If you’re feeling less than confident about your prayers, you can get yourself onto a stronger footing by putting more faith in Truth, and less faith in error.
Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “The confidence inspired by Science lies in the fact that Truth is real and error is unreal. Error is a coward before Truth” (Science and Health, p. 368).
When we honor God as Truth, our confidence grows because we’re putting faith in a power that blesses us with strength, health, and good life.
If we put faith in error, or evil, confidence wanes, for evil is a foe not a friend.
Pray with confidence today by honoring God as the only Truth at work throughout your life experience. Let error be the coward that flees, not you. Stand strong with Truth and triumph over error!
Pray with Truth-inspired confidence.
‘Confidence through Understanding’:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/21vn0nhr3ye?s=e
Great article Angie! I especially liked “All discord manifests the error of believing in more than one power—of “gods many, and lords many.” God is Spirit, All, and man is His image and likeness. Matter has no place in this allness, and we should beware of accepting materiality and its so-called laws, thus breaking the First Commandment. As we earnestly desire to be true witnesses to the fatherhood and motherhood of God, we should endeavor to let the command, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” motivate every activity of our daily lives.”
Here is a link to a talk Daniel Jensen gave at Arden Wood
https://www.ardenwood.org/daniel-jensen-improving-our-models/
I will Listen to it. Thanks Paul.
I love all of Daniel Jensen’s articles…what a treat to listen to him! Thank you for sharing Paul!
Thanks, Angie and Evan, is a good message. I got in through “Newer” today.
My gratitude to all who take the time to share what a gift of love.
I love the idea of error being a weak little coward that flees before Truth, as Mrs. Eddy says. Because it always says the opposite of what is real, it tries to make us feel like the fearful and cowardly ones. She puts it so simply, “Truth is real and error is unreal.”
Knowing and Trusting Truth
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/1q4piwfeub4
Thanks and love to all!
Very good! One of the common errors is that “we/me” separate from God has to heal/fix something with our prayer. Yikes, I don’t have much confidence in a “me” separate from God so of course that won’t work. How precious to understand Truth as the only one. With our weekly Bible Lesson on “Mind,” I have been cherishing a clearer understanding of Mind as Truth, or the blending of the two. This clarity makes the opposition, false belief, glaringly obvious and obnoxious, thus easy to let go of.
Thank you Evan. We pray with confidence because we are aware that there is nothing to fix, the expected good is already there. Error being a coward must disappear because it has no witness.
Thanks, SO, SO, SO much Evan, for all the Spirit Views you post!!
Sounds good to me! As my 4 year old niece declared when negotiating to come meet our beloved cat, “Alright, I’ll do it!!!” My hubby had teased her that to get to the cat (a friendly one who tolerates children patiently), the dishes would have to be done by her! She debated, eyes rolling around the room and then declared her answer, Thank you for this confident approach to the days ahead.
Evan
The quote above about having more faith in Truth… is the answer to a question Eddy poses earlier in the same chapter in Science and Health. (pg365) She askes:
“… BUT if the unselfish affections be lacking, and common sense and common humanity are disregarded, what mental quality remains, with which to evoke healing from the outstretched arm of righteousness?”
What do you do when someone or some thing you are praying about seems to be completely unyielding. It seems there are no unselfish affections there and NO common humanity and NO common sense are being displayed. You are prayed out! What then?
answer: ( beginning S&H pg 367:30) paraphrased
Because Truth is infinite, error should be known as nothing. Because Truth is omnipotent in goodness error, Truth’s opposite, has no might. Evil is but the counterpoise of nothingness. The greatest wrong is but a suppositions opposite of the highest right. Confidence that Truth is real; sees that error is unreal. Error is a coward before Truth. As Truth becomes clearer, error is self-destroyed!
Thank you, Casey, as I can totally relate to similar situation and need to read and hear this Truth now!! Errors of thinking wants to take over others, and no attempt at self rescue is even being attempted at all. It almost seems being welcomed out of desire and desperation! Knowing better for those involved has not brought awakening or progress or change. Truth divine
Alone can help and trust in God’s goodness being all in All. Thank you! In solidarity and Love to all here and beyond.