In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Real beauty 

It is our actions that allow us to feel our inherent beauty—not for our glory but for the glory of God.

My Christmas angel 

I rolled over on my back and lay still for a minute, knowing I was with my Christmas angel.
What was and is needed most is love, all the love we can give our practice, along with the understanding that God is the healer.

Practice proves perfect 

Instead of being a repetitive process of adding layer after layer of acquired skills, each hour of practice or study is chipping away at suggestions of limitation that conceal our true selves as the perfect, capable, unlimited expression of God.

Nehemiah's story 

Nehemiah’s story is all about how we can pray, listen to and follow God.

Three magazines 

I subscribed to the Christian Science periodicals. These gems arrived weekly and monthly, bringing answers, hope, solutions, love, and the truths I needed.
Understanding my identity as the perfect reflection of Spirit, God, corrected the belief that I lived in a flawed, material body, and healing resulted.

God is comforting Her people 

May the love of God be known and felt by all—in the Middle East and everywhere.

Need a good idea? 

Yawn. That’s how this author felt when he got the list of topics for an upcoming paper. As the deadline approached and the pressure mounted, he knew prayer was the only thing that could help him overcome this mental gridlock.
Each spiritual fact loved, trusted, and applied has all the power and tenderness of infinite, divine Love undergirding it.
I can pray by practicing childlike receptivity—not telling God what I need but listening to Him.
You know what the end of the semester is like: It can be a stress-fest. Feeling overwhelmed, this college student turned to prayer—with tangible results.