Candace Lynch, CS: seven tools to help you pray

Thursday, August 16, 2007

seven tools to help you pray

Science and Health includes a glossary that contains spiritual interpretations of Bible terms. The defintion for God includes seven synonyms that can be used when praying; Principle, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Life, Truth and Love. I often work with a thought from the Bible or from Science and Health substituting these other names for God. This morning I was reading the Watch Prayer given my Mrs. Eddy to the readers of The Mother Church in 1902. It begins; "God, good, reigns! There is no other mind".

So my prayers today will revolve around working with this sentence and expanding it by using the synonms. To reign is to prevail or dominate. For example, Principle, or the laws of good, reign. That means that the laws of God are in operation today for each of us. There are no other laws that can affect us, influence us, or change what God has prepared for them who love Him. Mind, or divine intelligence, reigns. There is no other mind but God's, doing all the knowing and what He knows is the goodness of all He created. That is the mind I reflect as His image and likeness. Because Mind is always present I can never be absent-minded or forgetful. I can always knows just what I need to know at every moment. Soul, or the spiritual senses, reign. Vision, hearing, feeling are qualities of Soul so I reflect clear sight, sharp hearing, true beauty,and happiness. Spirit reigns! My true identity is spiritual and substantial. I have an unblemished identity as God's very image and likeness, and so does everyone else. Life reigns! God is always expressing Himself so my life is full and whole and good, filled with right activity, strength, vitality. Truth reigns! Only what is true about God and His creation can be expressed in my life today as honesty in how I deal with others and how they interact with me. Love reigns! That means I am loved, loving and lovable.

You get the idea. Try doing this for yourself and the things you are praying about. Keep it simple or expand on it This is your time with God.

Go in peace times seven.

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Around the world people are coming to realize there is something more to life than what our eyes see, our ears hear, or what we can touch. The power of prayer is recognized by most medical institutions, though prayer's potential is only barely grasped.

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Christian Science healing is a process of understanding the truth of your existance and your being, based on the account of creation given in the first chapter of Genesis that you are a perfect child of God, that reality is not what you see with your eyes, hear with your ears, or can touch and feel. The harmony that results reveals you whole and perfect, has restored limbs, has healed incurable diseases, has defeated addiction, has brought hope and purpose.

Christian Science is contained within Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The last 100 pages are documented healings from people who were healed by reading the textbook. You can find current healings included in the Christian Science Sentinel and the Christian Science Journal. Though this website is not trying to sell you this book, if you are seeking its truths you can find it for sale at major bookstores or at Christian Science Reading Rooms in your community (check your phone book for listings). It certainly changed my life.

Whether you have been a life-long student or you have never heard of Christian Science, help is available. Christian Science Practitioners provide this support and help. The healing takes place in your own thought and consciousness, but a Practitioner can help you take the right steps, can help to put you on the right path.

Please understand that this is not a free service. Practitioners charge for their time and effort. However, typical rates are between $15 and $20 a day. When balanced against medical bills, rehabilitation treatment, or other types of therapy, the cost is negligable, particularly as Christian Science retains a better track record. Many people do not understand why payment is important, yet it is more important for the patient than the practitioner. Money is the representation of value. If you do not place any value on the help you receive, in other words if you have no faith in it, you can not be healed by it.
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