"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven", Christ Jesus commanded.
The wisest people
I'm blessed to know
At the Master's feet
No matter what bend low.
And I have observed,
These humble stay that way.
It's the way they live,
Not the words they say.
This city set on a hill
This shedder of light
Though resident of Scotland
Reaches far with Christ's might.
Real Christians such as he
Live not for wealth and fame
But to follow in Jesus' steps
May all, dear God, do the same.
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Monday, November 12, 2018
Thinking about Thanksgiving
By John Robert Howell
Does a famine of the spirit
starve health and calm and ease?
Awake to the Master's promises
and taste afresh the bread of Truth.
If of Love your loaf is made
Life divine will fill emaciation's void.
But who's to grind and knead and bake
before the grace and breaking?
If crust already cut and buttered you expect,
turn rather to the garner first
with gratitude.
Does a famine of the spirit
starve health and calm and ease?
Awake to the Master's promises
and taste afresh the bread of Truth.
If of Love your loaf is made
Life divine will fill emaciation's void.
But who's to grind and knead and bake
before the grace and breaking?
If crust already cut and buttered you expect,
turn rather to the garner first
with gratitude.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
How Does Christian Science Heal?
It heals by employing the divine truths of God and man that Christ Jesus taught and proved for us. The teachings of Christian Science, which reiterate the words and works of our great Master make these healing truths available to every sincere seeker for God's help.
The purpose of Jesus' unequaled example was not merely to inspire mankind but to show us how to be free from every form of material bondage, physical suffering included. He promised, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also" (John 1412).
This can be accomplished, however, only as one understands the spiritual laws underlying his words and deeds. One would not expect to succeed in applying the laws of mathematics simply by admiring the professor's personality or even his instruction. In like manner, the changeless Principle of Jesus' healing and teaching has to be learned.
This is explained fully and clearly in the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science. The law of Spirit, God, is available for everyone to learn and use in his daily life. When the spiritual truths are brought into contact with one's particular problem through prayer and purified living -- and it makes no difference whether the problem is physical, financial, emotional, or moral -- the result is the restoration of harmony, healing.
The first chapter of the Bible states that God created man in His own image and likeness. In accordance with this original, true account of creation, students of Christian Science pray with the understanding that man and the universe are spiritual and perfect, here and now.
In the measure that one is able to see himself and others in this spiritual likeness, he is employing the Master's method, who healed sin, disease, and discord through spiritual means alone. Mrs. Eddy writes: "The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus' time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation." Then she continues, "now, as then, these mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural" (Science and Health, p. xi).
Spiritual understanding and application of the Christianly scientific, spiritual rules of Jesus' teachings have power to bring a return to normalcy. As countless students of Christian Science have proved, well being is normal to man.
The purpose of Jesus' unequaled example was not merely to inspire mankind but to show us how to be free from every form of material bondage, physical suffering included. He promised, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also" (John 1412).
This can be accomplished, however, only as one understands the spiritual laws underlying his words and deeds. One would not expect to succeed in applying the laws of mathematics simply by admiring the professor's personality or even his instruction. In like manner, the changeless Principle of Jesus' healing and teaching has to be learned.
This is explained fully and clearly in the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science. The law of Spirit, God, is available for everyone to learn and use in his daily life. When the spiritual truths are brought into contact with one's particular problem through prayer and purified living -- and it makes no difference whether the problem is physical, financial, emotional, or moral -- the result is the restoration of harmony, healing.
The first chapter of the Bible states that God created man in His own image and likeness. In accordance with this original, true account of creation, students of Christian Science pray with the understanding that man and the universe are spiritual and perfect, here and now.
In the measure that one is able to see himself and others in this spiritual likeness, he is employing the Master's method, who healed sin, disease, and discord through spiritual means alone. Mrs. Eddy writes: "The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus' time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation." Then she continues, "now, as then, these mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural" (Science and Health, p. xi).
Spiritual understanding and application of the Christianly scientific, spiritual rules of Jesus' teachings have power to bring a return to normalcy. As countless students of Christian Science have proved, well being is normal to man.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
What our life can be
When love for God
And for His beloved Son
Is what motivates one
To do the things he does,
Does faithfully and in a
Meek and loving spirit,
As our dear Jesus did,
Life becomes richer in every way.
We find lasting purpose, joy, fulfillment
Obtainable in no other way.
And above all,
What God does through us
Will be the very things
That bring Him the glory.
And for His beloved Son
Is what motivates one
To do the things he does,
Does faithfully and in a
Meek and loving spirit,
As our dear Jesus did,
Life becomes richer in every way.
We find lasting purpose, joy, fulfillment
Obtainable in no other way.
And above all,
What God does through us
Will be the very things
That bring Him the glory.
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