Millions of people suffer from pain every day and wonder how to get rid of it. All kinds of methods offering relief are pursued—drugs, physical therapy, massage, meditation techniques, and more. However, there’s one approach that is often overlooked, yet can be the most effective. As Christian Science explains, prayer can take pain away. 

Rather than managing symptoms in the body or brain through physical or mental manipulation, healing prayer wakens thought to the reality of life in Spirit, God, where there is no pain. In the consciousness of spiritual reality, harmony and peace take over, and health is restored to mind and body.

To illustrate, a few years ago I struggled with a growing pain in my right shoulder that occurred whenever I lifted my arm. It became acute over several months.