Psalms 119:65 - "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them." From this passage we can deduce that experiencing peace and being offended are polar opposites.
In today's world, is it possible to feel real peace? YES! One of my favorite ways to pray is "Peace, be still!" It is a quote from the Gospel of Mark when Jesus was out on a boat that was caught in a sudden storm. He commanded the storm to cease. And it did.
You know what? You have that same Christly authority. Mark's gospel records that "the wind ceased, and there was a great calm."
When I pray for myself or others, I command the world's mental storm, "Peace, be still!" Then, I pray for this for the patient, and then I tell myself, "Peace, be still." Praying in this manner has proven very effective.
The author of the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, says that, "The lightnings and thunderbolts of error [evil] may burst and flash till the cloud is cleared and the tumult dies away in the distance. Then the raindrops of divinity refresh the earth. As St. Paul says: "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God" (of Spirit)." (S&H 288:14)
That's how Christian Science healings feel to me. I feel like we hear the storm dieing off in the distance, until it fades entirely. When this happens we think, I know that X seemed so serious, but now I wonder why I was fearful. I've seen this for healings of physical and mental problems.
It is God's law, Her law of Love, rather than any human effort that brings healing. God does the work! we watch Him work. We're just recognizing that the law of good is present and in operation.
Peace, be still! What an available companion that command is.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Our Individual Experience
You are unique, just like everyone else. :-) God instructs us and gently leads us.
Over the years I have had some nice experiences with prayer taking care teeth problems. I had a molar come into position solely through prayer. Issues have faded away. For example, on one visit to the dentist, the dentist remarked that there was a spot (a cavity forming?) on a tooth he would take care of on the next visit. But, on subsequent visits he never brought it up. I have not felt the need to go to a dentist for years because God has taken care of my needs. How did I come to that decision? Through a natural progression.
Several years ago, I went to a dentist for a cleaning. It had been several years since I had had any x-rays taken of my teeth. I could sense that my refusal to allow x-rays was bothering the dentist, so I prayed to God for direction. An angel thought came, "If they would feel more comfortable having taken an x-ray, let them!" I could see he wanted to provide good care and my refusal to allow x-rays was making him fearful. So they took xrays of my teeth. And, then I waited. I mentioned to the dentist that he should check the x-ray over good. He replied, "I've gone over the x-rays twice, and I can't find anything wrong!" He was intent on finding a problem and seemed a little disappointed that there wasn't anything to fix. After that, it seemed like it was time to stop going to the tooth doctor. That was four years ago. How are things? Just fine. Whether you or I go to the dentist is not the point. What matters is while we learn more about God, that we love God and love each other.
Teeth are symbols of our God-given substance. They are not subject to decay. They are sturdy, reliable, healthy and they are here to serve us. Remember, Christian Science supports you right where you are! It is the truth of God's allness and nowness. Can you feel it? You are in the presence of God's love and power.
Over the years I have had some nice experiences with prayer taking care teeth problems. I had a molar come into position solely through prayer. Issues have faded away. For example, on one visit to the dentist, the dentist remarked that there was a spot (a cavity forming?) on a tooth he would take care of on the next visit. But, on subsequent visits he never brought it up. I have not felt the need to go to a dentist for years because God has taken care of my needs. How did I come to that decision? Through a natural progression.
Several years ago, I went to a dentist for a cleaning. It had been several years since I had had any x-rays taken of my teeth. I could sense that my refusal to allow x-rays was bothering the dentist, so I prayed to God for direction. An angel thought came, "If they would feel more comfortable having taken an x-ray, let them!" I could see he wanted to provide good care and my refusal to allow x-rays was making him fearful. So they took xrays of my teeth. And, then I waited. I mentioned to the dentist that he should check the x-ray over good. He replied, "I've gone over the x-rays twice, and I can't find anything wrong!" He was intent on finding a problem and seemed a little disappointed that there wasn't anything to fix. After that, it seemed like it was time to stop going to the tooth doctor. That was four years ago. How are things? Just fine. Whether you or I go to the dentist is not the point. What matters is while we learn more about God, that we love God and love each other.
Teeth are symbols of our God-given substance. They are not subject to decay. They are sturdy, reliable, healthy and they are here to serve us. Remember, Christian Science supports you right where you are! It is the truth of God's allness and nowness. Can you feel it? You are in the presence of God's love and power.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Maybe Healing Has Already Come
A few weeks ago I had a headache. When I prayed about it, I heard "Why are you praying about this? It has already been healed. You were healed of headaches a long time ago. You must trust that you are already healed." I felt that this was God speaking to me. Of course, it is right to pray. But, there are times when it is right to stand firm, knowing that as it says in Revelation, "It is done."
When we pray we want to become aware of that universal law - God says I Am all! We want to feel wrapped up in God's love and be conscious that God is Love. When the fear comes that says, "See, you aren't healed," what is your response going to be? If you feel like you have prayed about this and you really understand that this is healed, then consider turning it over to God and knowing that in reality, that is to God, God has done His work and there isn't a problem to be healed. Rejoice that you are healed. Laugh at evil. (Laughing at evil is a sure sign that you are well on your way to healing.)
Let's say that what you are struggling with is actually healed, but you don't see it. You just keep praying day after day, week after week, not realizing that you are healed. Is healing going to come through repeated prayers, or through realizing that you are healed? That's kind of an individual question that you have to go to God with. But, I think you can see that I'm asking the question to broach whether we could be delaying healing by trying to be diligent. You may want to listen, and if you feel that God is moving you to declare victory and keep affirming victory until "you" see what God has done, do it!
By the way, I won't say that I was immediately healed that day. There were several times where the thought came that I still had a headache. Each time I kept affirming that God was good, that His work was done, that I was already healed. I did witness that I was healed and was free from pain. To me it was the Christ, the divine message from God that kept insisting that I was healed.
All the best to you fellow children of God.
Dan
When we pray we want to become aware of that universal law - God says I Am all! We want to feel wrapped up in God's love and be conscious that God is Love. When the fear comes that says, "See, you aren't healed," what is your response going to be? If you feel like you have prayed about this and you really understand that this is healed, then consider turning it over to God and knowing that in reality, that is to God, God has done His work and there isn't a problem to be healed. Rejoice that you are healed. Laugh at evil. (Laughing at evil is a sure sign that you are well on your way to healing.)
Let's say that what you are struggling with is actually healed, but you don't see it. You just keep praying day after day, week after week, not realizing that you are healed. Is healing going to come through repeated prayers, or through realizing that you are healed? That's kind of an individual question that you have to go to God with. But, I think you can see that I'm asking the question to broach whether we could be delaying healing by trying to be diligent. You may want to listen, and if you feel that God is moving you to declare victory and keep affirming victory until "you" see what God has done, do it!
By the way, I won't say that I was immediately healed that day. There were several times where the thought came that I still had a headache. Each time I kept affirming that God was good, that His work was done, that I was already healed. I did witness that I was healed and was free from pain. To me it was the Christ, the divine message from God that kept insisting that I was healed.
All the best to you fellow children of God.
Dan
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Christ Heals
The Christ heals! Great, what is Christ?
Christ is the Messiah. Christ Jesus was Christ.
Christ was Jesus' identity, his title. The Bible says that we have the mind of Christ. (I Cor 2:16) What it is saying is that we must think like Jesus, act like Jesus.
The Science of Christ better known as Christian Science reveals that Christ is the true idea of God, destroying evil. I have found that listening to God and reading the Bible and a book named Science and Health, there is more and more to learn about Christ. It seems to be an almost infinite topic.
God is like the Sun and Christ is like all the Sun's rays. Without the sunrays, what could you know about the Sun? Nothing!
Therefore, Christ is everything you can know about God. Everything.
Christ is the complete manifestation of Almighty God-good.
Christ is the force of good destroying and eliminating evil.
Christ is the force of good connecting you with God, impelling you moment by moment to do good, to be good, to think good.
Christ is Immanuel - God with us.
Christ is the Comforter - God's permanent healing presence.
Christ is the law of God, the law of Love.
Christ is God's action, God's activity. Christ then is ever-active, good that is ever flowing, moving, being.
Christ is the Son of God, like Jesus was. Christ is therefore the manhood that Jesus' represented. As the child of God, Christ is really your true Godlike identity.
Christ is the love of God.
God is my employer, Christ is who manages me.
Christ is the sum total of everything that is God. It is not God Himself, but it is everything that God causes to be.
Christ, being EVERYTHING that is true, HEALS!
-> Christ connects you to God, so it connects you to others. In the past few months, praying daily about Christ, I have seen many relationships at work improve substantially. Where there used to be barriers, there is frienship. Where there used to be bitterness, there is gratitude.
Christ is the Messiah. Christ Jesus was Christ.
Christ was Jesus' identity, his title. The Bible says that we have the mind of Christ. (I Cor 2:16) What it is saying is that we must think like Jesus, act like Jesus.
The Science of Christ better known as Christian Science reveals that Christ is the true idea of God, destroying evil. I have found that listening to God and reading the Bible and a book named Science and Health, there is more and more to learn about Christ. It seems to be an almost infinite topic.
God is like the Sun and Christ is like all the Sun's rays. Without the sunrays, what could you know about the Sun? Nothing!
Therefore, Christ is everything you can know about God. Everything.
Christ is the complete manifestation of Almighty God-good.
Christ is the force of good destroying and eliminating evil.
Christ is the force of good connecting you with God, impelling you moment by moment to do good, to be good, to think good.
Christ is Immanuel - God with us.
Christ is the Comforter - God's permanent healing presence.
Christ is the law of God, the law of Love.
Christ is God's action, God's activity. Christ then is ever-active, good that is ever flowing, moving, being.
Christ is the Son of God, like Jesus was. Christ is therefore the manhood that Jesus' represented. As the child of God, Christ is really your true Godlike identity.
Christ is the love of God.
God is my employer, Christ is who manages me.
Christ is the sum total of everything that is God. It is not God Himself, but it is everything that God causes to be.
Christ, being EVERYTHING that is true, HEALS!
-> Christ connects you to God, so it connects you to others. In the past few months, praying daily about Christ, I have seen many relationships at work improve substantially. Where there used to be barriers, there is frienship. Where there used to be bitterness, there is gratitude.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Infinite Good
Greetings fellow traveler. God-good is infinite good. Wow, I am in awe of the word infinite. I have pondered it a lot trying over time to gain a better appreciation of what it means. At first I thought of it as just infinite in amplitude. But, it is more than that. Infinite is unlimited in space, location and presence. And, what about quality? Can't something be perfectly good? And, the one that I am pondering this morning is infinite expression. In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, there is a passage that says, "All is infinite Mind, and its infinite manifestation." I guess that really struck me as never before as a wonderful revelation. Because God-good is infinite, He/She must be manifested and this manifestation must be infinite.
I think this is very helpful to the human situation. It tells us that where we perceive a lack of health and love, there is actually the infinite manifestation of Love and Mind (intelligence). This manifestation, being infinite, overwhelms our feeble sense of lack and destroys it. We are truly in the presence of God-good. We are truly experiencing that good right now. We can recognize that fact and enjoy the benefits.
With gratitude for infinite goodness and the presence of that goodness,
Dan
I think this is very helpful to the human situation. It tells us that where we perceive a lack of health and love, there is actually the infinite manifestation of Love and Mind (intelligence). This manifestation, being infinite, overwhelms our feeble sense of lack and destroys it. We are truly in the presence of God-good. We are truly experiencing that good right now. We can recognize that fact and enjoy the benefits.
With gratitude for infinite goodness and the presence of that goodness,
Dan
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Prayer for the World's Woes
When the crisis in Myanmar had happened in Myanmar, I prayed about it. A few weeks later a friend of mine who is a Christian Science healer mentioned that more prayer was needed because relief agencies and governments were predicting a wave of disease due to the terrible sanitary conditions. This was a startling thought. I knew I need to renew my prayers, which I did. A few weeks ago I heard that the wave of disease never materialized! I credit prayer, all of our prayers from around the world. I acknowledge that God is the only healer. Yea God!
Over the weekend, I heard an on-the-ground account of conditions for refugees from Darfur. On the way home I thought about what I had heard about women in children being in refugee camps for years in terrible conditions. I prayed to know that Love was there. That the presence of Love was protecting them. I prayed for those that have abused them. I prayed that their hand(s) would be stayed from any more violence, that it was offensive to them. I prayed about the people in government taking money for oil and allowing this to continue. I felt an incredible sense of love and expectancy of a healing breakthrough.
Over the weekend, I heard an on-the-ground account of conditions for refugees from Darfur. On the way home I thought about what I had heard about women in children being in refugee camps for years in terrible conditions. I prayed to know that Love was there. That the presence of Love was protecting them. I prayed for those that have abused them. I prayed that their hand(s) would be stayed from any more violence, that it was offensive to them. I prayed about the people in government taking money for oil and allowing this to continue. I felt an incredible sense of love and expectancy of a healing breakthrough.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
It is done!
Thank you for dropping by.
Are you searching for healing? Friend, if you only knew how loved you by your heavenly Father-Mother, you would realize that everything you are searching for is already yours. If you are in pain, or something is not working correctly, relax and realize that you do not need to regain your health. Realize that what your heavenly Father-Mother knows about you is what is really going on. God knows that you are healed at this very moment. As His child you can experience the healing you desire by realizing that what God knows and sees is what is the Truth, and is what is really going on. Instead of trying to regain health you are already in possession of and expressing health and harmony. It is the Truth. To God, you are well. You may have to let go of fear. That's OK, it never did you any good anyway.
Thanks again for dropping by.
Dan
Are you searching for healing? Friend, if you only knew how loved you by your heavenly Father-Mother, you would realize that everything you are searching for is already yours. If you are in pain, or something is not working correctly, relax and realize that you do not need to regain your health. Realize that what your heavenly Father-Mother knows about you is what is really going on. God knows that you are healed at this very moment. As His child you can experience the healing you desire by realizing that what God knows and sees is what is the Truth, and is what is really going on. Instead of trying to regain health you are already in possession of and expressing health and harmony. It is the Truth. To God, you are well. You may have to let go of fear. That's OK, it never did you any good anyway.
Thanks again for dropping by.
Dan
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