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Could Reading Rooms ever fail to fulfill divine Love's purpose? Yes, they could, but only if we allow them to fail. The means to make each Reading Room a success is prayer that can keep us alert to the modes of mortal mind and enable us to challenge them.

Living in fear of making a mistake is a terrible way to live. We may long to obey Christ Jesus' command, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Have you ever felt that you were prayed out? Perhaps even diligent prayer has had little healing result. Most Christians have experienced this.

Many Christian Scientists, probably most of us, would like to help others through prayer as we have been helped. This desire is natural because the very essence of Science is Love.

Joining a church is in some ways like marrying into a family. We love the family, we want to be part of it; but challenges can come in maintaining our depth of love during years of close contact.

It is significant, perhaps, that two fundamental statements by Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health —"the scientific statement of being" and the answer to the question "What is man?"—start with a denial of matter as the basis of life.

People sometimes say, "If Life is eternal, with no beginning and no ending, as Christian Science teaches, we must have been living before what is called birth. " What was it like, we may wonder, and how does our present situation compare to it? These questions tacitly assume there was a material birth so that there could be a spiritual life "before.

Serving God and Church is service to mankind. The love in one's heart widens affection and aids in establishing peace, love, and good in the world.

Meeting challenges can be satisfying. But what happens when there seem to be no goals, no demands, nothing to grow toward or away from? What happens, for example, to someone on the brink of retirement who doesn't intend to redirect his energy? At times when there seems to be no incentive, mortals may become apathetic.

Each year class-taught students of Christian Science have the opportunity to revitalize their commitment to the things of Spirit at the "morning meal" of their association day. This yearly gathering, provided for in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs.