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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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Enriching the affections

We can pray to know that humanity can gain a fuller understanding of God’s love and experience His all-embracing care. This is a prayer that reaches out to touch the receptive heart and help fulfill mankind’s spiritual yearnings.
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Poem

To vote

I ask in prayer how I should vote—
   which candidate is best?
The answer puzzles me ...
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A secure home

At a time when many children and their families around the world are being kept on the move, nothing could be more important than a feeling of belonging and a spiritual sense of home based on our oneness with God, Spirit. This oneness is our divine and permanent home.
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The fear of the political fallout and the storm’s destruction needed to be offset by the understanding of divine Love’s calming, healing presence and supremacy.
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TeenConnect: Trending
When this student was ready to stand up to authority because she saw injustice happening at her high school, she turned to prayer to discover the best way of doing that.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings
Christian Science just wasn’t resonating for this teen, but when things got really tough with friend and boyfriend problems and an injury on the job, she realized it did hold the answers she was looking for.
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This book healed me: Leaving it all to God

Can we trust God with anything? Everything? What does the Bible say? This week, in continuation of our series, we speak to three guests who, from reading the Bible, have learned important lessons about turning to God and leaving it all to Him.
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Poem

It has to be Love

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …
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Watching grass grow

Next to my work window , a big patch of lawn had a big dip in it earlier this year.
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Testimony of Healing
When I next visited a dentist, I didn’t say anything to him about the issue I’d had, and he didn’t report any problem areas. And the tooth has remained normal.
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Testimony of Healing

Upright and free

Knowing that God is the only authority I need to consult about my welfare keeps me on track in understanding who I truly am as God’s beloved child and that only God’s loving care has an impact on me.
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Testimony of Healing

Torn ligament healed

Within a short time, I was able to walk without difficulty and even run! And I returned to playing soccer.
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Bible Lens

Adam and Fallen Man

God’s image is shown to express His essential nature, identified in the New Testament as Spirit.
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Letters & Conversations

Finding the truth about who you, and all others, are puts each of us on a wonderful pathway of peace, love, and divine harmony.
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What are we assuming?

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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A fearful thought came: “You are out of time; the tornado is almost here!” But a soft presence embraced my heart with a conviction that time and space are nothing in the universe of Spirit, God.
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O Lord[,] in the morning will
I direct my prayer unto thee,
and will look up.

—Psalms 5:3
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In the chaos of a dark, frightening night, I needed to take to heart what the Apostle Paul understood—that “we live, and move, and have our being” in God (Acts 17:28).
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My search for truth

I became acquainted with Christian Science more than twenty years ago in my native Colombia.
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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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TeenConnect: Your Healings
Christian Science just wasn’t resonating for this teen, but when things got really tough with friend and boyfriend problems and an injury on the job, she realized it did hold the answers she was looking for.
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This book healed me: Leaving it all to God

Can we trust God with anything? Everything? What does the Bible say? This week, in continuation of our series, we speak to three guests who, from reading the Bible, have learned important lessons about turning to God and leaving it all to Him.
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Poem

It has to be Love

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …
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Watching grass grow

Next to my work window , a big patch of lawn had a big dip in it earlier this year.
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Samuel listens to God

Samuel listened to God while he continued looking for his mom and brother.
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Testimony of Healing

Misery and depression lifted

On the street corner I was surprised to see a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. I immediately thought, “That is where I can be healed.”
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Testimony of Healing

Freed from leg pain

It has been reassuring to ponder the fact that nothing can stop us from progressing.
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Testimony of Healing

Cut healed instantly

If we have had an accident that resulted from our own mistake or bad judgment, that’s no reason to believe that we can’t find healing through Christian Science. 
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Poem
I thought peacemaking meant 
Defusing conflict 
Mediating disagreements 
Smoothing ruffled feathers 
Restoring broken relationships ...
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Bible Lens

Mortals and Immortals

James stresses the immense power of sincere prayer to God. 
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Letters & Conversations

What a fabulously helpful article, beautifully written and read.
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What’s the motive?

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

—Mary Baker Eddy, Poems, p.79
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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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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

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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TeenConnect: Your Healings
Christian Science just wasn’t resonating for this teen, but when things got really tough with friend and boyfriend problems and an injury on the job, she realized it did hold the answers she was looking for.
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This book healed me: Leaving it all to God

Can we trust God with anything? Everything? What does the Bible say? This week, in continuation of our series, we speak to three guests who, from reading the Bible, have learned important lessons about turning to God and leaving it all to Him.
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Poem

It has to be Love

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …
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Watching grass grow

Next to my work window , a big patch of lawn had a big dip in it earlier this year.
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Testimony of Healing

Severe back pain gone

Praying this way, I was able to move a little, and with every step, I felt better and stronger.
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Testimony of Healing

Free from Covid

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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Testimony of Healing

Healing of earache

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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Bible Lens

Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

God’s name unequivocally expresses His infinite, omniscient nature.
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Letters & Conversations

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

Humble servant

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

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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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

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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TeenConnect: Your Healings
Christian Science just wasn’t resonating for this teen, but when things got really tough with friend and boyfriend problems and an injury on the job, she realized it did hold the answers she was looking for.
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This book healed me: Leaving it all to God

Can we trust God with anything? Everything? What does the Bible say? This week, in continuation of our series, we speak to three guests who, from reading the Bible, have learned important lessons about turning to God and leaving it all to Him.
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Poem

It has to be Love

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …
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Article

Watching grass grow

Next to my work window , a big patch of lawn had a big dip in it earlier this year.
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Article
As soon as I reached out to God and asked for His help, the bleeding stopped.
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Testimony of Healing
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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Testimony of Healing
I am grateful for Christian Science and its healing results, dissolving long-standing issues. What a blessing.
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Testimony of Healing
No matter what we are facing, understanding the ever-presence of divine Love is the antidote.
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Bible Lens

Doctrine of Atonement

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

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

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

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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If we are seeking guidance, we want to turn our thoughts toward God and gain a spiritual perspective on life.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings

Healed of anorexia

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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TeenConnect: Your Healings
Christian Science just wasn’t resonating for this teen, but when things got really tough with friend and boyfriend problems and an injury on the job, she realized it did hold the answers she was looking for.
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This book healed me: Leaving it all to God

Can we trust God with anything? Everything? What does the Bible say? This week, in continuation of our series, we speak to three guests who, from reading the Bible, have learned important lessons about turning to God and leaving it all to Him.
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Poem

It has to be Love

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …
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Article

Watching grass grow

Next to my work window , a big patch of lawn had a big dip in it earlier this year.
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Testimony of Healing

No more panic attacks

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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Testimony of Healing
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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Testimony of Healing

Head injury healed

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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Bible Lens

Probation After Death

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

Such gratitude to the author for sharing this beautiful, inspiring, and comforting poem.
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Loving our true self

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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Article
Our prayers for the offices of government can help uphold the office, its purpose, and the spiritual qualities necessary to sustain it. And this naturally blesses.
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Poem

No longer inflamed

Fever-pitched? 
Feel the cool balm of 
the ever-presence of God, good, 
     quelling the terror, the inflamed thought—
the sweet assurance that ...
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I could feel my thought shifting, looking to omnipotent Spirit as the single source of strength.
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Discard the label

I felt united with all God’s spiritual ideas, free of material identities or labels. It occurred to me that this is what I most needed and wanted.
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Thoughts from God are right there for us, even before we ask! 
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TeenConnect: Your Healings
Christian Science just wasn’t resonating for this teen, but when things got really tough with friend and boyfriend problems and an injury on the job, she realized it did hold the answers she was looking for.
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This book healed me: Leaving it all to God

Can we trust God with anything? Everything? What does the Bible say? This week, in continuation of our series, we speak to three guests who, from reading the Bible, have learned important lessons about turning to God and leaving it all to Him.
ListenPreview
Poem

It has to be Love

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …
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Article

Watching grass grow

Next to my work window , a big patch of lawn had a big dip in it earlier this year.
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Testimony of Healing

Healed step by step

I felt divinely led to keep my mind open about my next hiking adventure. This required a big leap of faith in God.
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Testimony of Healing

No more carpal tunnel syndrome

The healing came about naturally within two weeks of starting Christian Science treatment.
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Testimony of Healing
I became more faithful and receptive to divine Truth and Love, trusting in God’s perfect care. 
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Bible Lens

Everlasting Punishment

In the New Testament, righteousness signifies more than being right legally or ethically; it signals a right relationship to God, expressed in Christly thought and behavior.
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Letters & Conversations

Thank you for this editorial.
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