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Prayer means different things to different people. In Christian Science, prayer is considered effective to the degree it brings thought into harmony with the ultimate truth that a perfect God, Spirit, has created the true selfhood of each of us in His own image and likeness.

In my community in West Africa, a father’s presence in the home is considered indispensable. His absence, perhaps as a result of death, a divorce in the family, or indifference toward his child, is seen as the major cause of delinquency and failure among children.

Moments after burning my hand on our stove top, I remembered there were many healings of burns, which I had heard at our local Church of Christ, Scientist’s, testimony meetings and read about in the Christian Science periodicals. This solid and extensive record of healing was so encouraging.

We can all gain new glimpses of our genuine identity as God’s idea, always expressing ageless Life, God.

If we want to be effective healers, we must go into our daily lives prepared to put into practice what we’ve learned.

This author finds God’s guidance is a reliable presence in decision making.

This author finds that God outlines only good for us, meets our every need perfectly, and is continuously available to help and heal.

This author learns how important it is to be alert to the subtlety of error in order to experience God’s healing presence.

A very valuable truth we learn in Christian Science is that God is divine, infinite, eternal Life and Love. God is ever-present Truth, and this can be affirmed with certainty in the midst of any fearful situation.

Dear friend who wants to know … On a topic such as this, it’s fair to expect full disclosure. So, I’m obligated to say that I was raised in Christian Science and I’ve spent most of my life regularly attending Sunday School (and irregularly attending church after that).