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It was hard to miss the dirty handprint on the wall next to the open window in my new apartment. It hadn’t been there when I’d left the evening before.

A rich man once asked Christ Jesus, “What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” Jesus recommended he “keep the commandments. ”  “All these things have I kept from my youth up,” the man replied.

Have you ever wanted something so much that you detailed it in your prayers so God could get it exactly right? You should know about the endearing story of a little girl who prayed for a pony. When someone commiserated with her about her prayers not being answered, she said: “Oh, but God did answer.

Mary Baker Eddy’s discovery of Christian Science and founding of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, occurred during a period of political and social ferment in the United States—a time known as the Progressive Era. Everywhere, it seemed, conventional wisdom was being questioned and new ideas were being hatched about fairness, ethics, and how society, industry, and other parts of life should be organized and conducted.

As a child , I had listened to my mother playing the piano, and when my parents decided to give me the opportunity to learn how to play, I couldn’t wait to get started. They found me a teacher, and she taught me all the basics—how to read music, and how to use my hands on the piano.

Over 40,000 Google search queries are made every second on the Internet. And while we’re gobbling up online content, there’s also a search going on for everything in our immediate radius: employment, satisfying relationships, health and well-being, along with—how can we escape it?—the search for a purpose in life.

When Christ Jesus went to the home of Jairus to raise Jairus’ daughter from the dead (see Mark 5:22–24, 35–43 ), he first asked everyone to leave the house, except for the parents and his chosen disciples. Peter, in following Jesus’ example, did the same when he raised Dorcas from death (see Acts 9:36–41 ).

Read how this author prayed about a career change.

Enjoy this Christmas piece for youth!

The first time I read the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, I found it contained an explanation of the Christ that made a great deal of sense to me. The author, Mary Baker Eddy, tells us, “Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness” (p.