"...take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak"
What a beautiful Lesson on Spirit this week. I especially appreciate the lesson of letting the Spirit shine when speaking with others. Many a time, I‘ve inwardly cringed when a discussion started to move towards religion because inadvertently someone was going to ask me about my denomination and the reception in the past when I’ve mentioned Christian Science hasn’t always been welcoming. Rather than rattling off talking points, shutting down human wisdom and allowing Spirit to provide the words needed is indeed the best approach after all Christian Science is not some man-made thing but Truth given us directly from God.
Fairlie
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08/04/2015 10:24
Re: Take no thought
Much appreciation---"For it is not ye that speak but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you." An important reminder that vehemence in explanations is totally counterproductive, but the only way that will succeed is letting the Spirit speak as heart to heart.
Susanne
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Location: United States
08/06/2015 00:56
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... allowing Spirit to provide the words needed is indeed the best approach after all Christian Science is not some man-made thing but Truth given us directly from God.
Amen, what a fresh way to state this fact!
I must say that the openness and strong teachings here at Plainfield have enabled me to go from mute to outspoken about God and Christian Science, which has been explained as the Laws of the Universe, and that's something that people can relate to. What good was I being mute? But I could not accept what was being portrayed as C.S…. and then I found independent Plainfield! The strong teachings have allowed me to communicate about God heart-to-heart and with confidence.
Florence
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08/06/2015 05:27
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... allowing Spirit to provide the words needed is indeed the best approach after all Christian Science is not some man-made thing but Truth given us directly from God.
What good was I being mute? But I could not accept what was being portrayed as C.S…. and then I found independent Plainfield! The strong teachings have allowed me to communicate about God heart-to-heart and with confidence.
"but prayer, coupled with a fervent habitual desire to know and do the will of God, will bring us into all Truth." S&H
This is the standard of humility that enables the Truth to enter our hearts; and when the Truth is sincerely felt and lived one cannot but share it with the motive to bless and help others (Love).
Earlier on I would hesitate to mention Christian Science because I was shaky in my own conviction of it as The Truth that makes men free. As its life changing power changed my life, I became more confident to share it when I felt led to do so without any argument; sharing also from what its authority can be found!!
Edited by Florence - 08/07/2015 09:57
Gary
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08/07/2015 07:53
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At the other extreme is the canned testimony full of jargon that nobody can understand. "I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." (RR)
Mrs. Evans used to make fun of the "jargon" that she would hear occasionally. "I seemed to have the appearance of a cold, in belief." What does that mean to anybody? Did you have a cold, or didn't you? It took a little training for some of us to appreciate that the purpose of a testimony was to reach someone's heart with the hope of real healing. That means to speak in the language that they understand and with a heart full of love for them.
When Frances Thurber Seal went to Germany to introduce Christian Science, she didn't speak German. But people understood the spirit of what she said, and Christian Science flourished while she was there. We should never doubt the power of one heart speaking to another.
JPalmer
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Location: Plainfield United States
08/07/2015 09:01
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I am very grateful for the realness of what I am learning here. I never get a sick feeling, as I would when I delved into “other interests” such as Buddhism. (I find it hard to word that point clearly, as Christian Science obviously isn’t just another system, interest, religion, etc.) The general fakeness—their ‘do as I say, not as I do’ lifestyles—of the members of churches that I went to in my youth made me not ever want to be associated with them, physically or in thought. This led me over time to feel that the mere mention of God might invite such a connotation.
However, coming to Plainfield, and seeing the members here living this Science—and unapologetically grateful to God!—has shown me that there is no need for such embarrassment. God is good, and Christian Science is provable. Why would I keep that to myself?
I am so grateful to be here learning about Christian Science, learning to live this Science, and learning to be useful to God. What a wonderful opportunity each day is with God! Thank you!
Susanne
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Location: United States
08/07/2015 13:59
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Jeremy, your words are always such an inspiration and I'm so glad you're here!
jacob45
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08/07/2015 22:04
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Yes, so many people are put off by mere religion, and the dualism it teaches. It is really a relief to understand that God is Spirit, or consciousness only, and that the whole universe, man included, is spiritual, it only exists as consciousness in consciousness. So when we purge our consciousness of error and darkness, we are ushered into a new, different universe. Even the divine Mind.
chardelle
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08/09/2015 07:34
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Thank you Jacob. Struggling this morning and then I remembered what you said about the consciousness of consciousness.....thank you.
