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Prayer for country brings healing
A little over a year ago I accepted a job in a university town in another part of the country. Over the next couple of days after accepting the job, I heard commercials describing the risks and symptoms of a certain illness. I immediately responded in prayer, denying that this could be true in divine reality, because God doesn’t create sickness. I persisted, to a degree, in claiming the unchanging harmony of my true, spiritual identity as God’s child.
When I began to experience aggressive symptoms, I was tempted to condemn myself, feeling I could have been more alert to these suggestions of illness. However, I quickly overcame this false notion that I was at fault, and decided that I could instead stand firm with Christ, Truth, as Jesus demonstrated in healing the sick.

September 6, 2021 issue
View IssueEditorial
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A new birth after hard times
John Quincy Adams III
Keeping Watch
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“Keeping watch” as we watch the news
Julie Ward
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Love’s realm, reign, and provision
Rachael Knight
How I found Christian Science
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My path, once dark, is filled with light
R. Elliott Reinert
Poetry
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A little child shall lead them
Carol Barker
Kids
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God can help with the scary things
Jenny Sawyer
Healings
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Freed from anxiety and insomnia
Emma Bekker
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Prayer for country brings healing
Kathleen Mitchener
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Bleeding stopped
Holly Bolon
Bible Lens
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Substance
September 6–12, 2021
From our readers
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Letters & Conversations
Kate Gibson Oswald, Anne Hughes