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I wasn't scared anymore
One Saturday I went to my friend’s house to celebrate her birthday. We had a lot of fun at first, and then the rest of my friends wanted to watch a scary movie. So I went with it, thinking I wouldn’t get scared. But, once the movie was over, I was petrified with fear. The next day I went to Sunday School, and I told my Sunday School teacher that I watched this movie and I was still feeling scared. She talked to me about how I could pray about this. And she gave me a great passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy to think about. The passage is on page 393. It says: “Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good. God has made man capable of this, and nothing can vitiate the ability and power divinely bestowed on man.” What this passage means to me is that we are all perfect and God gives us the strength to overcome fear. God knows no evil or anything that is not perfect, and for a child of God, there is no fear.
The following week, I read this passage every morning and every night. Once it was Friday, I wasn’t scared anymore. What made me feel free of this fear is understanding that there is nothing unlike good. NO fear exists. There was also a feeling of God loving me and supporting me in everything I did.
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December 10, 2012 issue
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Letters
Jessica Fields, Helen Liscomb, JSH-Online comments
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Triumph over evil
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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Defeating the devil
Mark McCurties
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Where does evil come from?
Marian English
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'Demons' and witchcraft have no power
Léon Emmanuel Kenga Wambi
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The devil is a liar
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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Christmastime healing
Judi Bell
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Taking out the garbage
Kathleen Chicoine
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Building with prayer
Tom R. Evans, Sr.
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College, coding, and clarity
Auzita Irani
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I wasn't scared anymore
Stephanie
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Unyielding strength
David Hugh Smith
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A spiritual approach to coal seam gas mining
Beverley Beddoes-Mills
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The glory belongs to God
Kathleen Collins
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'I knew my life was changed forever...'
Helen Martin
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Holy Bible, e-book divine?
Dave Horn
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Grateful for three healings
Daniel Enemark
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Cat restored to health
Mimi Smith
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Back pain healed
Martha Olson
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Promises kept
The Editors