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Every child, every teenager, has a deep, irresistible desire to know God. He or she may not always think of it that way.

Writing to heal Getting out the message of Christianity challenges each new generation of the followers of Christ Jesus. Our works— the living of the message—reach out to those looking for answers.

God's command to the Israelites when they were being pursued by Pharaoh and his army was to "go forward," Ex. 14:15.

At the back of this magazine, a directory lists names of individuals engaged in the public healing ministry of Christian Science. While any sincere student of this Science may practice Christian healing, individuals advertising in The Christian Science Journal are those who are engaged in no other vocation, have an established record of healing, and have met the standards required for advertising.

Messages ! The answering machine, the voice mail, the ringing telephone. They may bring an opportunity or still another responsibility.

Stress is supposed to go hand in hand with the demands of living in multicultural, multimedia, fast-moving societies. Stress management programs promise to help alleviate its effects; bookstore self-help shelves are piled high with texts on the subject.

The Bible tells us that a young man asked Christ Jesus, "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" Jesus answered, "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. " Would Jesus have given this answer if there really were such a thing as personal good? Apparently the young man needed to give up the belief that people were the source of good.

I've talked with a lot of young adults who are searching for a deeper sense of their identity. They're looking for freedom from the limiting, mortal views of life and individuality.

Everyone wants to be able to be active— to move normally and naturally, without giving thought to doing it, regardless of their age, size, or apparent human history. But does having our thought focused on matter as the source of life and movement give us the strength, agility, and uprightness we want to experience? Does it enliven and invigorate us? The first chapter of Genesis in the Bible refutes the belief that matter in any form gives life or action.

Speaking of King Nebuchadnezzar, the book of Daniel records, "The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?" His proclamation is followed by a voice from heaven, telling him, "The kingdom is departed from thee. " The Bible continues, "And he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.