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Through the centuries and in many countries the Christ message has been conveyed by hymns. Those studying Christian Science today often find in hymns the divine animus that inspires them to worship God in Spirit, not in matter.

Are you interested in becoming a Journal -listed Christian Science practitioner? Then, I hope these suggestions will help you. 1.

A young boy was hurt and resentful because someone had said something about him that he considered to be unkind and untrue. After he had spoken to his mother about it, she prayed for the Father to give her the ideas of truth needed to negate and nullify the erroneous picture of offender and offended.

Yes, you! "But I don't know how. I've tried many times, but without any success at all.

At a time when world consciousness is torn by conflicting influences—good and bad, seen and unseen—the serious thinker might well ponder the word "influence. " Its meaning could be summarized as the power to produce an effect.

The human tendency is to reduce all things to parts. For example, we say "part of my job," "part of my life," "part of my body.

If you had just been told that you would never be well, wouldn't you be startled and perhaps a little bewildered to have someone else say firmly and with conviction, "You don't have to be sick"? Then, you can understand just how I felt the day a Christian Scientist dried my tears and encouraged me to take my stand "against the powers of this world," as she put it. See Eph.

Praying for the world can seem like an awfully tall order at times. No doubt most of us can remember at least once when the prospect of praying about world hunger or nuclear holocaust seemed so overwhelming that we were tempted to hold off on global issues and tackle "easier" challenges on our own home front.

When Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, his fearful disciples "forsook him, and fled. " Later, Peter, recognized as a disciple, denied his acquaintance with Jesus: "I know not this man of whom ye speak.

Purity is often thought of as an absence: pure water has no dirt or harmful chemicals in it. But purity is actually a potent healing presence —the unhindered presence of good.