Golden Text
I Chronicles 29:11
11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Responsive Reading
Isaiah 45:5 (to 1st :), 12, 18; Luke 4:14 Jesus; Luke 11:1–4, 28 blessed
Isa. 45:5I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:
12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Luke 4:14. . . Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
11:1And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
3Give us day by day our daily bread.
4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
28. . . blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Section 1
The Bible
Psalms 145:1–3, 10–13
1I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
10All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.
11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
Psalms 104:24, 30, 31
24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
Malachi 2:10 (to 2nd ?)
10Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?
Galatians 4:6 God
6God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Science and Health with Key to the Scripturesby Mary Baker Eddy
587:5
God. The great I am; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence.
331:11 (only), 18
The Scriptures imply that God is All-in-all.
The universal
cause
God is individual, incorporeal. He is divine Principle, Love, the universal cause, the only creator, and there is no other self-existence. He is all-inclusive, and is reflected by all that is real and eternal and by nothing else. He fills all space, and it is impossible to conceive of such omnipresence and individuality except as infinite Spirit or Mind. Hence all is Spirit and spiritual.
332:4–5
Father-Mother is the name for Deity, which indicates His tender relationship to His spiritual creation.
16:7–8, 24–29
Our Master taught his disciples one brief prayer, which we name after him the Lord’s Prayer.
Here let me give what I understand to be the spiritual sense of the Lord’s Prayer: Our Father which art in heaven, Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious, Hallowed be Thy name. Adorable One.
Section 2
The Bible
Psalms 40:5 (to 1st :), 8
5Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Acts 7:22, 30–36 there
22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
30there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Deuteronomy 5:1, 2, 6, 7
1And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
2The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
6I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 4:39
39Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Science and Health
16:30–3
Thy kingdom come.Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.Enable us to know, — as in heaven, so on earth, — God is omnipotent, supreme.
207:20–23
One primal
cause
There is but one primal cause. Therefore there can be no effect from any other cause, and there can be no reality in aught which does not proceed from this great and only cause.
200:4
Moses advanced a nation to the worship of God in Spirit instead of matter, and illustrated the grand human capacities of being bestowed by immortal Mind.
566:1–9
Spiritual
guidance
As the children of Israel were guided triumphantly through the Red Sea, the dark ebbing and flowing tides of human fear, — as they were led through the wilderness, walking wearily through the great desert of human hopes, and anticipating the promised joy, — so shall the spiritual idea guide all right desires in their passage from sense to Soul, from a material sense of existence to the spiritual, up to the glory prepared for them who love God.
202:3
The scientific unity which exists between God and man must be wrought out in life-practice, and God’s will must be universally done.
264:28
When we learn the way in Christian Science and recognize man’s spiritual being, we shall behold and understand God’s creation, — all the glories of earth and heaven and man.
Section 3
The Bible
Matthew 4:4 Man
4Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Jeremiah 10:1, 10 the (to :), 12
1Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
10the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king:
12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Psalms 85:8 (to 2nd :), 12 (to ;)
8I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:
12Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good;
James 1:17
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
II Corinthians 9:8–11
8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Science and Health
17:4–5
Give us this day our daily bread;Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;
2:8–11, 26 Shall
Deity
unchangeable
God is not moved by the breath of praise to do more than He has already done, nor can the infinite do less than bestow all good, since He is unchanging wisdom and Love.
God’s
standard
Shall we plead for more at the open fount, which is pouring forth more than we accept? The unspoken desire does bring us nearer the source of all existence and blessedness.
264:13
Self-
completeness
As mortals gain more correct views of God and man, multitudinous objects of creation, which before were invisible, will become visible. When we realize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of matter, this understanding will expand into self-completeness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other consciousness.
507:28–29
Creation is ever appearing, and must ever continue to appear from the nature of its inexhaustible source.
vii:1–2
To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.
Section 4
The Bible
II Chronicles 6:14 O Lord
14O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
Luke 6:36, 37
36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Matthew 18:2, 3, 21, 22
2And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
I John 4:12 If
12If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Science and Health
17:6–7
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.And Love is reflected in love;
38:24–26
Jesus mapped out the path for others. He unveiled the Christ, the spiritual idea of divine Love.
286:13
He knew that the divine Principle, Love, creates and governs all that is real.
454:10 (only), 17–21
Love is enthroned.
Love the
incentive
Love for God and man is the true incentive in both healing and teaching. Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way. Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action.
497:24
And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.
Section 5
The Bible
I John 3:9
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
James 1:2–5, 13
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Science and Health
17:8–11
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
231:12–25, 30
If God makes sin, if good produces evil, if truth results in error, then Science and Christianity are helpless; but there are no antagonistic powers nor laws, spiritual or material, creating and governing man through perpetual warfare. God is not the author of mortal discords. Therefore we accept the conclusion that discords have only a fabulous existence, are mortal beliefs which divine Truth and Love destroy.
Superiority
to sickness
and sin
To hold yourself superior to sin, because God made you superior to it and governs man, is true wisdom. To fear sin is to misunderstand the power of Love and the divine Science of being in man’s relation to God, — to doubt His government and distrust His omnipotent care.
Man, governed by his Maker, having no other Mind, — planted on the Evangelist’s statement that “all things were made by Him [the Word of God]; and without Him was not anything made that was made,” — can triumph over sin, sickness, and death.
294:25–26
Man’s genuine selfhood is recognizable only in what is good and true.
495:14–16, 20
When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought.
Let Christian Science, instead of corporeal sense, support your understanding of being, and this understanding will supplant error with Truth, replace mortality with immortality, and silence discord with harmony.
Section 6
The Bible
Psalms 107:8
8Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Acts 10:38 God
38God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Luke 9:38, 39, 42, 43 (to .)
38And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
42And as he was yet a-coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
43And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.
Science and Health
206:30
God does not cause man to sin, to be sick, or to die.
494:30–3
Followers
of Jesus
Our Master cast out devils (evils) and healed the sick. It should be said of his followers also, that they cast fear and all evil out of themselves and others and heal the sick. God will heal the sick through man, whenever man is governed by God. Truth casts out error now as surely as it did nineteen centuries ago.
37:22–25
It is possible, — yea, it is the duty and privilege of every child, man, and woman, — to follow in some degree the example of the Master by the demonstration of Truth and Life, of health and holiness.
316:7–12, 20
Christ, Truth, was demonstrated through Jesus to prove the power of Spirit over the flesh, — to show that Truth is made manifest by its effects upon the human mind and body, healing sickness and destroying sin.
Jesus represented Christ, the true idea of God.
Christ presents the indestructible man, whom Spirit creates, constitutes, and governs. Christ illustrates that blending with God, his divine Principle, which gives man dominion over all the earth.
390:12–13, 20
When the first symptoms of disease appear, dispute the testimony of the material senses with divine Science.
Suffer no claim of sin or of sickness to grow upon the thought. Dismiss it with an abiding conviction that it is illegitimate, because you know that God is no more the author of sickness than He is of sin. You have no law of His to support the necessity either of sin or sickness, but you have divine authority for denying that necessity and healing the sick.
224:29–31 (to 2nd .)
Mental
emancipation
The power of God brings deliverance to the captive. No power can withstand divine Love.
Section 7
The Bible
Revelation 4:11
11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Deuteronomy 33:26, 27 (to :)
26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:
I Timothy 1:17
17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Science and Health
17:12–15
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
143:26–31
Mind is the grand creator, and there can be no power except that which is derived from Mind. If Mind was first chronologically, is first potentially, and must be first eternally, then give to Mind the glory, honor, dominion, and power everlastingly due its holy name.