In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

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Truth still sets free

Melissa Hayden

It may seem that technology, which is so often helpful in improving our lives but can also be used for criminal and hurtful purposes, far outstrips Jesus’ methods. But, in fact, the truth that Jesus preached and practiced is still fully effective in this age.
TeenConnect: Q&A

What’s so bad about identifying yourself with a star sign?

Julia Schuck

I decided that if I was going to let something determine my identity, I needed to feel completely good about it. Astrology didn’t give me that. So I knew there had to be another way. 
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God’s embrace silences anger

Manette Fairmont

Keeping calm in the midst of conflict allows us to listen for the voice of divine Truth and Love. This peaceful utterance reassures us, no matter what someone else says or does, that the essential goodness of our identity continues undisturbed and untouched. 
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What God is already doing

Mark Swinney

The reason that God doesn’t step into a physical world and fix things is that it’s not needed. Christian Science teaches that God and God’s manifestation—including each of us—are the entirety of existence. Everything real and good is already present and intact.
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Face down what’s false

Mark Raffles

Every time the fear arose that I would not regain full mobility, I challenged that suggestion until I had annihilated it, replacing it with a calm trust in God’s omnipotent ability to maintain my activity and freedom.
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Make demands on Love

Owen C. Thomas

Out of despair, I had challenged my view of what I thought God could do. A truly tough trial resulted in a higher understanding of God’s unchanging love for me and the restoration and exaltation of all the good I thought I’d lost.
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Love helped the wren

Deborah Harris

After she finished singing the hymn to the bird, Mia didn’t feel upset anymore. She told her mom how she had prayed.
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The view that matters

Mark Swinney

The only view that is genuine and worthy is God’s view. We can identify God’s view and thoughts by what they communicate to us and by how they make us feel. Divine thoughts communicate our and everyone’s oneness with God, good.
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Waking to a truer sense of Life

Jeannie Ferber

I had been trying to “apply” spiritual truths to improve whatever needed improving. What I truly needed was to accept (really accept) the Bible’s revelation that life, substance, and intelligence are in and of God, Spirit—and that everyone’s real individuality is entirely spiritual.
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I was hoping for another girl

Blythe Evans

Once my husband and I had two boys and one girl, I figured all I had to do was go ahead and have that second girl. Sound a little willful?
TeenConnect: Your Healings

How can I feel motivated?

Peter Fitzpatrick

He was behind on his work and stressed about his grades. How did this high school student turn his academics around? Read on.
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Learning to float

Karen Neff

As I let my understanding be upheld by divine Love, the answer came: I was not the one who was responsible; God was. Immediately I relaxed. I waited, trusted, “floated.”