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Some years ago I suddenly started receiving obnoxious telephone...
Some years ago I suddenly started receiving obnoxious telephone calls, at all hours of the night; plus about fifteen times a day, five days a week, at the office. From the beginning I realized the importance of being loving and not letting the calls bother me. After a few days I decided to pray, to give myself a complete Christian Science treatment.
Some of the ideas I realized in this prayer were that since God is ever present, there was no villain. Since there was no villain, I could not be a victim. I knew that as God's man I was the expression of the all-acting, good Deity. Therefore there was no action to oppose normal and right activity. As a result of this prayer, the number of calls fell off dramatically. However, a week or so later they were back to the original volume.
From then on, in order to keep on top of things, I daily prayed in a new, specific way about this problem. I also received much encouragement from the passage in Daniel where the "beast" tries to wear out the saints. In the end it is the beast who is defeated, and the saints are preserved. I recognized that God loved me just as much as He loved the saints, and that He would lead me to victory over evil and preserve my freedom and joy. (See Dan. 7:21–27.)
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June 17, 1985 issue
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"A man after mine own heart"
GORDON R. CLARKE
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Learning to value the "small" things
MICHAEL D. RISSLER
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Go ye therefore ...
JEAN WIDDICOMBE
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Handling the "serpent"— the lie of evil
ELIZABETH BICE LUERSSEN
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Retirement is opportunity
RUANNE Y. GENTRY
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River living
MARCIA YOUNGMAN
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Pray expectantly
JOHN LINDSAY RENNIE
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My help
MARTHA J. HIME
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Something important
with contributions from Sara M. Gallant, Rachel Melanie Gallant, The Editors, Sara Gallant
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Restoring the body
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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The motive behind the action
WILLIAM E. MOODY
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Ask God first
Lois Rae Carlson
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It had been a very rough year for my husband...
JUDY WOLFF with contributions from RUSSELL WOLFF
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Some years ago I suddenly started receiving obnoxious telephone...
ROBERT D. STRANATHAN
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Once my cousin was going to sleep over at my house and...
CANDACE BRADSTREET LEES with contributions from DANIEL E. LEES
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The testimonies of healing in the Christian Science periodicals...
LINDA WAKE POULSON