In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Reverse pernicious beliefs

Joann Smedley

Mistaken beliefs about God and healing are deadly to one’s receptivity to Christ-healing and are to be denied and destroyed in thought, if healing is to result.

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A healing response to group mentality

Randall Erwin

Expressing differing perspectives and challenging popular thinking is natural and necessary to the advancement of humanity. However, this growth must not come at the expense of loving our neighbors.

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What more do I need?

Russ Gerber

Repentance and reform helped me to gain rich insights into my actual selfhood as the likeness of God, and to see—and let go of—what is not part of that selfhood.

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Caregiving? You have what it takes.

Eric Nager

I had refused to give fear a foothold in my thinking, and that helped purify the mental environment.

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God, the great caregiver

Manette Fairmont

Being someone’s caregiver, advocate, and spiritually supportive friend can be life-changing. I learned to more and more turn this care over to God’s direction, the highest source of love and care.

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The cut had already closed

Reed

God was taking care of me, no matter what.

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When the news media is pouring forth depictions of conflict at all levels of our interconnected societies, there is the need for prayer—the acknowledgment and conviction of the omnipresence and power of God’s goodness, love, and constant care and protection.

TeenConnect: Your Healings

A healing of Covid at camp

Nicole Nager

Camp was supposed to be the happiest place on earth. But when this teen got hit with Covid, she discovered that part of finding healing was about feeling more of God’s love—and the happiness that comes from it, no matter what the circumstances.

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What’s behind antagonism toward Spirit?

Mark Swinney

I began to wonder if matter was really what I always had thought it was. One moment, I felt the pain of a broken body. The next moment, I was healed and felt only the love of God.

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One thing is needful

Kim Haig

I felt so comforted knowing that so long as I kept my focus on what God was doing, I would see that I was totally cared for.

TeenConnect: My church

Getting all my questions answered

Susan McCandless

I was like a sponge, soaking up as much as I could about this entirely spiritual view of existence.

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Giving up the gossip habit

Katelyn Wigmore

The real fruit of my prayers came when I started a summer job, and I quickly realized gossip was rampant in the workplace.