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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY MYBIBLELESSON © 2014 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY ANCIENT AND MODERN NECROMANC Y, ALIAS MESMERISM AND HYPNOTISM, DENOUNCED Vi s i t myBibleLesson.com Nov. 24–30, 2014

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. . . the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Golden Text Galatians 5:22 the, 23

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 8 . . . Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; 9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: 25 . . . there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers

of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 . . . take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunken-ness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias

Mesmerism and Hypnotism,

Denounced

Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias

Mesmerism and Hypnotism,

Denounced

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SECTION ONE: God’s truth can never be reversed. Page 2

SECTION TWO: You can reject evil and know the truth. Page 3

SECTION THREE: Trusting God keeps you safe. Page 4

SECTION FOUR: Let Christ, God’s spiritual idea, break all dreams of error. Page 5

SECTION FIVE: We are always united with God’s unchanging goodness. Page 6

Responsive Reading I John 4:1, 2; Luke 21:8 Take (to ;), 9 (to :), 25–28 there, 33, 34 take, 36

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THE BIBLE Section SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures | Mary Baker Eddy

Curse them, Balaam!

They’re blessed. I can’t curse them—

not even for a house full of silver and gold.

The children of Israel camp

Ciao!

1 | Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

2 | Psalms 143:10 thou

thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

3 | Numbers 22:1, 3 (to :), 4–6 And Balak, 12, 18

nd the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by

Jericho. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: 4 And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

4 | Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

5 | James 3:10, 11

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and curs- ing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

1 | 339:8–10

God, Spirit, alone created all, and called it 9 good. Therefore evil, being contrary to good, is unreal, and cannot be the product of God.

Evil not pro- duced by God

2 | 519:3

3 Deity was satisfied with His work. How could He be otherwise, since the spiritual creation

Perfection of creation

was the outgrowth, the emanation, of His infinite self- 6 containment and immortal wisdom?

3 | 287:10

In Science, Truth is divine, and the infinite God can have no unlikeness. Did God, Truth, 12 create error? No! “Doth a fountain send

Divine allness

forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?” God being everywhere and all-inclusive, how can He be absent 15 or suggest the absence of omnipresence and omnipotence? How can there be more than all?

4 | 103:6–9, 15–23 (to 1st .), 25–2

6 The destruction of the claims of mortal mind through Science, by which man can escape from sin and mortality, blesses the whole human fam- 9 ily.

Liberation of mental

powers

15 The maximum of good is the infinite God and His idea, the All-in-all. Evil is a suppositional lie. 18 As named in Christian Science, animal magnetism or hypnotism is the specific term for error, or mortal mind. It is the false belief that mind is in matter, and 21 is both evil and good; that evil is as real as

The genus of error

good and more powerful. This belief has not one qual- ity of Truth.

The truths of immortal Mind sustain man, and they anni- hilate the fables of mortal mind, whose flimsy and gaudy 27 pretensions, like silly moths, singe their own wings and fall into dust. In reality there is no mortal mind, and conse- 30 quently no transference of mortal thought and will-power. Life and being are of

Thought- transference

God. In Christian Science, man can do no harm, for 1 scientific thoughts are true thoughts, passing from God to man.

5 | 442:16–18

Neither animal magnetism nor hypnotism enters into the practice of Christian Science, in which truth cannot 18 be reversed, but the reverse of error is true.

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peradventure: perhaps; maybe wot: knowproceedeth: moves forward; starts; begins; advances

contrary to: opposed to; incompatible withemanation: what flows outward from a source; result self-containment: completeness; self-sufficiency; independence hypnotism: a practice intended to change perceptions by repeating a thought or mental suggestionflimsy: weak; insubstantial; easily brokengaudy: flashy; showy; tastelesspretensions: claims to a privilege or right not actually due; claims to intelli-gence, talent, or social status not actually earned; conceits; hypocrisies consequently: as a result; as a consequence; therefore

God is blessing you right now! Keep this in mind as you go through your day.

When the LORD blesses you with riches, you have nothing to regret.Proverbs 10:22—Contemporary English Version

see page 6

To understand the term “animal magnetism” better, check out the

chapter “Animal Magnetism Unmasked” in Science and Health (beginning on p. 100).


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THE BIBLE Section SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures | Mary Baker Eddy26 | 78:28

Spirit blesses man, but man cannot “tell whence it cometh.” By it the sick are healed, the sorrowing are 30 comforted, and the sinning are reformed. These are the effects of one universal God, the invisible good dwelling in eternal Science.

7 | 321:8–24

When, led by wisdom to cast down his 9 rod, he saw it become a serpent, Moses fled before it; but wisdom bade him come back and

Fear of the serpent

overcome handle the serpent, and then Moses’ fear departed. In 12 this incident was seen the actuality of Science. Matter was shown to be a belief only. The serpent, evil, under wisdom’s bidding, was destroyed through understanding 15 divine Science, and this proof was a staff upon which to lean. The illusion of Moses lost its power to alarm him, when he discovered that what he apparently saw was really 18 but a phase of mortal belief. It was scientifically demonstrated that leprosy was a creation of mortal mind and not a condition of matter, 21 when Moses first put his hand into his bosom and drew it forth white as snow with the dread

Leprosy healed

disease, and presently restored his hand to its natural con- 24 dition by the same simple process.

8 | 104:13

Christian Science goes to the bottom of mental action, and reveals the theodicy which indicates the rightness of 15 all divine action, as the emanation of divine Mind, and the consequent wrongness of the opposite so-called action, — evil, occultism,

Perfection of divine

government 18 necromancy, mesmerism, animal magnetism, hypnotism.

9 | 252:7

When false human beliefs learn even a little of their own falsity, they begin to disappear. A knowledge of 9 error and of its operations must precede that understanding of Truth which destroys error,

Eternal man recognized

until the entire mortal, material error finally disappears, 12 and the eternal verity, man created by and of Spirit, is understood and recognized as the true likeness of his Maker.

10 | 253:9

9 I hope, dear reader, I am leading you into the understanding of your divine rights, your heaven-bestowed harmony, — that, as you read, you see there is no 12 cause (outside of erring, mortal, material sense which is not power) able to make you sick or

Heaven- bestowed

prerogative sinful; and I hope that you are conquering this false sense. 15 Knowing the falsity of so-called material sense, you can assert your prerogative to overcome the belief in sin, disease, or death.

6 | Psalms 72:18

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

7 | Exodus 3:11 Moses, 12 (to ;)

oses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And

he said, Certainly I will be with thee;

8 | Exodus 4:1–4, 6–8

And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: 6 And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

9 | Ecclesiastes 3:14 (to 2nd :)

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it:

bade: (past tense of bid) told; instructed; ordered; directeddread: greatly feared; frightful; terrible

theodicy: defense of God’s goodness in spite of the apparent reality of eviloccultism: secret practice of magic or other alleged supernatural powersnecromancy: the practice of attempting to communicate with the spirits of the deadbestowed: given; granted; afforded; awardedprerogative: special right or privilege; entitlement; advantage; birthright

Reading this story, I get that I can see

through any claim of evil.

Who am I to be talking

to Pharaoh?

THROW DOWN

THAT ROD

PICK IT UP

BY THE TAIL

PUT YOUR HAND

IN YOUR TUNIC

AGAIN

I’ll go.

MANY DIFFERENT kinds of snakes live in Egypt, and most are harmless, but when Moses was talking to Pharaoh, snakes, especially poisonous kinds, represented different gods and evil spirits to

the Egyptian people. So Moses’s display had a much deeper significance than just turning a stick into a snake and back.

What makes this story of Moses inspiring to you? How can you apply it to your own life?

Everything God has done will

last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed . . .Ecclesiastes 3:14 (in part) —Contemporary English Version



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310 | Psalms 91:2, 3

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

11 | Matthew 4:1–11, 23

hen 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 concern-ing 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. 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

11 | 581:4

ANGELS. God’s thoughts passing to man; spiritual intuitions, pure and perfect; the inspiration of goodness, 6 purity, and immortality, counteracting all evil, sensuality, and mortality.

12 | 299:11

Angels 12 are God’s representatives. These upward-soaring beings never lead towards self, sin, or materiality, but guide to the divine Principle of all good, whither every real indi- 15 viduality, image, or likeness of God, gathers. By giving earnest heed to these spiritual guides they tarry with us, and we entertain “angels unawares.”

13 | 17:8–11

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from 9 evil; And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.

14 | 42:21–23

21 Because of the wondrous glory which God bestowed on His anointed, temptation, sin, sickness, and death had no terror for Jesus.

15 | 387:27

27 The history of Christianity furnishes sublime proofs of the supporting influence and protecting power bestowed on man by his heavenly Father, omnipotent 30 Mind, who gives man faith and understanding

Christian history

whereby to defend himself, not only from temptation, but from bodily suffering.

16 | 469:13–17 The

The exterminator of error is the great truth that God, good, is the only Mind, and 15 that the supposititious opposite of infinite Mind — called devil or evil — is not Mind, is not True sense of

infinitude

Truth, but error, without intelligence or reality.

17 | 567:3–6 Truth

3 Truth and Love come nearer in the hour of woe, when strong faith or spiritual strength wrestles and prevails through 6 the understanding of God.

fowler: bird hunter who captures birds for both eating and live usesnoisome: extremely bad-smelling; obnox-

ious; objectionablefasted: gone without food; abstained; refrainedministered: cared for; helped; servedintuitions: things known without specific education or outward proof; perceptions; instinctsheed: attention; regard; consciousnesstarry: stay; remain; waitanointed: one who is made divine or holywoe: sorrow; anguish; misery

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temptations of evil or error

What a bad idea to bring him up to

a pinnacle.

Mount of Temptation

in Jericho, northeast

of Jerusalem

A fowler’s snare was a trap for birds made by spreading a net over a frame. It would collapse around the bird when the bird touched it. A snare could also be made of rope or wire with a loop that tightened when pulled.

Say this: “GOD, you’re my refuge. I trust in you and I’m safe!”That’s right—he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards.Psalms 9:2, 3—The Message

You can find out more about angels in Mary Baker Eddy’s Miscellaneous Writings (pp. 306–307).



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418 | 27:10

That Life is God, Jesus proved by his reappearance after the crucifixion in strict accordance with his scien- 12 tific statement: “Destroy this temple [body], and in three days I [Spirit] will raise it up.”

Living temple

It is as if he had said: The I — the Life, substance, 15 and intelligence of the universe — is not in matter to be destroyed.

19 | 450:27–2

27 Who, that has felt the perilous beliefs in life, substance, and intelligence separated from God, can say that there is no error of belief? Knowing the claim of 30 animal magnetism, that all evil combines in

False claims annihilated

the belief of life, substance, and intelligence in matter, electricity, animal nature, and organic life, who will deny 1 that these are the errors which Truth must and will an- nihilate?

20 | 292:31

In his resurrection and ascension, Jesus showed that a mortal man is not the real essence of manhood, and 1 that this unreal material mortality disappears in presence of the reality.

21 | 315:11–13, 14–16

The opposite and false views of the people hid from 12 their sense Christ’s sonship with God. They could not discern his spiritual existence. Their thoughts

The true sonship

15 were filled with mortal error, instead of with God’s spiritual idea as presented by Christ Jesus.

22 | 214:14

When it is learned that the spirit- 15 ual sense, and not the material, conveys the impressions of Mind to man, then being will be understood and found to be harmonious.

23 | 428:3–8

3 Life is real, and death is the illusion. A demonstra- tion of the facts of Soul in Jesus’ way resolves the dark visions of material sense into harmony and 6 immortality. Man’s privilege at this supreme

Vision opening

moment is to prove the words of our Master: “If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”

12 | Acts 10:38–40 God

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

13 | John 20:1, 11–14 Mary, 16

he first day of the week cometh Mary Magda-lene early, when it was

yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 11 Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

slew: killedaccordance: compliance; agreement

perilous: dangerous; risky; precariousessence: nature; core; centerresolves: converts; transforms

*Rosa M. Turner, Hymn No. 412, Christian Science Hymnal

TA tomb

or sepulchre in Israel

showing how a round stone

was used to close the

opening

“The Christ is here, all dreams of error breaking, . . . ” *

belief of

mind in matter

belief of separation from God

belief of substance

in matter

belief of

life in matter Christ

What is “organic life”? Check out Eddy’s ideas in “Questions and Answers” (Miscellaneous Writings p. 56:3).

Don’t let “dark visions” cloud your spiritual sense today! Use the ideas in this section to help you fill your thought with good.


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joy

love peace

Enjoy “the fruit of the Spirit”— and with each bite,

think of things you’re

grateful for:

24 | 102:1–3, 30–2

1 Animal magnetism has no scientific foundation, for God governs all that is real, harmonious, and eternal, and 3 His power is neither animal nor human.

30 Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so- called despotism is but a phase of nothingness. Christian Science despoils the kingdom of evil, and pre-eminently 1 promotes affection and virtue in families and therefore in the community.

25 | 471:18–19

18 God is infinite, therefore ever present, and there is no other power nor presence.

14 | James 1:17

very good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

15 | Galatians 5:22 the, 23

the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

5E

variableness: changeability; inconsis-tency; instabilitylongsuffering: patience

meekness: humility; quiet strength; state of being peaceful, gentle, and free of resentmenttemperance: restraint despite temptation; self-controlscientific: conforming with the laws or principles of Sciencedespotism: oppression; tyrannydespoils: deprives; dispossesses; robspre-eminently: in a superior way; above all; primarily; chieflyvirtue: goodness; moral excellence; integrity; dignity; honor

Mediterranean Sea

ITALY

GREECE

ISRAEL

EGYPT

LIBYA

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ETHIOPIA

Red Sea

Nile River

JUDÆA

Mediterranean Sea

Jerusalem

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Sea of Galilee

Dead Sea

Jordan River

SYRIA

GALILEE

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Map of various locations in this week’s Bible Lesson. Look for

the globe icon next to the text to tell you when to come back to this map.

MACEDONIA

Nazareth

CRETEJericho

MOAB

But whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God, the Creator of all light, and he shines forever without change or shadow.James 1:17—The Living Bible

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‘ve always loved the pure joy of running. And I discovered my freshman year, as a first-time cross-country runner, that

this activity came naturally to me.My parents often took me running

around the foothills of Golden, Colorado, when I was younger. But when I got into high school, it seemed like many people worried about running injuries. Stress frac-tures, shin splints—you name it. As a Chris-tian Scientist, I find that it’s a great comfort knowing the truth about my relationship with a caring and loving God. Running to me is a strong expression of spiritual qualities, especially freedom and joy. When I take this to heart, there is no room for com-mon jogging theories and anxieties.

Last summer, I began training with my cross-country team for my second season. (The season officially started in August but the unofficial training began in early May.) But by early June I began to struggle with back trouble. There was pain when I was doing common activities such as bending over or jumping, not to mention running. As fear started to grip me harder, the pain only grew worse.

My parents were aware and wanted to make sure that I would get relief soon. Because of many healings my family had experienced during my growing-up years, I wanted to use Christian Science treatment to handle this problem. That meant that we would prayerfully reject the false, distorted picture of an “injured me,” and understand more about my pure, spiritual identity. We expected to see healing results.

I tried to remain calm and prayed on and off about it for several weeks, but good thoughts seemed to be blocked by scarier

thoughts. What Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy calls “error,” or the lie that there’s a power bigger and more powerful than God, was trying to escalate my fear with lies like “This is a severe condition. What if it can’t be healed through prayer?” or “Maybe it will never disappear, and you won’t be able to run again.”

One night I glanced around my room and saw my tattered, well-used, little “Words Only” Christian Science Hymnal. I had gotten to know this book well since I’d used it to find supportive ideas to pray with during a very difficult math class the year before. So I immediately turned to my fa-vorite: Hymn 160. The first verse reads:

It matters not what be thy lot, So Love doth guide;

For storm or shine, pure peaceis thine,

Whate’er betide.(Mary Baker Eddy)

I love this verse because it says that no matter what happens, whether you are in storm or shine, you can always feel pure peace because God, Love, is your guide. This, along with a thought from my mom that doing a good activity to express spir-itual qualities can’t produce bad results, succeeded not only in calming me down for that moment, but in blocking all nega-tive thoughts that came my way.

By the end of that week, the back trou-ble was gone. Actually, I’d completely for-gotten about it! When bad thoughts and worries crept back into my thinking, I just laughed to myself and thought, “So silly!” They had no power to take my healing away.

This healing experience helped during another problem toward the end of my sophomore running season leading up to our school’s biggest cross-country event. I learned that having a peaceful frame of mind and a diligent attitude, in practice and prayer, is so important.

During this time, cold symptoms started to develop, which made it very hard for me to focus on running. Besides the chal-lenge of these symptoms, I didn’t get to run much, since I play the drums and also had to practice and perform with the drumline for my school. (I play during the football game halftime shows, and also in other drumline events.) I wondered if only one cross-country practice that week would be sufficient to get me ready for the pre-re-

gional meet on Saturday.At the one practice, I only made it

halfway through before sputtering and coughing. On our way back to the school, I couldn’t breathe very well and had to walk a good way back. This was discouraging be-cause it seemed that I wouldn’t be able to run for the rest of the week. I became afraid I wouldn’t do well in the upcoming meet, and not be ready for the regional meet the next Friday. This felt like a low point.

When I got home, I tried to calm down and thought back to what my mom had told me during my back troubles—some-thing like this: “You can’t be hindered when you’re doing a good, God-expressed activity.” I knew that drumline required creativity and joy, both of which are God-given quali-ties. And I realized that since God is omnipotent, there could be no shortage of joy for drumline and running. I started to look at running in a whole new way, as something that should be joyful, not worrisome or irri-tating. And it also became clear that while I’m expressing joy, God, it is impossible for me to feel hurt or sick.

On the night before the cross-country meet, I completed all of the drumline per-formances, and the next morning it was time to run. I went into the meet with a renewed feeling of anticipation and excite-ment, and thought how wonderful it was going to be to run with this new mind-set of jubilation, enjoyment, and delight.

I ran the whole meet with no negative thoughts and ended up coming in second for my team with a time that was only three seconds away from my personal best. The signs of a cold were completely gone and didn’t come back. Wow . . . Bliss! The re-maining practices gave me opportunities to practice this new joyful approach before the next big meet.

At the regional meet that next Friday, I ran very well, beating my personal best by 16 seconds on a difficult course, and I en-joyed the run the whole time.

I am very grateful for these healings, and for a new way of thinking that not only improved my running, but my outlook on life and God.

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“BC” stands for before Christ and refers to dates before the birth of Jesus. “AD” stands for anno domini, which is a Latin phrase meaning “in the year of the Lord” in reference to Jesus. All dates labeled “AD” happened after Jesus’s birth.

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BIBLE INFO:TRANSLATIONS: All Scriptural quotations used in the text of myBibleLesson are taken from the King James Version of The Holy Bible, unless otherwise indicated.

The following are verbally equivalent translations used for In Other Words. These translations tend to use the oldest available and most recently discovered manuscripts to translate the literal meaning of the text word-for-word.Amplified Bible: Scriptural quotations marked Amplified Bible are taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

Contemporary English Version: Scriptural quotations marked Contemporary English Version are taken from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.

New International Version: Scriptural quotations marked New International Version are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission.

New Revised Standard Version: Scriptural quotations marked New Revised Standard Version are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Revised English Bible: Scriptural quotations marked Revised English Bible are taken from the Revised English Bible © Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press 1989.

Revised Standard Version: Scriptural quotations marked Revised Standard Version are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

The following dynamically equivalent translations are used for In Other Words. These translations attempt to convey the thoughts expressed in the text in common, everyday English.Good News Translation: Scriptural quotations marked Good News Translation are taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version—Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.

New English Bible: Scriptural quotations marked New English Bible are taken from the New English Bible © Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970.

New International Reader’s Version: Scriptural quotations marked New International Reader’s Version are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version®. Copyright 1996, 1998 by Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission.

New Living Translation: Scriptural quotations marked New Living Translation are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

The following paraphrases are used for In Other Words. These are not literal translations, rather they attempt to present to modern readers the text’s tone, rhythm, and ideas as its earliest audiences might have experienced it.The Living Bible: Scriptural quotations marked The Living Bible are taken from The Living Bible, copyright © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

The Message: Scriptural quotations marked The Message are taken from The Message, copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

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