In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

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“Follow thou me” 

Susanne van Eyl

The brief exchange between Jesus and Peter has provided me with a lifetime of guidance because it is reliable, clear, and simple to follow. When the words “follow thou me” come to my thought, I know that I need to change course.
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Not fearing, but revering God 

Vicki Turpen

My prayers were not only to address my own fears but also to help heal the fear that was being felt in our country at the time.
TeenConnect: Q&A

Love myself? Is that even possible? 

John Biggs

If you think loving yourself either sounds silly or impossible, think again. There’s actual power—spiritual power—in knowing you’re loved and why.
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The great value of hope, faith, and understanding 

Mark Swinney

Hoping for, having faith in, and understanding God’s overflowing goodness and love comforts so effectively.
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Ending self-righteousness in political discussions 

Joani Stotler

I was able to drop my political agenda and its accompanying self-righteous indignation.
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Joyful expectation 

Marty Jones

As I watched my dogs over the next hour, it struck me how different their expectations for the day were from mine. I was trying to feel joyful anticipation, and they were just doing it.
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My wilderness experience led me to Christ 

Ute Keller

Working in the medical field had been becoming more and more of a wilderness experience for me. With a growing dissatisfaction with, and doubt about, what I had studied for years, I was feeling lonely, and even fearful.
Kids

One family—God’s! 

Virginia Anders

Melody had to go to a new school, where she didn’t know anyone. As the first day got closer, she felt scared.
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The heart stone 

Karen Neff

I realized that accepting even small, seemingly inconsequential losses leads to the larger concession to loss of life and must be resisted in whatever form presented. 
TeenConnect: Your Healings

Underwater 

Camille Abadie

This competitive swimmer was losing herself in the sport—and not in a good way. Read on to find out how she rediscovered her love of swimming—and found herself.
TeenConnect: My church

So this is why I go to Sunday School 

Lona Ingwerson

Maybe she’d always gone to Christian Science Sunday School because her parents wanted her to, but when when this teenager found herself stuck in the middle of a storm, she suddenly understood that there was a lot more to her attendance than she’d realized.
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A mother prays about bullying 

Laurie Toupin

Even though I could not physically be there at the school to help my daughter, nor could I tell her my thoughts when she wasn’t interested in hearing them, there was a way I could help that was more powerful and effective than any other means or method: yielding to God in prayer.