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The healing power of unselfed love
The first chapter of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, begins with this sentence: “The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love” (p. 1). That sentence contains important components for redemption and healing, ones that should not be ignored. An unselfed love is one such essential ingredient. Spiritual love is what opens our thought to man’s spiritual perfection and the divine power that heals.
When there seems to be resistance to healing, it often comes in the form of self: “I’m not good enough,” “I don’t know enough,” “I’m too busy,” “I’m too proud,” “I’m too discouraged,” “I’m too old and tired,” “I’m not a good example.” These are all very self-focused thoughts.
We need quiet, sincere communion with God, to really listen to what Spirit is telling us about ourselves.
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March 30, 2015 issue
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Letters
Margaret Powell, Kay Zurcher, Marie Jureit-Beamish
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The healing power of unselfed love
Paula Jensen-Moulton
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Can our harmony be invaded?
Andrew Wilson
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Growing spiritually, not just fixing a problem
Robert MacKusick
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God is not the shifting vane on the spire
Photograph by Russell Birch
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Preparing my thought to serve
Dyan Wingard
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God is All!
By Noah, fifth grade, Missouri
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‘I felt encircled in God’s love’
Karen Hasek
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No ‘tares’—only ‘wheat’
John Hymes
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Healed of alcoholism
Cynthia Deupree
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No scars
Alice Batista
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Post-crisis, the world reconnects its dots
The Monitor’s Editorial Board
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Globalization—its significance for all
Stephen Carlson
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Our love for Jesus
David C. Kennedy