s book gives us a well-thought-out roadmap to follow but in the end we must all do our own work to achieve what we want out of life. Jon William Lopez and I worked together for many years at the Glendale Church of Religious Science in Glendale, California, where I was Musical Director and he was the Sound Producer. I know prayer practitioner and co-author Beatrice Elliott from the North Hollywood Church of Religious Science in North Hollywood.

As a successful cabaret singer, actress and coach to my daughter Katharine McPhee when she appeared on American Idol, using the 5 Steps outlined in this book has resulted in many positive demonstrations throughout my life and career.

I personally have been practicing these principles for years and am thrilled that they have written this book.

Inspiration is a beautiful gift!

Blessings, and know that we all have courage to change.

Namaste,

Peisha McPhee

www.peishamcphee.com