Article July 4, 2011 Issue

Freedom and healing with the Lord’s Prayer

By Suzanne Connolly

In  Science and Health, Mary Baker Eddy called the Lord’s Prayer “that prayer which covers all human needs” (p. 16). This was proved true to me not long ago. 

Over a period of several days, a painful condition developed in my body, making it difficult to move about freely. By the night of the fourth day, I was hardly able to get around at all, and had to spend the night in a chair. Although I have been a lifelong student of Christian Science, and therefore knew the condition could be healed through prayer, I must admit that my early declarations of truth seemed like empty words. 

In the back of my thought was the suggestion that if I could just get some freedom from the pain and a good night’s sleep, I would be able to handle it more effectively. However, when morning came, my thought was still heavy with fear and doubt; it did not seem possible for me to even move, let alone get up from the chair. 

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