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A Christian Science Sunday School teacher once pointed out to our class of young teens that Jesus never instructed his followers, “Worship me. ” Rather, he counseled them, “Follow me” and “Heal the sick” ( Matthew 4:19; 10:8 ).

To learn what brings about healings and to understand divine Science, it’s important to go to the books—the Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and Mary Baker Eddy’s other writings. We shouldn’t look to other people’s testimonies for guides or formulas for how we should pray.  

The office party was in full swing. As we sat at a long banquet table, the wine flowed freely.

Protests on a college campus remain surprisingly peaceful after a Christian Scientist, and the Christian Science organization on campus, pray to see God’s government reflected. 

Mental housecleaning requires diligence, as well as repeatedly and humbly turning to God until we are confident of the dominion of Love in any situation. In this way, we’ll walk over the waves of turmoil and gain peace. 

As I prayed about the lost wallet, I realized that if divine Mind was infinite, then I included perfect intelligence. This provided me with the desire and ability to obey God’s commands, along with every single thing I would ever need.

When a houseguest arranges for a tree to be pruned without this author’s permission, the results are ugly. The author prays to see the spiritual reality that no damage could be done to the friendship, or to the tree. 

The current Manager of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship shares how a deeper focus on prayerful lecture preparation makes the events successful. 

 A temporary estrangement is healed. A family reconciles. 

The senses present material discords to us as facts, but if something is not good, it is not of God, Truth, and therefore is not factual at all.