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Take a stand for health
God’s grand design is for everyone’s life to be filled with health.
It’s encouraging to learn in Christian Science that when symptoms of illness appear in the body, we can, with God’s help, reverse them and see them disappear. Just as a conscientious attorney disputes false claims against his or her client in court, we can dispute claims of the physical senses that argue for the reality of suffering. With Christ, our divine Counselor, or advocate (see Isaiah 9:6, I John 2:1), at our side, we can stand up for our God-given right to health and be well.
Last winter, when some of the people I was spending time with were suffering from colds, I awoke one morning with similar symptoms. In situations like this, it may be tempting to think, “It’s my turn to suffer now.” But I didn’t want to suffer. So, rather than consent to what felt like an unstoppable illness, I took prayerful action against the symptoms, confident that I could reverse them with an understanding of my God-given right to unstoppable health.
I knew that my health as a child of God, Spirit, is never threatened.
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February 10, 2025 issue
View IssueEditorial
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Prayer poised in Principle, not problems
Michelle Boccanfuso Nanouche
Articles
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Take a stand for health
Evan Mehlenbacher
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Understanding God transformed my life
Dolesia Schroder
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Just love
Suzanne Brown
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The gardener was never there
Robert Rupp II
Teens
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When a girl stole my best friend
Holly Wayman
Healings
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Walking freely again
Bess Goodspeed
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Divine Love heals pet
Tonia Benoist with contributions from Lindsay Bryan
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Hereditary condition reversed
Debra Jones McCook
Bible Lens
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Soul
February 10–16, 2025
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Maralee Knowlen, Jonathan Bates, Diana Wennerstrom, Evelyn Tyson