Sometimes we may feel it's easier to stay on the sidelines of life than to get involved. But when we realize that Spirit, not personal energies, is what impels action, life is worth the effort.
The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
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, Christian Science is simple, but to be a Christian Scientist is not an easy option, nor is it easy to be a practicing Christian of any denomination.
There is God-given dominion over the material senses — capacity to heal evil, hurt, and sickness. The issue is, however, how do we learn to assert such freedom?
Some of the dearest memories of my childhood were of sitting in my grandmother's bedroom, studying the Bible Lesson outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly.
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