Editorials

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What makes us new?

Jenny Sawyer

The ceaselessness of divine Life, a Bible-based name for God, is the ever-present renewing power. It restores, regenerates, and brings freshness to our lives—no matter the season.
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Humility, not reaction

Thomas Mitchinson

Humility is not a passive acceptance of evil. Instead, it is the willingness to turn to God faithfully and diligently and yield our human opinions and impulses to the fact that God is, in reality, in complete control of our lives.
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Gratitude, even in our tough moments

Tony Lobl

Heartfelt gratitude to God for the good in our lives is a multiplier of that good.
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Healing is within reach

Lynn G. Jackson

The Christ acts naturally within thought to counteract all physical and mental concerns and fears. It heals. It destroys disease. It wipes away all tears.
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What are we assuming?

Lisa Rennie Sytsma

Our job is to listen for Christ’s voice pointing out, not just wrong thoughts we may be indulging, but the assumptions underlying those thoughts.
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Can we? Yes—it’s wonderfully true.

Keith Wommack

Whether we are desiring to lay aside shyness, pain, frustration, brokenness, lack, or any other limitation, we can turn to our divine Father-Mother in prayer, and allow His angels to lead us out of limited, materialistic thought patterns, which seem to be fertile ground for difficulties.
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Loving our true self

Larissa Snorek

The better we understand God, the better we see our true self—not in terms of human personality traits, but as the offspring of God. This keeps us from engaging in chronic self-improvement or self-criticism. 
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The value of deep roots

Robin Hoagland

When we’re confronted with any form of turmoil—the swirling winds of politics, an economic drought, or a debilitating event or illness—a single tree can remind us of what we need, not just to endure but to thrive.
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The Bible’s message: Worth fighting about or fighting for?

Scott Preller

We can read the Bible to experience firsthand the power of God that is being revealed to us through God’s love for us. This makes the Bible a friend and guide.
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What’s the motive?

Ethel Baker

The real motives of man will always come directly from divine Love and Truth and invariably inspire pure hearts, kind words, and good deeds.
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Truth is operating

Lisa Rennie Sytsma

The laws of mathematics work 24/7, and they work the same for an eight-year-old doing her homework as they do for an engineer designing a massive bridge. The law of God is the same: The size of the need is irrelevant to its capacity to help us.
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Our pain healer: God

Tony Lobl

While not all healings are as immediate as those that Jesus did, all discomfort and distress are subject to the truth that his healings proved.