Of Good Report

Prayer enables a father to overcome jet lag, perform his work duties, and care for his children with limitless energy and no ill effects

Making a conscious effort to be alert to God's messages and express gratitude for daily good brings healing to a real estate transaction going south

In Sunday School a child learns about the Bible and Science and Health, applying the lessons in life and having healings, becoming an active church member

Listening to a divine message to pray for "justice" brings healing to an unfair situation and sharing Science and Health with a grateful recipient

Instances of protection while driving

Unexpected guest healed of twisted ankle when unwilling hostess overcame fear of insufficient funds to care for guest by recognizing God's love and supply

Prayer supports a deer's escape from a frozen lake

We learn in Christian Science that God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. And since God is good, we would naturally expect His government to be good—to be fair and just, to express kindness, honesty, incorruptibility.

There’s an expression that “scales fall from someone’s eyes” when they have a revolutionary insight or gain a completely new perspective and understanding. It refers to the Damascus experience of Paul (then known as Saul) when, after he became blind, he was visited by Ananias and, as the Bible describes, “immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith” (see Acts 9:1–18 ).

It matters what we think. Every day, we entertain thousands of thoughts.