Turning to gambling as a means of gain necessarily involves a turning away from the only provider, the one true substance, God. Looked at frankly, gambling, or chance-taking, is a form of idolatry.
I think that you will be interested to know that I am one of those who came into Christian Science as a result of listening to the shortwave broadcasts of the Christian Science Sentinel, The Herald of Christian Science, and the Sunday service from The Mother Church.
I once thought the term self-knowledge just meant making the effort to know my true, Godlike self. But then I realized it must mean taking a hard look at what I'm currently manifesting, good or bad, in terms of qualities of thought, attitudes, and morals.
I worked at expressing the orderliness of God's creation and at bringing about peace and calm in the classroom. I found that the children quickly responded to this.
The ability to rely on God to overcome any sort of problem, be it the size of a gnat or a giant, derives directly from our relationship to God as His image and likeness.
