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Fulfilling each day's demands
Can we meet today's obligations? Yes. If we know what they really are.
Are you facing something that looks overpowering, and wondering whether you can get through it?
You don't need to feel discouraged. No matter how daunting a rightful demand on us is—whether it's handling a big job, sorting out an unhappy relationship, healing a stubborn physical ailment, or whatever—the very fact that we've got it to deal with means that we can. Progress never demands of us anything we can't do with God's help.
"How can we be sure?" you may ask. Well, for one thing the Bible repeatedly assures us of this God-given fact that we can do what we need to do in His service. Take Moses for example. When he was called upon to lead the children of Israel out of the oppression they were suffering in Egypt, he put up all kinds of arguments. See Ex. 3:11–14; 4:1–12 . Who was he to go to Pharaoh? Nobody would even listen to him, much less believe what he told them! And anyway he was much too slow of speech. He'd never be able to get it all said! But God reaffirmed His presence to Moses: "Certainly I will be with thee." And later, this God-sent message came to him: "Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say."
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December 28, 1987 issue
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Fulfilling each day's demands
Katherine Jane Hildreth
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No need for self-depreciation and envy
Sharon Slaton Howell
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Our common language of love
Gertrude P. Fogel
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WAKE!
Duane Valentry
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How do we measure our progress?
Ann Kenrick
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One small seed and a great promise
William E. Moody
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I was born after my mother had been introduced to Christian Science
Marian MacLellan
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Some years ago a small growth appeared on the bottom of one...
Cynthia Ruth Love
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Every six months when the Bible Lesson outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly...
Carl H. Parkinson
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In sharing this testimony I hope to encourage others to be steadfast...
Claire Mott White
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Not long after my graduation from college, I was faced with...
Barbara Hand Hill