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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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Do we have to feel offended?

Jay Frost

There was a spiritual lesson in this: The effects we may feel from another’s wrong behavior (inadvertent or intentional) have more to do with our reaction than with the incident itself.
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Humble servant

Wendy Mulhern

I go forth
humble
and delighted
and exuberant
to be ...
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Live in “the reliable now”

Carol Coykendall Caspary Raner

When I do serve God in the now, I find my “retirement” days are quite full. The reward for being in the present is having lots of energy to do more. 
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How the book of Revelation guides us

Clay Kaufman

We can heal challenges to our health and happiness through recognizing ourselves as the pure, reflection of God, Spirit, dispersing the mistaken beliefs that would obscure our true nature.
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Remembering the salt

Sue Holzberlein

When I prayed asking what I needed to know in relation to the memory lapses, God’s answer was, “Just listen.”
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In a bad mood?

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Facing down political fears

With Jenny Sawyer

No matter where we put ourselves on the political spectrum, most of us have probably felt anything ranging from concern to outright fear about upcoming elections in the United States or elsewhere in the world. Our guest, Jenny Sawyer, has too, and she shares some of what’s fueled her prayers for government—and helped her face down fear.
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God’s song

Joni Overton-Jung

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Politics and finding peace

Martin Vesely

When we also come to understand God as Spirit, and His creation as purely spiritual rather than tribal or political, it becomes much easier to not only love God supremely but to love all of our neighbors as ourselves.
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I always have God to turn to

Noelle

As soon as I reached out to God and asked for His help, the bleeding stopped.
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Testimony of Healing

Leading thought to Spirit heals pain

Waltraud Lehmann

I just needed to know that God had already made me perfect. I found I could be infinitely grateful for this fact and trust Him with my whole heart.
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No further trouble from toothaches or cavities

Heiko Knostmann

I am grateful for Christian Science and its healing results, dissolving long-standing issues. What a blessing.
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Healed after fall from horse

Laurie Appleby

No matter what we are facing, understanding the ever-presence of divine Love is the antidote.
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Doctrine of Atonement

October 14–20, 2024

Israelites understood God to be invisible, but they expected and praised evidence of His nearness.
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Letters & Conversations

Natalie Coleridge, Mary Bistline, Robin Krauss

Wow! What a wonderful example of obedience to God—meeting every need and, in this case, blessing many others as well.
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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 door is unlocked

Kit Kurtz

Jesus said that the kingdom of God is within each of us. We have free access to heavenly pastures. 
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Image and Inspiration

Man is by no means a material germ rising from the imperfect and endeavoring to reach Spirit above his origin. The stream rises no higher than its source.
—Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.246
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Overcoming deception

Roni Britton

Regardless of what appears real to the physical senses, the truth is that all that is real is God and the spiritual and perfect universe of His creating.
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Seeking spiritual wisdom over human advice

John Qualtrough

If we are seeking guidance, we want to turn our thoughts toward God and gain a spiritual perspective on life.
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Healed of anorexia

Name Withheld

I realized that I had been hoping my body would tell me who I am or confirm something about my identity. But this hope was empty from the outset because we are made in God’s image.
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In a bad mood?

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Facing down political fears

With Jenny Sawyer

No matter where we put ourselves on the political spectrum, most of us have probably felt anything ranging from concern to outright fear about upcoming elections in the United States or elsewhere in the world. Our guest, Jenny Sawyer, has too, and she shares some of what’s fueled her prayers for government—and helped her face down fear.
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God’s song

Joni Overton-Jung

against the steady
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of bullying taunts—
the worn soundtrack
of what sometimes
feels like your life

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Politics and finding peace

Martin Vesely

When we also come to understand God as Spirit, and His creation as purely spiritual rather than tribal or political, it becomes much easier to not only love God supremely but to love all of our neighbors as ourselves.
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Testimony of Healing

No more panic attacks

Susan Bonner

With tears of gratitude running down my cheeks, I thanked God for His infinite beauty. And in that instant, I inwardly heard these words: “You have reached the summit.” I knew I was fully healed.
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Healing before choir concert

Jaska Alanko

I understood that my whole being was, and had always been, totally spiritual. Nothing could compromise my status as the perfect reflection of the one perfect God. Within a short time, I was relieved of the flu symptoms, and my voice returned.
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Head injury healed

Nilda Maria Alves

I continued to be steadfast in prayer, and after three days there was no longer any evidence of injury, including no scar.
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Probation After Death

October 21–27, 2024

Throughout his career, Jesus identifies himself with light.
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Letters & Conversations

Phyllis Feldman, Cheryl Brown Lohse, Ginny Nilsen, Lorraine Mahon

Such gratitude to the author for sharing this beautiful, inspiring, and comforting poem.
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AI’s need for our higher nature

Kim Crooks Korinek

Consistently expressing the divine nature brings order, clarity, honesty, compassion, harmony, authority, and healing to all aspects of our lives—and is needed for the wise development and use of AI today.
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The path out of hatred

Deborah Huebsch

There is a growing conviction in my heart that people and places that seem consumed with hatred can be viewed with healing compassion that can melt even the most egregious forms of hatred.
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Rotation on the Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society

We would like to announce that Jennifer McLaughlin, CSB, will be joining the Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society effective October 1, 2024.
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Can other people’s thoughts harm us?

Mark Swinney

God never sentences His loved offspring to be on the receiving end of any evil, reactive influence. God is good alone; God doesn’t send evil, use evil, or allow evil.
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Great peace

William E. Moody

Love flows through me with perfect grace;
       God’s light shines …
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A freeing truth in the strawberry patch

Martine Blackler

Every question I had ever had concerning God was answered, until not one single doubt of His existence remained.
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In a bad mood?

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Facing down political fears

With Jenny Sawyer

No matter where we put ourselves on the political spectrum, most of us have probably felt anything ranging from concern to outright fear about upcoming elections in the United States or elsewhere in the world. Our guest, Jenny Sawyer, has too, and she shares some of what’s fueled her prayers for government—and helped her face down fear.
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God’s song

Joni Overton-Jung

against the steady
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of bullying taunts—
the worn soundtrack
of what sometimes
feels like your life

there sings a …
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Politics and finding peace

Martin Vesely

When we also come to understand God as Spirit, and His creation as purely spiritual rather than tribal or political, it becomes much easier to not only love God supremely but to love all of our neighbors as ourselves.
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I listened only to thoughts from God

Annabelle

I remembered to listen only to God and His good thoughts. The stomachache didn’t come back, and I enjoyed the rest of my time at camp.
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No more headaches

Vasti Alves de Oliveira

Where God is there is peace, comfort, and health, and He is everywhere.
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Painful condition healed

Anna Reighart

As I headed off to church that morning, the pain vanished.
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Foot pain healed

Deran Zdan

Every time I felt pain, I would recall a different healing idea from Mrs. Eddy’s writings and the Christian Science Hymnal. I knew that in the end, Christ, Truth, would win.
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Matter

September 16–22, 2024

Paul defines the community of believers as a spiritual temple consecrated to God.
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DeEtta Greenwalt, Yvette Gardner, Toni Alexander

We love hearing from readers. Here’s the conversation this week.
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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.
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Lean on God and look for the blessings

Susan Oakes

I was leaning, looking, and actually seeing both God and myself through new eyes. I was realizing God’s blessing right there—discerning something of the goodness of God and seeing myself and all of creation reflecting that goodness as an undeniable present fact.
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Believing, trusting, knowing

Carol Dismore

Belief is like a caterpillar—
       crawling here and there,
then entering its chrysalis
       of faith ...
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More than just making it through another day

Pam DeBolt

Though daily life was a challenge, step by step I became stronger and clearer in my understanding of the ever-presence and all-power of God, good. In fact, I discovered that recognizing that good is at hand even in hard times teaches us that we can still help others even while working our way out of troubling circumstances.
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Image and Inspiration

The fowls, which fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven, correspond to aspirations soaring beyond and above corporeality to the understanding of the incorporeal and divine Principle, Love.—Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, pp. 511–512
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Expect renewal, not decline

Martin Vesely

Decline is a counterfeit picture of man and the universe. 
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In a bad mood?

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Facing down political fears

With Jenny Sawyer

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God’s song

Joni Overton-Jung

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the worn soundtrack
of what sometimes
feels like your life

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Politics and finding peace

Martin Vesely

When we also come to understand God as Spirit, and His creation as purely spiritual rather than tribal or political, it becomes much easier to not only love God supremely but to love all of our neighbors as ourselves.
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Safe from a severe storm

Nancy New

When a ferocious storm hit during a camping trip, this author found comfort and safety by praying with a Bible passage that promised “perfect peace.”
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Two significant healings

Susan Self

I continually affirmed that I express God’s perfect, spiritual sight, which is indestructible and not a function of physical eyes. These affirmations slowly but surely destroyed the thought of imperfect sight.
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A midnight victory

Carol Kane

I realized that the chest pain and weight had vanished. That was more than a year ago, and they have not returned.
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Feeling God’s love heals

Michael Hamilton

I reasoned that God wouldn’t create a disease or allow the existence of anything that could harm His children, and this helped me to be less impressed with the symptoms. 
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Bible Lens

Reality

September 23–29, 2024

John’s revelation portrays a city needing neither gate nor light. The glory of God and His Son guarantees spiritual light and safety throughout this new Jerusalem.
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Thanksgiving

2024

The commitment call to exalt the name of the one God reverberates throughout Hebrew Scripture.
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Letters & Conversations

Ellen White, Brian Hutchison, Tshegofatso Chose

After reading this poem, I now more carefully cherish each holy word of the Bible Lesson in the Christian Science Quarterly, taking care not to skim over any part of it.
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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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To "endure all things"

Laura Blair

If we want to conquer the wrongs of the world, we must begin by recognizing divine Love’s allness and our inherent ability, as Love’s offspring, to endure through Love.
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To be: A conjugation

Peter Anderson

“I am ...  
   that I Am,” God, the only power;
you are ... 
   His perfect, complete image
      and likeness; 
he is, she is ... 
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The power of correctly identifying ourselves

Judith Roehmer Davenport

I acknowledged that God, Life, is my only creator and has given me, and all of His children, dominion. Would an all-loving God make our well-being dependent on human circumstances? No!
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Christian Science found me

Patricia Sanchez

I had always believed in God, and was looking for something that would satisfy me and help me understand who I was and what my purpose was in life. So I went to the meeting.
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Eli catches angels

Molly Richardson Jerry

God’s thoughts are “headed straight to you” every minute of every day.
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In a bad mood?

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Facing down political fears

With Jenny Sawyer

No matter where we put ourselves on the political spectrum, most of us have probably felt anything ranging from concern to outright fear about upcoming elections in the United States or elsewhere in the world. Our guest, Jenny Sawyer, has too, and she shares some of what’s fueled her prayers for government—and helped her face down fear.
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God’s song

Joni Overton-Jung

against the steady
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of bullying taunts—
the worn soundtrack
of what sometimes
feels like your life

there sings a …
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Politics and finding peace

Martin Vesely

When we also come to understand God as Spirit, and His creation as purely spiritual rather than tribal or political, it becomes much easier to not only love God supremely but to love all of our neighbors as ourselves.
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Healing of underarm growth

Laura Ester Romero

It became clear to me how important it is to be alert, accepting only true, spiritual thoughts from God and rejecting those that are not coming from Him.
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Eye difficulty healed

Paul Ngugi

I felt God’s presence and was confident that I could rely on Him for healing. I knew that God’s perfection is untouched, and so is mine as His image.
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Expecting a “bright tomorrow” heals

Lindsey Pagett

My thought shifted to an undoubting expectation of only and all good. I was certain that there would be complete healing.
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No more rash

Julianne Spain

By the time I had read Science and Health from cover to cover, all of the itchy areas on my skin had dried up. The rash completely disappeared soon after.
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Unreality

September 30–October 6, 2024

In the Bible, light represents divine presence, power, and wisdom.
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Letters & Conversations

Seaward B. Grant, Susan Williams, Marty Evanson

I love how this article, with its practical approach to prayer, just jumped up in my news feed right when I needed assurance that God is All-in-all and in complete control of His universe.
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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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Nurturing the right thoughts

Nancy Harrison

In my work as a police chaplain, I’ve seen the healing power of welcoming in and yielding to thoughts from God.
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Image and Inspiration

Who doth His will—His likeness still— Is satisfied.

—Mary Baker Eddy, Poems, p.79
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A healing response to sexism in the workplace

Anne Sorochinsky

It became clear to me that the type of sexist treatment we had experienced and the belief that it had to be tolerated as “just the way it is” had to be challenged for everyone’s benefit, not just my own.
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“My wellness paradigm shifted”

Heather Milliron

I was completely healed of nerve pain. This condition has not recurred since that visit with my friend.
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Trusting God saved my life

Fisher Ledbetter

I was so relieved, and yet I also understood how this outcome was possible—it was because I trusted God, instead of getting swept away by fear. 
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In a bad mood?

Allison Adams

When you wake up feeling grumpy and tired, is there anything you can do to turn your day around? Read on to learn how this author found inspiration that dissolved her bad mood.
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Facing down political fears

With Jenny Sawyer

No matter where we put ourselves on the political spectrum, most of us have probably felt anything ranging from concern to outright fear about upcoming elections in the United States or elsewhere in the world. Our guest, Jenny Sawyer, has too, and she shares some of what’s fueled her prayers for government—and helped her face down fear.
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God’s song

Joni Overton-Jung

against the steady
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of bullying taunts—
the worn soundtrack
of what sometimes
feels like your life

there sings a …
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Politics and finding peace

Martin Vesely

When we also come to understand God as Spirit, and His creation as purely spiritual rather than tribal or political, it becomes much easier to not only love God supremely but to love all of our neighbors as ourselves.
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Testimony of Healing

Severe back pain gone

Judy Woodson

Praying this way, I was able to move a little, and with every step, I felt better and stronger.
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Free from Covid

Leide Lessa

My faith in the healing power of God and my expectancy of healing brought calmness and helped me to rely fearlessly on divine Love.
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Healing of earache

Ina Brink

I’ve come to realize that even when something seems too hard to heal, it’s still possible for the problem to dissolve into nothingness. 
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Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

October 7–13, 2024

God’s name unequivocally expresses His infinite, omniscient nature.
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Gatwiri Isaac, Linda Vara, Marilyn Hesche

This is a very inspiring article, with an assurance of promise and fulfillment.
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