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Surely one of the most important obligations Christian Scientists have is to pray daily for themselves. And yet if we were to ask a random group of Scientists if they're faithful about this work, many might admit they don't do it—though they know they should face up to the need of handling aggressive mental suggestion on a regular basis.

Arriving in Macedonia, Paul and his companions, Timothy, Luke, and Silas, proceeded without delay to the town of Philippi (see Acts 16:11-40). Philippi was one of the chief cities of Macedonia and a Roman colony, but its Jewish population was small.

Christian Science shows us how to solve our problems, not evade them. It enables us to accept challenges.

When a fellow member of my church told me that I was attending to the business of others and not minding my own business, I was surprised and chagrined. Silently I denied the accusation and in self-justification told myself that everything I did was for the good of the church, even those duties others had failed to do.

Christ Jesus' healing work was an integral part of his life. He healed many as he traveled, and he healed as he preached.

Sometimes when mulling over unsolved problems, this question comes, "Why doesn't God help me more?" We may wonder, when our prayers are sincere, why we don't see quicker and better results from them. Feeling apart from God's help and separated from Him is a mental hell.

For many years I tried to be uncritical. The critical person is generally thought of as one who indulges in mere faultfinding and censure.

One morning, a Christian Science practitioner received a message from someone who apparently had been severely hurt by a very heavy piece of machinery falling on him. The neighbor who conveyed the message said the man had managed to crawl free but was lying on the ground semiconscious.

If we assume that life and intelligence are in the human body, we may conclude that God comes into the framework of human organization in which our bodies participate. We then tend to work out our organizational relationships with the expectancy that they have God's sanction.

We can boldly disagree with the lie claiming that a material body is our life and substance. God's righteous law is based on the science of true being—its spirituality, eternity, and complete harmony.