The Bible Speaks to You June 29, 1968 Issue

[The above is an abbreviated, postproduction text of the program released for broadcast the week of June 21–27 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You." Heard internationally over more than 1,000 stations, the weekly program are prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A. 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM NO. 325 Breaking Harmful Habits

The speaker is Philip Metcalf, a Christian Science practitioner. The questioner is Harlan Witham, a personnel executive.

Questioner: In my work I have seen a number of people who have harmful habits—either harmful to their health or to their careers—which they would love to break. What can they do?

Speaker: One thing such a person can do is to take a serious look at himself and ask: "What am I really? Am I a mortal with inherent weaknesses, hopelessly enslaved by habits or characteristics that I can't break? Or do I have a dimension to my being that I'm not aware of? Is there a strength that I'm not utilizing?" I mean, of course, the strength of God, divine Mind, which man expressed or reflects as His image, as the Bible brings out.

There's a verse in Psalms that says (28:7), "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped." That shows that the source of man's strength is God, not human willpower or positive thinking or brain. And another verse in Psalms says (8:6), "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet."

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