World Issues & Government
“The Bible encourages us to “hold fast that which is good” (I Thessalonians 5:21). We can hold to the reality that no one’s true, spiritual identity can be lost.”
“When we hear of bad behavior, we can respond constructively by supporting and expressing the strength and goodness of a higher standard. We can rise above anger, cynicism, or despair by appreciating courage, persistence, and unselfishness as spiritual qualities inherent in everyone.”
“It’s natural to want to see a better world – free from suffering, oppression, and bad behavior. The daily news reports much injustice and tragedy. But we also hear of people’s courage, forgiveness, and kind and often heroic deeds. When people act unselfishly, it reveals a higher standard of humanity that transcends personal absorption and gives true peace and satisfaction.”
“...it’s natural for God to care for His creation through loving provisions, and unnatural to assume that His creation includes destruction or loss.”
“God showed Elijah on Mount Horeb that He was not in violent expressions of power such as raging winds, catastrophic fires, or devastating earthquakes, but that He was a healing power expressed through a “still small voice.”
“I pray to know that the infinite supply of an infinitely good God is available to provide every right idea needed in wisely allocating resources, and that the impartial love of God blesses and preserves all in His loving embrace.”
“...hard experiences often bring opportunities for discovering that we can trust God’s unfailing love and care and for understanding the power of prayer.”
“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass”
Psalms 37:37
The Bible, King James Version
“Globally, politics have grown more divisive and political beliefs more entrenched, and it can be tempting to simply vote along party lines, let strong human opinion dictate choices, or not vote at all. But what if we allowed prayer that seeks God’s guidance to lead our political decision-making?”
“Christly prayer wasn’t and isn’t about having a conversation with God, asking Him to bless our personal preferences or outlining outcomes. According to Jesus, it is a time for listening—for quieting self-interest, opinion, pride, and human will in order to hear God’s thoughts and discern divine wisdom and truth. ”
“may your voting on election day begin with a quiet moment—in prayer (outside or in the voting booth) that transcends personal opinion and bears witness to God’s power to harmonize, energize, and unite. This is why your vote counts.”
“With God there are no sides, no divisions. There is only God, the infinite One. So to be one with God, to see the oneness of God and bring our thoughts and lives into harmony with it, is not only a majority—it is unanimity.”
“All who take the right side in thought—God’s side—against self-will, injustice, division, and oppression by yielding to the divine will, the supremacy of Spirit, become part of the standing army for peacemaking and ending war.”
“For many years I have prayed daily that there be no more war, no more barbarous slaughtering of our fellowbeings; prayed that all the peoples on earth and the islands of the sea have one God, one Mind; love God supremely, and love their neighbor as themselves.”
Mary Baker Eddy
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
“I’ve been focusing my prayers for the Middle East on the spiritual integrity and beauty of its people, which, despite millennia of conflict and violence, shines through all disturbance and empowers them (and people everywhere) to rise above emotion and fear; to love and respect their neighbor, even in the face of strife and mistrust; to bridge long-standing differences in culture and religion; and to engender peaceful and productive cohabitation.”
“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”
Deuteronomy 32
The Bible, King James Version
“Post-truth (adj.)- relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”
Oxford English Dictionary
“Since the divine Mind is the only real source of our thoughts, turning to this Mind brings us intelligence and inspiration, including the capacity to discern and value what is true, and to avoid being manipulated by political or social agendas.”
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“Will computers ever be able to receive spiritual intuitions, inspiration, or direction from divine intelligence, God—communications that come through spiritual sense alone?”
“We must not attribute more and more intelligence to matter, but less and less, if we would be wise and healthy.”
Mary Baker Eddy
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
“It may seem that very bright people invent things..., but the intelligence never originates with the inventor. The spiritual idea that impelled the advance itself is an expression of God's intelligence.”