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My will versus God’s will?

Tony Lobl

If we want to experience the undivided harmony of God’s ever-present kingdom, we have to play our part. We must be willing to submit to God’s will instead of insisting on our own. 
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Rein in willful insistence

John Quincy Adams III

I continue to practice obedience to the persuasions of the divine Mind, God, including listening, pausing, reflecting, and comforting. By doing so, I have found a definite lessening of willful impulse.
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The Golden Rule for living

Michael Hottenstein

Reflecting God, divine Mind, we cannot resist treating other people as they would want to be treated. We effortlessly and willingly do so. 
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Finally, dear friends . . .

Christine Jenks Herlinger Driessen

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It’s already done

Kent Garland MacKay

In the universe of eternal Mind, every useful idea is already conceived and complete. We are simply witnesses to the unfoldment of that idea in all its orderly detail.
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God is the one

Dahlia

Hi! My Name is Dahlia, and I’m seven years old.
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Yes, you, My child!

Heather Zurlo

Heather Zurlo considers which creation story in Genesis is true.
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I found much more than a job

“Paco” F. Garcia Garrido

Prayer and trust in God’s goodness leads this man to a purposeful job position that not only helps him, but blesses his community. 
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Your Healings

“I knew I was healed”

Sofia Minich

When this teen hurt her foot during an outdoor adventure trip, she felt overwhelmed by fear. Prayer not only helped her dispense with the fear—it also brought healing.
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Testimony of Healing

Healed of heart trouble and financial worries

Peter Husak

I knew that, regardless of matter-based perceptions of life and death, I am always with God, always spiritual, and therefore, always alive. 
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Child healed instantly of mouth injury

Diana Malcolmson

One summer, our family rented a house by the ocean.
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Walking freely after foot injury

Nancy Schauman Smith

I felt that an adjustment had taken place in my foot.
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Probation After Death

October 18–24, 2021

After his resurrection, Jesus was seen multiple times over a forty-day period.
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Letters & Conversations

David Goldsmith, Harry Meacher, Amy Zeis

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What really defines us

Thomas Mitchinson

We do not need to accept that any disease or problem defines us. But this is more than just disassociating a material problem from a material view of ourselves. Instead, it’s letting our thought be consistently oriented to fully accepting that we are so much more than what a physical body presents.
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Healing and spiritual transformation

Bob Cochran

As we begin to think of healing as spiritual transformation rather than merely the solving of difficulties, transformation will become the purpose of our prayers.
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Loving the “unlovable”

Phillip Hewitt

I knew it was right to see my family member as a brother in Christ, as someone who is inseparable from his Maker, divine Love. But it was difficult to see beyond the human sense of right and wrong, of victims and villains. 
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Forever enveloped in Love

Joan Greig

We can prove for ourselves that we are untouchable by anything that isn’t good because we are forever spiritual.
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Who I really am

Dana Dorman

It was senior year, and everything was going so well . . . until this author began picking herself apart and feeling like she could never measure up. What turned it around? Digging deeper into what her identity really is, with the help of Science and Health.
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Who are you walking with?

Lona Ingwerson

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Yes, you, My child!

Heather Zurlo

Heather Zurlo considers which creation story in Genesis is true.
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I found much more than a job

“Paco” F. Garcia Garrido

Prayer and trust in God’s goodness leads this man to a purposeful job position that not only helps him, but blesses his community. 
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Your Healings

“I knew I was healed”

Sofia Minich

When this teen hurt her foot during an outdoor adventure trip, she felt overwhelmed by fear. Prayer not only helped her dispense with the fear—it also brought healing.
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Testimony of Healing

Divine Love heals COVID symptoms

Linda Copeland Daniels

While talk about the pandemic continued to swirl around us in many forms, I was no longer disturbed by these conversations, knowing that in reality God is caring perfectly for me, my husband, and all of creation. 
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Testimony of Healing

Back problem quickly healed

Karen Neff

I took a firm stand for my God-given right to be free and to walk painlessly. As I did, a great sense of dominion and joy rose up in me. With each step, the conviction of God’s loving presence and care grew.
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Testimony of Healing

Long-standing blemish disappears

Consuela Allen Sand

Nothing is too big or too insignificant or has gone on too long to be healed.
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Everlasting Punishment

October 25–31, 2021

After his resurrection, Jesus was seen multiple times over a forty-day period.
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John Cartwright, Sally B. Ades

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From indignation to inclusiveness

Tony Lobl

At a meeting hosting an international panel of guests, an audience member was very sure of the superiority of one side of a polarized global debate.
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Exercising our right to think spiritually

Evan Mehlenbacher

In my own prayers to support public welfare and retain sovereignty over my life and body, I find guidance in remembering that we have inviolable spiritual rights under God.
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What makes prayer effective?

Lyn Price

As we pray from the standpoint of spiritual fact—that God is omnipotent Love, that we are Love’s totally loved children, and that our health and harmony cannot be lost under His loving government—this makes prayer effective.
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Welcome home

Steven Salt

Christ Jesus expanded our concept of home beyond physical habitat to a deeper perspective that includes unity, comfort, and healing.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Why I gave my boyfriend Science and Health

Julia Schuck

After previous boyfriends questioned Christian Science or told her that God wasn’t real, this college student felt nervous about talking about her beliefs with her current boyfriend. As she prayed about how to do it, she got a surprising answer: Share Science and Health.
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Testimony of Healing

Toothache vanishes

Beth Campbell

Prior to the call with the Christian Science practitioner, all I could think about was the pain, and now I couldn’t think of it at all!
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Yes, you, My child!

Heather Zurlo

Heather Zurlo considers which creation story in Genesis is true.
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I found much more than a job

“Paco” F. Garcia Garrido

Prayer and trust in God’s goodness leads this man to a purposeful job position that not only helps him, but blesses his community. 
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Your Healings

“I knew I was healed”

Sofia Minich

When this teen hurt her foot during an outdoor adventure trip, she felt overwhelmed by fear. Prayer not only helped her dispense with the fear—it also brought healing.
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Testimony of Healing

Healing of swollen ankle

Charlotte G. Kinney

In the morning, the swelling was gone, and my ankle was completely healed. Also, the burdened feeling had lifted, and I joyously returned to work.
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Young daughters quickly healed

Alexandre Fischer

When I was very young, my parents gave me the most beautiful gift of my life: Christian Science.
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Image and Inspiration

Carol Niederbrach

This week’s photographic inspiration and related text.
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Unreality

September 27–October 3, 2021

Even in the darkness of adverse news or rumors, God’s light enables His children to stand fearlessly.
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Thanksgiving

From earliest times, singing was a traditional way to honor God. 
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Betsy Calvin, Karen Carlson, Linda Worley

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“Lead me to the rock that is higher than I”

Susan Tish

I realized that I could no longer afford to miss out on the blessing and belonging of church.
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Grounded trust

Mark Swinney

Real strength and growth don’t come from avoiding windy challenges but from facing them. How do we do this? We are strengthened to the degree that we prayerfully behold ourselves and others expressing God’s perfection—and nothing less.
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Overcoming procrastination in healing

Blythe Evans

I kept affirming what I knew to be true about God and me and pushing back on any doubts or discord, which I knew in my heart were not true. Focusing as much as I could on the reality of Spirit, of health and harmony, and trying not to give the physical symptoms my attention, I stood my ground.
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How I Found Christian Science

Thank you, dear heavenly Father

Toni Albert

 Could these have been healings? Without any fanfare?
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You can be a healing helper

Susan Booth Mack Snipes

Lily didn’t want to take time to find her favorite passages, so she just opened up the Bible and started reading aloud. She felt sure that God would have a good message to comfort Maggie.
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Be fruitful

Carol Dismore

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Yes, you, My child!

Heather Zurlo

Heather Zurlo considers which creation story in Genesis is true.
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I found much more than a job

“Paco” F. Garcia Garrido

Prayer and trust in God’s goodness leads this man to a purposeful job position that not only helps him, but blesses his community. 
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Your Healings

“I knew I was healed”

Sofia Minich

When this teen hurt her foot during an outdoor adventure trip, she felt overwhelmed by fear. Prayer not only helped her dispense with the fear—it also brought healing.
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Testimony of Healing

Gratitude heals debilitating symptoms

Linda Sylva

It’s interesting that I wasn’t trying to be grateful. Gratitude just came to me, as a natural part of what I am.
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Freed from pain, protected from injury

Lori Kleski

I had to forgive myself for thinking that a mistake was possible and could have dire effects.
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Theft averted on a city street

Marie Tshiota Lupongo

Divine Love is more powerful than bad actions, and is strong enough to hold would-be evil influences in check. 
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Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

October 4–10, 2021

Christ Jesus presents forgiveness as central to prayer.
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Esther Haney, Alan Barker, Janine Labak

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Finding freedom from character flaws

Susan Stark

It is the unbreakable unity of God and man that makes the divine nature available to everyone. 
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Expect God’s goodness . . . immediately!

Carol Coykendall Raner

To turn to God is to anticipate—and then receive—only good.
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Image and Inspiration

Steve Ryf

This week’s photographic inspiration and related text.
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Who are our friends?

James Rosebush

The word friend is speaking to and calling upon the unifying presence of divine Love. 
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TURNING POINTS IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH

My experience with the Holy Spirit

Barrie Blankenship Paulson

I knew from experience that if I prayed, God would guide me. I stopped focusing on fearful “what ifs” and just got quiet.
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TeenConnect: Q&A

How can I stop feeling like a nobody?

Jan Keeler Vincent

She felt everyone was better than she was—and that they knew it. But rather than staying stuck in those feelings, she went looking for help—and she found it in Christian Science.
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Yes, you, My child!

Heather Zurlo

Heather Zurlo considers which creation story in Genesis is true.
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I found much more than a job

“Paco” F. Garcia Garrido

Prayer and trust in God’s goodness leads this man to a purposeful job position that not only helps him, but blesses his community. 
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Your Healings

“I knew I was healed”

Sofia Minich

When this teen hurt her foot during an outdoor adventure trip, she felt overwhelmed by fear. Prayer not only helped her dispense with the fear—it also brought healing.
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Testimony of Healing

Back trouble quickly healed

Martin Vesely

The testimony meeting started. As the first testifier stood, so did I, completely free of pain or discomfort.
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Concerns resolved through putting God first

Name Withheld

I realized I could think more deeply about what it meant to put my relationship to God first in my life.
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Handyman’s complete recovery after fall

John Van Patten

There was a lot of the comfort of divine Love being expressed, and it warmed me. I knew that this was God’s ever-presence surrounding me with the warmth of Love.
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Doctrine of Atonement

October 11–17, 2021

In its larger sense, the law stands for all divinely revealed doctrine and counsel.
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Letters & Conversations

Liz Pyatt

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