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The divine link
Is it selfish to pray for ourselves, or do we contribute to the advancement of mankind when we focus on healing what is diseased or deficient in our lives? As I’ve thought about this question, what has kept popping into my thought is the idea of breaking a link in a chain, or of severing a cord.
In Psalm 129 we read, “The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked” (verse 4). What does the Bible mean by “cords of the wicked”? I’ve learned in Christian Science that they can be anything, including sickness or sin, that would claim to separate us from the goodness of a righteous God.
It strikes me that when we struggle and pray through one of these claims and heal it, we have just weakened the mortal chains of slavery that are being foisted upon mankind. We’ve seen God cut the cord, as the Bible puts it. Prayer by prayer, healing by healing, we can contribute to the removal of the chains that bind mankind.
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May 18, 2015 issue
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Letters
Robin Brett Kadz, Anna Willis
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The one true power
Rachel F. Henderson
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The divine link
Nancy Atkins
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Christian Science healing—more than just health care
Constance Wallingford
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‘The only true ambition’*
Steve Ryf
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Bringing fresh authority to prayer
Tracy Colerider-Krugh
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Love is what’s real
By Sky, fourth grade, Washington
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My horse walked normally again
Erin O’Kelly Bourcier
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No evidence of the burn
Phillip Hewitt
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Walking ‘in the Spirit’
Anne Holway Higgins
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A quick return to school
Nancy Carbonneau
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The new book and the new movement
Allison W. Phinney
