Testimonies of Healing

The healings we publish are verified by people who can vouch for the testifier or who know of the healing. Examples of Christian healing from individuals and families around the world have been published in the Christian Science periodicals for well over a century.

The most recently-published testimonies are at the top.

Testimony of Healing

'SPIRIT WILL FORM YOU ANEW'

GLORY HOLZWORTH with contributions from TIM HOLZWORTH

In 1998, when our son, Tim, was 14, a metal school door shut on his hand, cutting off the tip of his little finger, including the entire nail.
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WOUND FROM FISH SPINE HEALED THROUGH PRAYER

JULIE YEAGER ARTHUR

My husband and I were enjoying a day of snorkeling with my sister and her husband in the warm tropical water of Hawaii.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Testimony of Healing

'AS A SPIRITUAL IDEA, I WAS INTACT AND WHOLE ...'

CONSUELA H. ALLEN

One beautiful autumn morning, I was out on my patio, sweeping away the leaves and ornamental persimmons that had fallen from a nearby tree.

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Testimony of Healing

HEALING IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE

GEORGE BIRDSONG

My parents' steadfast trust in God, along with the opportunity to attend a Christian Science Sunday School, laid a strong foundation for my spiritual education.
Testimony of Healing

HEALED OF DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING

KATHY HARVEY

Two years ago, I started to develop a cough.
Testimony of Healing

PRAYER INSTEAD OF SURGERY

JERRY O. SPARKS

Before I actually began studying Christian Science on a regular basis, I experienced a healing that I would like to share.

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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Testimony of Healing

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT REGAINED THROUGH PRAYER

GEORGE LEEMING

Like many others, I have studied the Christian Science Weekly Bible Lessons for many years.
Testimony of Healing

HEALING—A BLESSING TO OURSELVES AND OTHERS

JANET HORTON

When I was 12, I was so painfully shy I couldn't look anyone else in the eye.
Testimony of Healing

'RISE IN THE STRENGTH OF SPIRIT'

PHYLLIS R. MITCHELL

I have been a Christian Scientist all of my life, and have had many healings through prayer, which prove to me Christian Science brings to us an understanding that God is, indeed, "a very present help in trouble".
Testimony of Healing

FREEDOM FROM A SKIN CONDITION

JOANITA DE CARVALHO VASCONCELOS

I was a stickler for cleanliness.
Testimony of Healing

THE HEALING POWER OF RADICAL PRAYER

NORMAN ANDERSON

A little over two years ago, I had a watershed experience that gave me new certainty about the meaning of a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: "Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized".
Testimony of Healing

No barriers between you and God's love

Danis Collett Mutchler

It wasn’t the first day I’d woken up worried.