Prayer & Satisfaction
“Are chaos and variableness really the principles behind existence, or is there another, more reliable Principle that we can base our lives on?”
“Jesus showed us how to abide in the allness of divine Love with concrete assurance by living our spiritual identity as we move through and transcend our human experience.”
“Our lives and our livelihoods are immovably fixed in Principle, divine Love, where our perfection is unshakable.”
“Much the way the earth appears flat from any place you stand on it, even though it is actually round and would be seen as round from out in space, life seems limited and finite from our personal viewpoint. Yet all the while our life is unlimited and eternal and is always seen that way from the standpoint of divine Mind, God, our real Life.”
“Your influence for good depends upon the weight you throw into the right scale. The good you do and embody gives you the only power obtainable.”
Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures
“Whatever guides thought spiritually benefits mind and body.”
Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures
“...I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11
The Bible, New King
James Version
“In a world of sin and sensuality hastening to a greater development of power, it is wise earnestly to consider whether it is the human mind or the divine Mind which is influencing one.”
Proverbs 3
The Bible, New Living Translation
“Material-mindedness is behind whatever drabness, pressure, and grind we might feel within our experience. Spiritual-mindedness, on the other hand, rests and restores and brings practical solutions to light.”
“… we find the holy presence of God showing up in moments of such tender grace and gorgeous brilliance that ordinary days transform into extraordinary ones.”
“Daily prayer replaces the daily grind and reveals the sweetness and sacredness of life, the holiness at the heart of each and every day!”
“...the Bible is filled with all of the things that many people already love in books and movies — drama, intrigue, epic battles, love stories. Its pages are filled with moving songs, poetry, history, and mythology. But when read understandingly, it has so much more to offer.”
“If we’re receptive, it teaches us deeper lessons about who we truly are and where health, harmony, and happiness are to be found. In fact, reading the Bible for the deeper, spiritual inspiration within its pages can bring us healing.”
“The Bible has a proven healing record. The spiritual sense of its words speaks to the hearts of individuals across time, across languages, across cultures. That spiritual sense is still available to those with the humility and desire to discover it.”
“First, they always begin with God. This seemed fairly obvious to me until I realized how often I started my communion with the Almighty by telling Him my problems, needs, plans, or goals.”
“Second, effective prayer is more about listening than talking. ...listening to God, divine Truth, through spiritual sense — our innate ability to hear and understand God — demonstrates humility, spiritual hunger, and willingness to follow God’s direction.”
“The test of all prayer lies in the answer to these questions: Do we love our neighbor better because of this asking? Do we pursue the old selfishness, satisfied with having prayed for something better, though we give no evidence of the sincerity of our requests by living consistently with our prayer?”
Mary Baker Eddy
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
“Third, I’ve learned from experience that our prayers are incomplete — much like bread without baking — until we put the inspiration we’re gaining from God into practice.”
“...whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Philipians 4:8
The Bible, King James Version
“Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts.”
Mary Baker Eddy
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
“No greater hope have we than in right thinking and right acting, and faith in the blessing of fidelity, courage, patience, and grace.”
Mary Baker Eddy
First Church of Christ, Scientist and Miscellany
“Know, then, that you possess sovereign power to think and act rightly, and that nothing can dispossess you of this heritage and trespass on Love.”
Mary Baker Eddy
Pulpit and Press
“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.”
Matthew 6:34
The Bible, The Message
“Fearless being is only possible when one’s thought starts from a spiritual basis.”
“...perfect love casts out fear:”
I John 4:18
The Bible, King James Version
“As we quiet the incessant chatter of materiality, we hear God's answer.”
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4: 13
The Bible, King James Version
“Fearing is like looking into dust and darkness…and seeing no farther. But the light of Christ, Truth, illumines the darkness of fear and reveals the answers that you need.”
“... I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness, and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing.”
Mary Baker Eddy
Miscellaneous Writings
“Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”
Luke 12
The Bible, King James Version
“Every child of God has place, purpose, and boundless opportunities.”