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

Hernia symptoms healed

Jack Kavanagh

I came to realize that there was no rupture in the relationship between God and me—no separation in my life from goodness.
Testimony of Healing

No sign of a burn

Alison J. Hughes

I felt so sure of God’s good government that I wasn’t tempted to look at my hand that afternoon while completing other tasks.

Audio Collection

Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Testimony of Healing

Healed after fall from bike

Christine Henderson

I met the suggestion of severe pain with a simple “No! No! I am untouched.” I just kept affirming that truth. 

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Testimony of Healing

Difficulties overcome at son’s birth

Loreley Paradizo Hernández

I felt myself continuing to surrender the mortal picture of suffering and imperfection to this true picture of the baby’s spiritual identity. 
Testimony of Healing

Freed from back pain

Debra Keller

I became aware that although I had overcome much grief since the passing of my husband a few years earlier, I still felt burdened and anxious without his daily love and support. I realized that this fear needed to be healed.
Testimony of Healing

Freed of menstrual cramps

Elise Paeffgen

I knew the cramps could be permanently healed. (I’m actually a little surprised by how clearly I knew this!)

Audio Collection

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.

Audio Collection

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 Safety

A safe refuge

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

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

View other Collections →

Share your healing experience

Have you had a healing? Sharing it may bring hope to or even heal others. Visit Writer’s Corner to get started.

Write for JSH

Testimony of Healing

A glimpse of divine Love’s promise

Bruce Butterfield

As I started to pray with some of the Bible-based synonyms for God that Christian Science brings out, I became less focused on the discomfort.
Testimony of Healing

Age-defying healings

Rick Soulé

I am a lifelong student of Christian Science and have had many wonderful healings.
Testimony of Healing

Fear of flying overcome

Susanne van Eyl

Instead of focusing on fear, I put my trust in God, and each opportunity to practice this trust became a steppingstone toward a greater sense of peace. 
Testimony of Healing

Immediate reversal of severe injury

Adrienne J. Townsend

Christian Science is the proof that God’s law of harmony is as effective today as it has always been. 
Testimony of Healing

Freed of chest pains and grief

Richard Price

Like awakening from a sleeping dream, I could awaken from this dream to behold the reality of God and His creation.
Testimony of Healing

Healed of symptoms of stress and overload

Emmanuel Tekila

Our activity is sustained by God, and I knew that preparing for the exam was not about a personal ability to read or remember material but about expressing God.