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Lesson Application Ideas From 2005
- Discover God as your best friend & sole source of joy!
Saturday, December 24th, 2005
Who could be better to trust with all our decisions than "the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal"? And our daily work with the seven synonyms opens up our understanding of God as nothing else can. You might try asking yourself what each one of these synonyms is doing today. For... - It's a Wonderful Thing! - Lesson application ideas for: Christian Science
Sunday, December 18th, 2005
The world needs to be saved. How can they believe unless they are informed as to what they should believe in? The messenger's coming is beautiful. The message of the presence and power of Christ needs to get out-it cannot go unspoken. As you might guess, the message of salvation to this age is Christian Science. - Praise God - It's His Show! Be and See What He's Created! - Metaphysical Application Ideas for...
Sunday, December 11th, 2005
Let's be sure we're giving God credit. Ever tempted to think that you are a creator - that you have to be creative - or that you were created by human parents? Think again. All good comes from God. The phrase, "for thy pleasure" is more often translated, "by thy will." So, acknowledge Love, Mind, as the creator -... - Learn from Moses: There's nothing you can't do -- at God's directing! Lesson application ideas for...
Monday, December 5th, 2005
Corde Hanzlik, C.S. (Austin, Texas) - If God didn't say it, you can't believe it! - Application Ideas on "God the Only Cause and...
Saturday, November 26th, 2005
Notice how the idea of the Word runs like a golden thread through this lesson. One way to follow this is to ask yourself, "What is God saying?' What He says stands forever. "He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." (B1) One good way to check your thinking is to put the words "thus saith the Lord"... - Take the Serpent by the Tail! - Lesson application ideas for "Ancient and Modern Necromancy,alias...
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
The word of truth will destroy the oppression put on mankind today by what Mrs. Eddy called animal magnetism. This Lesson will uncover the methods used by animal magnetism to deceive us and give us weapons to defeat the enemy. - Rejoice in your most gratitude-filled Thanksgiving yet! Lesson Application Ideas for Lesson on...
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
All of us at CedarS recognize the thanks-giving spirit of this holiday season and wish you to experience your most gratitude-filled Thanksgiving yet! We at CedarS have so much to be grateful for - for each and every precious camper, counselor, staff member, specialist, director and for a great number of donors - who... - The Radiance of Soul - That's You!
Lesson Application Ideas for Lesson on Soul and Body
Monday, November 14th, 2005
Is the body material? Is the body separate from Soul? Could God, Spirit, co-exist with matter? No to all of the above. We need to change our perception of body from a material to a spiritual basis. Let's see how Soul and its expression - individual identity (YOU) - coexist. There is no mortal body that can rebel... - Choose Wisely and Live! Lesson Application Ideas on "Mortals and Immortals"
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
After the Lesson on "Adam and Fallen Man," (are we the Genesis 1 or Genesis 2 man?) we are presented with what seems like a choice or follow up. Are we mortal or immortal? - One with God is a monopoly (treatment), where your real estate is never lost or fallen or even...
Monday, October 31st, 2005
Trick or treatment? This lesson gives us a perfect Christian Science treatment, so that we won't be fooled by the trick of the serpent. - Everlasting Opportunity for Victory -- Lesson Application Ideas for "Everlasting Punishment"
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
If we indulge in sin, it will be real to us, and so will the suffering. "Sin should become unreal to everyone" (S&H 27). As we put on the new man, we will cease sinning and our seemingly everlasting punishment will turn into everlasting victory. - Trick? or Treatment? Remove the Halloween costume of death & be treated to life! Lesson...
Sunday, October 16th, 2005
Love uses no scale to measure mistakes; God knows us as perfect. As we demonstrate this understanding our path is revealed, yielding joy and satisfaction. Forgiveness is a key element in our progression and probation as it frees belief to accept the light of the Christ Spirit whereby we experience daily resurrection... - Rest in Love; Obey Love, and Be At-one with Love!
Lesson-application ideas for Doctrine of...
Monday, October 10th, 2005
God loves you -- unconditionally! As you work with this week's lesson, pay attention to all of the references to Love! Then, live that Love and feel at-one with God! - Cut huge problems down to nothingness! Lesson Application Ideas on "Are Sin, Disease and Death...
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
The answer to the Lesson question is always no!!! No sin, disease or death!!! The Golden Text clearly says that we are safe in God's care. There is nothing to fear no matter the disguise. God is the Ultimate! - Claim your immunity from all claims of evil - Application Ideas on the Christian Science Bible...
Monday, September 26th, 2005
No Summary Available - Discern Reality from the 4th dimension of spirit where God rocks!
Lesson Application Ideas on...
Friday, September 16th, 2005
Section Summary Benediction: Reality is understood not from the inherent limitations of our three dimensional world, but can only be discerned from the fourth dimension of spirit, where we behold the steadfast love of God, perfection, one Mind and perfect man, even when the senses testify otherwise. Teaching... - We "Won't Get Fooled Again" - Lesson application ideas for: Matter
Saturday, September 10th, 2005
It looks to human sense as though everything is matter and that matter is substantial and real. The material senses fool us into believing the material view of creation. This Lesson gives us a different picture. The Golden Text begins with God's call to all His creation to come to Him. We are reminded that God is the... - Indestructible wellbeing & God's bounty are always available! Application Ideas for the...
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
As our prayers have turned to recognize God bounty and care for all, in all circumstances, the Christian Science Weekly Bible Lesson is right on target. God's bounty is always available! Indestructible wellbeing! The Golden Text tells us that God is our rich source. All we need to do is to call. - Claim Your Dominion! (over every creeping and creepy thing) Application Ideas for "Man" (Christian...
Sunday, August 28th, 2005
God gives man His dominion over all the earth, and "over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." What are the "creeping things" in your experience? Sometimes they may be creeping fears, doubts, discouragement. Age can be a "creeping thing." Habits may creep up on us and claim to be our identity. God has... - Christ - The saving grace here for all time!
Lesson Application Ideas for "Christ Jesus" - August...
Monday, August 22nd, 2005
Jesus was sent to save. As we acknowledge his Sonship and ours, the Christ indeed continues to "save" by delivering us from sin, disease, and death through God's grace. - Here are messages to you from the Supreme Commander!
Lesson Application Ideas on "Mind," August...
Sunday, August 14th, 2005
Section Summary Benediction: God is in command of everything with His thought and purpose manifested. Infinite Mind directs, knows, hears, sees and heals. - "Here Comes The Bride!" Invite God to your wedding and into every part of your life! Application...
Monday, August 8th, 2005
The Responsive Reading is a total tribute to God. Look at what He does for us! He's good, does wonderful works, satisfies, fills us, gives us drink, has power, glory, lovingkindness. Wow, with all of that, in abundance, how can we not praise God? What a great marriage companion! - Acknowledge that the Spirit of God is upon us, NOW, TODAY!
Monday, August 1st, 2005
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon ME." The Spirit of the Lord God is not some far-off theoretical concept that rests somewhere in our distant future. It doesn't belong to the favored few. Inspiration (being in the Spirit) isn't some rare occurrence that appears by magic. It's a law. We can start by humbly... - It's All About Love -- Lesson application ideas on "Love"
Saturday, July 23rd, 2005
Each section examines a citation found in the Responsive Reading. We don't have to look far to get the point of this Lesson-It's all about LOVE! - Stand Unshakable on the Rock of Truth Application Ideas for the Lesson on "Truth" for July 18-24...
Sunday, July 17th, 2005
Notice all the references this week to rock, foundation, and cornerstone. How do these relate to the subject, Truth? Hint: Mrs. Eddy's definition of rock is, "Spiritual foundation; Truth." and Webster's definition is, "something that resembles a rock in firmness : foundation, support : something that serves as a... - "Live in the eternal and appreciate God's day!"
Lesson Application Ideas on "Life"
Sunday, July 10th, 2005
Eternal life and its blessings are commanded by God and not an option. Loving God is step one to choosing life over death. We see God by being pure in heart and loving Him with all our soul and mind which overflows into loving our neighbor as ourself. To the degree we love is the degree we truly live in the eternal... - "And we solemnly promise ...." - Lesson Application ideas for "Sacrament"
Sunday, July 3rd, 2005
All of the sections will have as the central theme, a Tenet. For those new to the Tenets, you will find them on page 497 in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, The Manual of the Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy, the Quarterly Weekly Bible Lesson, and the Full Text edition of the Lesson - "Entertain angels" and God will entertain and sustain you!
Application Ideas for the Bible Lesson...
Monday, June 27th, 2005
As you read the lesson, look for the appearances of angels and note what they say. Then be sure to listen for your own angels throughout the week. - "Word of Revelation" -- Application ideas for the Bible Lesson on "Christian Science"
Sunday, June 19th, 2005
Sometimes, Christian Science is criticized (misunderstood) because it is perceived as Mrs. Eddy's invention. On the contrary, Mrs. Eddy felt her discovery was the result of God's revealing to her the spiritual meaning of the Scriptures and of the life of Christ Jesus. This Lesson explores the meaning of revelation... - Understand Mind's Control of the Universe. Discover Your God-Given Dominion!
Monday, June 13th, 2005
If wisdom and understanding made the earth and heaven, ALL must be Mind. So where does that leave the theory that the universe sprang from atoms - the tiny particles which constitute matter? Why continue looking to matter for life? It really makes no sense! - You're Controlled by the Ultimate G.P.S. - God's Preservation System! Application Ideas for "God...
Sunday, June 5th, 2005
Why would the Creator, God, go to all the trouble of making a perfect creation if He wasn't going to take care of it? God didn't create us to live by our own devices. Old, wrong theology would suggest that scenario and that there can be separation from God, but, it is false. - What joy...what peace! to know "God the Only Cause and Creator"
Bible Lesson Application Ideas for...
Monday, May 30th, 2005
This is it....God is the only Cause and Creator, He is great, He only does wondrous things and only He has the power to cause or create anything. Period! - "Felt Ye the Power of the Word?" Lesson application ideas for: Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias...
Saturday, May 21st, 2005
This Lesson is about distinguishing between legitimate messages from God (the words that give us power) and false reports made up by man (the words that make us weak). - Find full satisfaction at Soul's spiritual quality buffet!
Monday, May 16th, 2005
Imagine you've gone to an all-you-can-eat buffet. At the end of the line isn't it amazing your plate barely resembles that of the next person in line? Now imagine instead of food, you're selecting qualities which make up your individuality. And you can select only those qualities offered by Soul, the proprietor of... - Are you open to the glories of heaven, or stuck in the mud?
Saturday, May 7th, 2005
What is your model? How are you thinking of yourself and your surroundings? If you think of yourself as an image of the earth - fleshy, dusty, mortal and perishable - your experience will reflect that pattern and be subject to corruption (impairment, decay, and decomposition). This pattern is a dead-end road every... - Be dust-free! Not "modern Eves and unmanly Adams!"
Sunday, May 1st, 2005
The Golden Text tells us what to do the first thing in the morning when we wake up - shake off the dust of the literal dreamland. What it doesn't say is to stay awake. Let's not be fooled by the waking dream either. ....We are not the dust man, fallen or unfallen, for that matter. Wake up and be free! - Be lifted OUT of the hopelessness of "Everlasting Punishment!"
Sunday, April 24th, 2005
Some people get so turned off by the title of this lesson that they approach it with dread, or even skip over it altogether. Don't let yourself be fooled by that! The real motive of this lesson is to lift us OUT of the hopelessness of everlasting punishment and into the realization of everlasting Love. - You are redeemed! Just...Shine! Lesson Application Ideas
Monday, April 18th, 2005
Those who are just, shine, and do so while being more and more active in love. Resurrection uplifts faith and gives fresh meaning to trials. Jesus added another commandment; know everlasting life which includes no birth, no death and no final judgment. Sin leads to death, whereas eternal life is sinless... - Love - Jesus taught it. Live it and be at-one with God and Christ. Lesson application ideas for the...
Monday, April 11th, 2005
What was at the heart of Jesus' teaching? LOVE! What is required of us? To love as Jesus loved. How does Jesus say you will be recognized as his disciple? "If ye have love one to another." It doesn't say anything about how many "Sunday School answers" or quotes you know. It doesn't say anything about position... - The Answer is "NO!" Application Ideas for the Bible Lesson on "Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?"
Monday, April 4th, 2005
Is there sin, disease or death? The Science of Mind says the answer for the question is definitely, "No!" S&H marker 23 really sums up the Lesson in all ways. We are not fooled by matter's suggestions to see, feel or hear anything unlike God, Mind. Either God's goodness is everywhere or it's not - we know that it is... - Don't Forget Entirely About Reality! Application ideas for "Unreality" (Bible Lesson for March...
Sunday, March 27th, 2005
FEAR NOT! This lesson is filled with this essential rule for healing. As you read, see how many times you can find this command, and note the WHY that often accompanies it. - WYSIWYG
(What You See Is What You Get)
Lesson application ideas for: Reality
Sunday, March 20th, 2005
The golden text is the culmination of Paul's working through the conundrum of human experience. He is expressing thanks that Jesus has, through his demonstration, freed us from the "body of death." In other words, Jesus has provided the means of deliverance from the paradoxical and often tumultuous experience called... - Choose wisely! Application Ideas for the Bible lesson on Matter: March 14-20, 2005
Monday, March 14th, 2005
Think independently. Watch -- are you throwing more weight into your belief in matter or your understanding of Spirit? Are you satisfied being stuck in limitation, or will you demand the demonstration of infinite possibilities? - Sing and rejoice in the super abundance of God's gifts! Application Ideas for the Bible Lesson on...
Monday, March 7th, 2005
We don't have to look very far at all for our happiness when we under (sub) stand (stance) our substance (understanding). Superabundance of good is ever-present! For free! - God has made you whole; sound; healthy; restored; healed!
Application Ideas on "Man" (Christian...
Monday, February 28th, 2005
Most of us spend our lives trying to answer the questions, "Who am I? Where do I belong? Why am I here?" This lesson answers these questions - sometimes in very surprising ways. As you read it, remember that it's about you - not just some far-off metaphysical concept. You can put yourself right... - "Truly soar as children of God thereby living the Lord's Prayer!"
Application Ideas for the Bible...
Monday, February 21st, 2005
Caterpillars undergo a metamorphosis entering a chrysalis state thereby developing into beautiful butterflies. Perhaps our chrysalis state is a shedding of our "adult" ways and means which reveals the kingdom within, allowing us to truly soar as children of God thereby living the Lord's Prayer. - Give it all up to God! Application Ideas for the lesson on Mind - Feb. 14-20
Saturday, February 12th, 2005
Ever tempted to think you are the one responsible for solving a problem, making something turn out right, coming up with an idea, or for healing? Think again - God does the work. Our job???? Praise Him - a non-stop "yea, God" will do! Acknowledge God as the only Mind, respond to Mind's direction, and bear witness... - Realize your spirituality and kick out mortal mind's deceitful lies of separation! Application...
Monday, February 7th, 2005
The Soul Lesson is often focused on demonstrating our awareness of God through our spiritual sense and senses. It is not surprising then, that for many, this seems a difficult or elusive Lesson. Mortal mind doesn't want us to know God! - Let Spirit breathe new life, new inspiration, into all you do! Application Ideas on "Spirit"
Monday, January 31st, 2005
The word "spirit" comes from the Latin spirare, which means "to breathe." As you read the lesson, watch for the ways in which Spirit animates, activates, quickens, inspires. It breathes new life, new inspiration, into all that we do. There are many requests to God in this lesson - lead me, teach... - Life Is Love in Action - Bible-lesson application ideas on "Love"
Sunday, January 23rd, 2005
The dictum, "God is Love" sets the tone for our Lesson. Interpreter's notes that "Christian belief and Christian life are inseparably linked. As a man believes, so he lives. As a man lives, so is his real belief. The initiative is always from God. He loved first." These words will be exemplified by the actions of the... - Claim your "rich legacy" of Truth that heals!
Monday, January 17th, 2005
As we see Spirit bearing witness to Truth, we're acknowledging Christlike testimony and bypassing human opinion. The healing example of Jesus is Christian Science treatment. Handling fear is paramount. If needed, use the human auxiliaries of argument by affirming the truth and denying the error. Afterward, support... - The bread of Life - abundant, nourishing, and lasting. Eat it and be free!
Thursday, January 6th, 2005
There is a lot of talk these days about food - too much, too little, the wrong type, etc. But, rather than counting carbs or sodium or fat content, watch your thought. What are you taking in - the truth of Life or the lie of mortality? The bread of Life is the word of God. There is no shortage of it. You never... - How do we worship? How do we recognize the Christ? Are we baptized?
Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
We must remember that in the establishment of Christian Science and the Church, Mrs. Eddy made enlightened, spiritual definitions and changes as to several old theological beliefs. This Lesson, Sacrament, is typically the lesson that explains many theological terms and events in regard to their application in...
