Leaving a friend’s house where he’d been working on a group project, this high school student suddenly realized he was in an area of his city that was known for high levels of crime. His only option: Pray.
As we pray from the standpoint of spiritual fact—that God is omnipotent Love, that we are Love’s totally loved children, and that our health and harmony cannot be lost under His loving government—this makes prayer effective.
After previous boyfriends questioned Christian Science or told her that God wasn’t real, this college student felt nervous about talking about her beliefs with her current boyfriend. As she prayed about how to do it, she got a surprising answer: Share Science and Health.
In my own prayers to support public welfare and retain sovereignty over my life and body, I find guidance in remembering that we have inviolable spiritual rights under God.
The simple truth is that any and all good that was an expression of God, Spirit, anywhere over the past 20 years and more can never be lost or wasted, because its continuity remains with God. That’s true for Iraq and Afghanistan, too.