Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 Testimony Meeting

At 8:15pm EST every Wednesday, our Testimony Meeting features inspired readings from The Bible and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and Prose Works by Mary Baker Eddy, as well as testimonies of Christian Science healing and wonderful music. All are welcome to listen and participate!

Theme: Constant Right Thinking

Citations by Amanda from MO • Read by Florence from GA




Hymns

406 31 290

The Bible

Deuteronomy: 6:1, 3, 5 (thou)–6, 14, 18–19

1   Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
3   Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
5   … thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
14  Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
18  And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,
19  To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 4: 36 (to : ), 39

36  Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: …
39  Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

Matthew 4: 1- 11 

1   Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2   And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
3   And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4   But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5   Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6   And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7   Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8   Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9   And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11  Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

 

Matthew 15: 1–3, 7-11, 15-20 (to : )

1   Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2   Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3   But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
7   Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8   This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9   But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10  And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11  Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man
15  Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16  And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17  Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20  These are the things which defile a man:

James 4: 7 – 8 (to 1st .)

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

II Corinthians 10: 3-5 

3  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Miscellany

210: 1-11, 15-17

Beloved Christian Scientists, keep your minds so filled with Truth and Love, that sin, disease, and death cannot enter them. It is plain that nothing can be added to the mind already full. There is no door through which evil can enter, and no space for evil to fill in a mind filled with goodness. Good thoughts are an impervious armor; clad therewith you are completely shielded from the attacks of error of every sort. And not only yourselves are safe, but all whom your thoughts rest upon are thereby benefited.

The right thinker abides under the shadow of the Almighty. His thoughts can only reflect peace, good will towards men, health, and holiness.

 

No and Yes

12: 3-6

The essence of this Science is right thinking and right acting — leading us to see spirituality and to be spiritual, to understand and to demonstrate God.

Miscellaneous Writings

22: 10-11, 14-21

Christian Science translates Mind, God, to mortals.

It shows the impossibility of transmitting human ills, or evil, from one individual to another; that all true thoughts revolve in God’s orbits: they come from God and return to Him, — and untruths belong not to His creation, therefore these are null and void. It hath no peer, no competitor, for it dwelleth in Him besides whom “there is none other.”

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

234:17–21, 25–30

If mortals would keep proper ward over mortal mind, the brood of evils which infest it would be cleared out. We must begin with this so-called mind and empty it of sin and sickness, or sin and sickness will never cease.

Sin and disease must be thought before they can be manifested. You must control evil thoughts in the first instance, or they will control you in the second. Jesus declared that to look with desire on forbidden objects was to break a moral precept. He laid great stress on the action of the human mind, unseen to the senses.

7: 1-2

The only civil sentence which he had for error was, “Get thee behind me, Satan.”

Miscellaneous Writings

198: 13-21

When tempted to sin, we should know that evil proceedeth not from God, good, but is a false belief of the personal senses; and if we deny the claims of these senses and recognize man as governed by God, Spirit, not by material laws, the temptation will disappear.

On this Principle, disease also is treated and healed. We know that man’s body, as matter, has no power to govern itself; and a belief of disease is as much the product of mortal thought as sin is.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

234: 31-32

Evil thoughts and aims reach no farther and do no more harm than one’s belief permits.

Miscellaneous Writings

119: 1-6, 10-11

If malicious suggestions whisper evil through the mind’s tympanum, this were no apology for acting evilly. We are responsible for our thoughts and acts; and instead of aiding other people’s devices by obeying them, — and then whining over misfortune, — rise and overthrow both.

Evil is impotent to turn the righteous man from his uprightness.

Miscellany

213: 15 – 26

Unless one’s eyes are opened to the modes of mental malpractice, working so subtly that we mistake its suggestions for the impulses of our own thought, the victim will allow himself to drift in the wrong direction without knowing it. Be ever on guard against this enemy. Watch your thoughts, and see whether they lead you to God and into harmony with His true followers. Guard and strengthen your own citadel more strongly. Thus you will grow wiser and better through every attack of your foe, and the Golden Rule will not rust for lack of use or be misinterpreted by the adverse influence of animal magnetism.

152: 20–24

To-day, if ye would hear His voice, listen to His Word and serve no other gods. Then the divine Principle of good, that we call God, will be found an ever-present help in all things, and Christian Science will be understood.

187: 6-11

May the divine light of Christian Science that lighteth every enlightened thought illumine your faith and understanding, exclude all darkness or doubt, and signal the perfect path wherein to walk, the perfect Principle whereby to demonstrate the perfect man and the perfect law of God.




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