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How to increase one's faith
When I began to study the Science of Christ, I really longed to add to my faith so I would become a better healer.
In the Bible I read that when the apostles asked Jesus to increase their faith, he said, "If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you" (Luke 17:16). To me, Jesus is saying that even if we believe our faith is small, it is always complete and able to do great things. Faith is a gift of divine Love. We do not increase our faith by personal endeavor, but we wake to the ever-presence of this moral quality by diligently seeking and following the healing Christ.
This different from putting our faith in another person. Faith in someone's personality encourages the mistaken belief that that person is more spiritual or closer to God than we are. Or, we may feel we are more spiritually-minded than others! These feelings can mislead us. We may feel a superiority or inferiority that has nothing to do with our true relation to God or His unchanging love for us. True faith involves humility, the conviction that we can do nothing of ourselves. We need also to trust God, Love, to care for all. "Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals," says Science and Health (p. 13).
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December 22, 1997 issue
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TO OUR READERS
The Editors
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Is Jesus relevant today?
Karl S. Sandberg, Jr.
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Christ, the safest mooring
Ralph N. Whistler
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Christmas promise
Linda Laird Giedl
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How to increase one's faith
M. Kiatezua Lubanzadio Luyaluka
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Empowered by divine intelligence
Elizabeth Lee Lokey
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Blessing or cursing: our choice
Ruth McCleary Truscott
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Seven decades of Christian Science healing
Michael Seek with contributions from Wilhelm Kirchhoff
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Prayer knows no barriers
Marta Greenwood
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Letting Love shine out!
Gene Baker
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Dear Sentinel
with contributions from Libby Dearing, Susan Ryf Dearing, Fred Morrison, Bonnie Morrison
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Prayer for peace during political unrest
David C. N. M. Kironji
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One man cries peace in a land of massacres
Andrea Useem
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Love—the most valuable gift
Barbara M. Vining
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"The TWO LARGEST WORDS..."
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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What a joy to be writings this!
Linda Jo Beckers
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One day my family and I went to my dad's friend's house
Stephanie Thompson with contributions from Mary Thompson
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While eating lunch with a fellow worker a year ago, I felt a pain...
Emil Richard Martey