“Prayer is significant and powerful, but not because it can ‘fight back’ against a supposedly real power called evil that shares space and government with God. Prayer reveals the truth of being, which dispels the belief in any power other than God, good, and brings healing.”
When this dancer faced a dilemma that would take courage to address, she turned to her understanding of Christian Science to respond clearly—and without fear.
Facing a chronic problem, this author explains how “understanding the basis of Christianly scientific prayer—the perfection of God, and man’s inviolable spiritual heritage as His likeness” healed her.
A naturalized US citizen shares how she prayed when she felt afraid to travel domestically—and how these prayers led her to feel that “all that we can experience individually and collectively is God’s goodness.”
“Being a good steward of the earth means praying for the earth by knowing that the origin and action of all creation is God, Love. This lifts thought into new possibilities, supporting the emergence of increasing receptivity to practical solutions that restore health and equilibrium to the world around us.”
The power of church became evident in this mother-to-be’s life when members’ practical and spiritual support woke her up to the true nature of God as Love.
Faced with an “impossible” teaching assignment, this author leaned on the Ninth Commandment to help her, knowing, as she puts it, that “God’s law is that we bear witness only to what God knows—to spiritual reality—and this witnessing of what is true heals.”