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The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorry with it.
(The Bible (KJV) – Proverbs 10:22)
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God’s Blessing 2 comments
Thou Shalt Love the Lord Thy God Leave a comment
These readings from the Bible (KJV) and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy are inspired by the command to love God.
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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
(The Bible – Deuteronomy 6: 4, 5)
God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p465: 9)
God – Real or Not? 4 comments
This article was contributed by a member of the Christian Science community in Canberra. It was published in the September 19, 2025 issue of the Canberra Weekly magazine.
Most of my friends are not believers in God. Some say straight out that there is no God. Others ask: If there is, is He or She relevant to today’s modern world. They tell me that they can be good people and live happy lives without believing in a mystical being.
If I didn’t have a Christian Science background, I would definitely be with them and not be a believer either. Christian Science shows me a concept of God that helps me make sense of the world. Christian Science is Bible based. While we understand that much of the Bible is allegorical and meant to be interpreted from a spiritual perspective and not taken literally, Jesus’ instructions we do take seriously. He gives us the rules that help us live a better, more productive life.
From Jesus we learn that God is Principle, or law maker. We also learn that God is Love (I John 4:8). Not that God is loving, but that God IS Love. Love has so many shades: kindness, affection, loyalty, generosity, forgiveness, empathy, cooperation. This list goes on. These are the qualities that make life seem worthwhile and that bring peace and harmony to any situation. You will notice that none of these qualities has a material form or is restricted to a particular place – they can be anywhere and everywhere at once. It is said that it is Love that makes the world go around. I don’t think that a world completely devoid of Love could exist! It is essential to existence.
The opposite to Love is hate – cruelty, selfishness, retaliation, greed, stubbornness. These are the qualities that tear families and societies apart. They bring no joy. The world, right now, is in great need of more of the love qualities and less of the hate.
If God is Love then we know something of the nature of God. God is not a material being; God can be everywhere at once; God is essential to life. Knowing God as Love allows me to see God everywhere – in every act of kindness or generosity, in every smile.
Knowing that God is both Love and Principle, or law maker, gives me trust that Love will always be victorious. For me, putting God first, means putting Love first and this is one way I can bring peace to each experience.
Real Christmas – It’s All About Love 1 comment
Christmas – one of the most important events in human history. This is a big statement to make. It’s a big statement because its message relates to us all – everyone. It’s relevant all year round, not just on one day. But what’s so big and important and relevant about Christmas?
The importance is the underlying message that Jesus’ birth ushered into the world. Yes, the details of the story are important, but it’s the underlying message that’s of the greatest importance, both then and today. It’s important because it was the beginning of a life lived with such love and dominion that it so transformed the experience of the people around him, that its legacy is still felt and celebrated over 2000 years later.
Jesus’ mission was to show us what makes life work right for us. We can see this by the effect he had on the people around him. He turned poverty into overflowing abundance; ill health into full health; even bad sinful behaviour into good honest characters. His life was entirely motivated by love – love for God and love for his fellowman.
Jesus was revealing a different, dynamic aspect to life that was not obvious to the senses but one that could bring practical healing solutions to life’s problems. He understood the tangible power of spirituality.
Spirituality relates to things of the spirit, or the non-physical. It’s all those qualities of thought that are good and true. It’s ideas that make life work right for us, like kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, intelligence, creativity, happiness. Spiritual thinking cares for all, never harming man nor beast nor the environment. It’s a living principle. If we think these are human qualities, they’re liable to human frailty and failure. Jesus showed us that these spiritual ideas and qualities have a divine source, not human. They’re sourced in God and so have divine authority and power.
Jesus continually turned to the divine, not anything material. He revealed to the world a non-physical power; a spiritual force for good, that could and did solve human need. He revealed to us that the true harmonising power underpinning our experience was God, but he showed us an entirely different way of thinking about that term God. He showed that the true concept of God was Love, as the Bible defines. He showed us that the true power, or Principle, in our lives and in our world, making existence harmonious, well and peaceful was Love, divine Love.
At Christmas, and all year round, don’t we all know that it is Love that makes the world go round. It’s Love that makes life worth living, it is Love and only Love that can bring ‘on earth peace, good will to men.’
This article was contributed by Beth Packer a member of the Wollongong Christian Science community.
God’s Love 1 comment
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The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
(The Bible KJV – Jeremiah 31:3)
What is God? 1 comment
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