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Prayer as activism Leave a comment
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Effective activism has to be more than working for positive change on a human level. Jesus’ model was grounded in prayer first, then purposeful activity. This short contribution encourages activists to be spiritual activists foremost, beginning with God, infinite good, the source of all truthful ideas.
Listen to this Daily Lift by Mimi Oka, CSB, from New York, New York, USA here
Never give up Leave a comment
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
(19th-century abolitionist and best-selling novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe)
The author, Andrea McCormick, of this article from “A Christian Science Perspective”, The Christian Science Monitor, tells of going through a very dark experience but recalls how “trusting in God’s Word, in the Christ (God’s healing message of love and care for all), is a good first step to take when we feel paralyzed with fear and don’t see a way out. So I turned again to the Bible for guidance and read these passages: God has “called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” (I Peter 2:9), and “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (I John 1:5).”
“It felt like a kind of morning as my thought turned to God, divine Truth, instead of ruminating on the seemingly insurmountable problems.”
Read the full article here and discover how she found her way out of these seemingly insurmountable problems.
God: I AM that I AM Leave a comment
God as the I AM, the I, the Ego, the ultimate Self, the one and only Being, is what Fujiko Takai Signs, CSB, from Tokyo, Japan shares in this Daily Lift as her understanding of God.
She urges to consider our existence as connected to this I AM, that we can overcome the slavery to materialism and step into the freedom of the infinite grandness of spiritual living. She affirms that God’s space is our space in which we truly live and have our being.
Listen here
Celebrating Father’s Day Leave a comment
A Father we can all count on
“Have we not all one father?” (Malachi 2:10).
“The fatherhood of God has meant so much to me throughout my life—on Father’s Day and every day.”
When the author, Cathrine Hogg lost her father, she found new joy ” to learn that our heavenly Father does not disappoint or desert us, does not leave us destitute or alone, but will always be there for us, loving us and keeping us safe from harm.”
Celebrate Father’s Day realizing that our true identity is forever bound up with our divine Father, nurturing, loving and caring for us always.
The full article is available here
Mental health that’s permanent and secure 1 comment
Many are yearning for lasting relief from depression, anxiety, and stress. Here’s a story of hope, written by a woman who found complete and permanent freedom from mental darkness and self-destructive behaviors as she learned about God as divine Mind.
This account by Kim Hedge tells of her journey of discovery of God as Love. This understanding together with realizing her oneness with that divine Mind became such a light that it dispelled her mental darkness. ” I came to understand that reflecting God’s goodness is inherent to my nature because I was created in the image and likeness of the Divine – spiritual, whole, complete, and entirely good.
Read this journey from darkness to light here
an article from The Christian Science Monitor
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