In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Spiritual reality: a sure defense against contagious disease

Diane Benedict-Gill

Contagion is not an inescapable fact of life.

Thomas Richard Mitchinson

We've left a sin behind when we realize it has no power to deceive us.

Emily Wright Jaeger

Being willing to "walk in the Spirit" in our daily life—this keeps our thought open to God's healing messages and closed to destructive thoughts.

Alice Jean Small

The atmosphere of the classroom had become a place of peace. There was no more griping, complaining, obscenities.

Margaret Rogers

Sin isn't an option for God's child, and Christ, Truth, will awaken us all to this fact.

Nathan A. Talbot

The world could never be the same after Christ Jesus conquered death.

Kathleen J. Wiegand

We must continually search our hearts to discern what motives are fueling our ambition.

Marguerite Saye

I considered what glory could mean to me. Light and power. Praise. Great beauty. Blessings, not curses. Infinite blessings.

Susan E. Niebel

Power, love, and a sound mind—these are God's gifts to us.

Marvin J. Charwat

The desire or inclination to gamble is no part of anyone's true, spiritually awake identity.

Lacy Bell Richter

Gaming is built on a false premise that makes good seem uncertain—a matter of luck instead of the result of divine laws that are totally reliable.

Joan Sieber Ware

Did you ever feel like you were far away from God?