Article August 1, 1988 Issue

Evil cannot possess you

The Christian Science Monitor

For several months, whenever I walked past a certain house, I felt a very strong premonition of evil. In fact, the sense of an evil presence was so disturbing that I immediately began praying.

I affirmed the utter supremacy of good, the overmastering potency of divine Love. I knew this is what Christ Jesus' life had signified. I mentally denied that evil could be a presence or power to dispute God. I rebuked the assertion that evil could possess anyone or anything, because I knew God, good, was the possessor of all.

For two months I prayed in this manner whenever I passed the house. Then one night, walking home, I heard a loud crash and saw some young boys running away from the house. A young woman came out yelling in anger. Apparently the boys had been terrorizing her for a week and had just thrown a brick against her house.

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