For those times when healing seems elusive no matter how much prayer is offered, it can be helpful to further align thought with the truth that God reigns supreme over all, and evil has no place nor power in all of creation.
Prayer to God in Christian Science is about demonstrating the supremacy of good over evil. If unanswered questions loom—Will my prayer work? Does Christian Science heal? Does God hear my prayer?—they can be evidence of evil leveraging for a credible position. They need to be dismantled to prevent hope from abandoning faith in God and caving in to the taunts of evil.
Christ Jesus conquered evil, including death, and left his example as an inspiration to followers for eons to come. Mary Baker Eddy successfully practiced and taught his teachings in her discovery of Christian Science. Students of Christ today have the truths they need to triumph over the claims of evil, too. Sometimes victories come quickly. Other times a mighty struggle is required to uproot an entrenched sin or pernicious fear. But whatever the trial faced, a delayed recovery is not a signal to give up and concede to evil. It’s a sign to go up in consciousness, lessen fear of evil, strengthen one’s understanding of God, and spiritualize thought until the perceived threat disappears.
