Do you ever wonder how to pray more effectively?  How to better hear what God has to say that brings relief your way?

I find one answer to this query in a passage from Science and Health, where Mrs. Eddy writes about how Jesus communed with God when seeking inspiration.  She writes, “Jesus prayed; he withdrew from the material senses to refresh his heart with brighter, with spiritual views” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 32).

“…he withdrew from the material senses.”  Wow!  This is a very revealing statement.

Many people think they are locked in by what the material senses tell them.  That they must accept as true what they see with their physical eyes, that they must accept as fact what they hear with their physical ears.  But this is illusion.  The material senses do not govern us.  We are not locked in by what they report, especially when they report something bad.

We have mastery over the physical senses.  We can exercise dominion over them, tame them, even silence them.  We can withdraw from them, as Jesus did, and commune with God in the Holy Spirit instead.  We can listen for ideas coming from divine Mind, rather than entertaining discord and fear coming from mortal mind.

Be quick to play your part in engaging with healing prayer.  Waste no time with the material senses.  Withdraw from them.  Commune with divine Mind instead.  The results are far better!