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You and the practitioner
Have you ever talked to a Christian Science practitioner on the phone? If not, maybe your Mom or Dad has called one when you didn't feel well. But, you know, you don't have to be a grown-up to talk to a practitioner.
If you're just a little bit scared about getting on the phone, it might be because you don't know exactly who practitioners are or what they do. Well, they are people just like ones you already know. Some of them have become practitioners when they were very young. Others have first had regular jobs like being a businessman or homemaker, a teacher or policeman. There's nothing really different about these people except now they have decided to give their time to helping others by praying for them.
There are many ways to explain the way they help, but one of their main jobs is to help you see how God Himself heals you. Maybe I could use an example. Let's say you've borrowed a friend's jigsaw puzzle, and it has all the pieces but they are not in the box they first came in. Without being able to look at the full picture on the box, you might find it pretty tough to fit all the pieces together.
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March 1, 1982 issue
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"The armour of light"
WILLIAM G. SHIPWAY
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"Walk thou with courage"
ROSEMARY WEBBE
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Thoughts from friend in tree
DeWITT JOHN
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No dead-end streets
GEORGIANA LIEDER LAHR
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The manner of divine Love
ELEANOR YOUNG CLAPP
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Leave everything and follow me!
JACK V. SMITH
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"No other sign"
WILLIAM E. MOODY
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You and the practitioner
NATHAN A. TALBOT
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Tommy's proof
Thelma J. Shipman
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In the autumn of 1979 I woke one morning to...
CORDELIA F. ANDERSON with contributions from WARREN J. ANDERSON
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This testimony is given with deep gratitude
with contributions from ALICE KENISTON THOMAS
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I had an opportunity to prove the truth of this hymn for myself...
ELIZABETH A. LEEVER
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One recent morning I woke with a strange sensation in my lower...
JOHN F. BOWER with contributions from BONNIE BOWER