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Lesson Application Ideas From 2018
- Discover that the Kingdom of Heaven is Already Within YOU!
Monday, September 24th, 2018
The concluding statement from last week’s Bible Lesson on “Matter” segues perfectly to this week’s Lesson on “Reality,” which is all about us discovering that, in reality, we live and move and breathe in the kingdom of heaven. The statement from last week reads, "Let us learn of the real and eternal, and... - Harvest Healings --Now! plus CC insights on select Reality citations
Sunday, September 23rd, 2018
Enjoy Cobbey Crisler insights and a Ken Cooper poem about select citations on "Reality" - Give Loving Attention Daily to Your Core Commitments, especially when surrounded by temptations...
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
When I read the Golden Text and Responsive Reading featuring the Ten Commandments, I knew that it was a divine coincidence for me to jump-in as a Sunday-sub for this week’s Met (to cover for a travel issue). You can see from a sample of photos (attached atop the online version) why I connected right away with this... - Enjoy CC & other insights on select citations from “Matter” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson...
Sunday, September 16th, 2018
Enjoy insights from Cobbey Crisler and others on some citations for “Matter”, the Christian Science Bible Lesson for September 23, 2018 - Think On These Substantial Things!
Monday, September 10th, 2018
What has substance to you? The Student’s Reference Dictionary defines substance as “something existing by itself; that which really is or exists…the essential part; something real, not imaginary.” While some other definitions include “real physical matter” as substance, that’s not what this Lesson is... - Enjoy Substantial Insights from Cobbey and others
Saturday, September 8th, 2018
Enjoy insights from Cobbey Crisler and others on some citations for “Substance”-- The Christian Science Bible Lesson for September 16, 2018 - Accept perfection as your way to a happy ending.
Monday, September 3rd, 2018
Learning about God is one of the greatest of adventures. I so appreciate my Sunday School teachers and their clever ways of helping us learn and remember important spiritual lessons. One of their techniques included what are called acrostics. The word “acrostic" comes from the Greek words “akros" (outermost) and... - Enjoy Insights and application ideas on "Man"
Monday, September 3rd, 2018
Watch for Rick Stewart''s Met (from Germany) later this morning! - Accept Jesus’ invitation to demonstrate the healing light of Christ like he did!
Monday, August 27th, 2018
That [Christ] light illuminates and brings to the surface any negative thinking or behavior and lets us eliminate it. And that light not only shines in us but also uplifts all those around us. The more shining lights there are in the world, the more the seeming darkness is snuffed out. Let’s see how many ways the... - Enjoy applying CC Bible insights and "A.P. (Answered Prayer) History" to solve problems now and in...
Monday, August 27th, 2018
Enjoy applying Bible insights and "A.P. (Answered Prayer) History" to solve problems now and in your future. - Follow Jesus’ example of humbly knowing your oneness with Mind, the Father of all!
Monday, August 20th, 2018
This week’s lesson spoke to me of the infinite nature of divine intelligence as the only Mind. This Mind is the Father of all. Christ Jesus humbly demonstrated the fact that there is no separation between God (Mind) and His Son, the ideal man (Christ). As we follow Jesus’ example — having the Mind of... - Enjoy CC & other insights on Mind...
Sunday, August 19th, 2018 - Be Soul's Song!
Monday, August 13th, 2018
We need to listen with full spiritual understanding and receptivity to hear the full harmony of Soul. Looking beyond the limited senses and moving toward a freer Soul-inspired sense enables us to love each individual expression of Soul, and hear beauty in each song. So, let’s get to the Lesson and learn more... - Apply Mathematical Metaphysics to Yourself and to All!
Sunday, August 12th, 2018
Here’s an expanded sense of the Responsive Reading from Warren’s notes on putting into practice the Isaiah 35-defined purpose of CedarS Camps as passed along by oral tradition to CedarS staff by Founder Ruth E. Huff and Directors Warren Huff and Holly Huff Bruland: - Cobbey Crisler and others insights on some “Soul” citations
Sunday, August 12th, 2018
Enjoy insights from Cobbey Crisler and others on some citations for “Soul”, The Christian Science Bible Lesson for August 19, 2018 - Discover Life in and of Spirit, here and now.
Monday, August 6th, 2018
What hope comes from recognizing the fact that we can be in no condition or circumstance that is beyond the ever-present, all-embracing, life-giving Spirit, God. And that is a great way to start our lesson. - THREE BONUSES: a resilience analogy; music link; and 2nd poem;
Monday, August 6th, 2018
Practical ideas for Sunday School discussions, for church contemplations and for living love. - Enjoy CC & other insights on select citations from “Spirit” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson...
Sunday, August 5th, 2018
Enjoy insights from Cobbey Crisler and others on some citations for “Spirit,” The Christian Science Bible Lesson for August 12, 2018 - Avoid repeated disappointment. Discover the Power of Divine Love as Infinitely Enough!
Monday, July 30th, 2018
Can you think of anything that takes away a sense of dominion better than fear? Our Golden Text this week makes plain that there is an antidote to fear of any kind whether it be a sense of helplessness, terror, or deep shame—Love that is God (1John 4:8 and 16). Understanding this synonym for God more deeply will... - Enjoy CC & other Insights on select citations on “Love” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, July 29th, 2018 - Be engrounded in Truth and thrive on its living waters!
Monday, July 23rd, 2018
Finding a greater sense of Truth offers us a greater sense of stability—no land legs or sea legs! As we find ourselves “enground” upon the rock—the spiritual foundation—no wind or waves or new experiences can shock us. As far as I can tell, the word “enground” doesn’t exist in any dictionary... - Enjoy Cobbey Crisler Insights on select citations on “Truth” (the Christian Science Bible...
Sunday, July 22nd, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Truth” The Christian Science Bible Lesson for July 29, 2018 - Acknowledge God’s Day to Reveal Limitless, Everlasting Life As Ours
Monday, July 16th, 2018
God redeems. But, it is important to also pay attention to what is expected of us in order to experience these gifts. We need to seek, behold, inquire, praise and magnify God, trust Him, desire life and love God’s day, refrain from voicing evil, leave evil behind and do good, pursue peace, and hold on to what we... - Enjoy CC & other Insights on select citations on “Life” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, July 15th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Life” The Christian Science Bible Lesson for July 22, 2018 - Give God the Glory, Glory...
Monday, July 9th, 2018
As you read this week’s lesson, I’m sure you’ll find themes and inspirations of your own. As I read it, I found it helpful look for all the “glory” words. I’m seeing lots and lots of references to glory and majesty that remind us to be in awe of the magnificence of God. The Golden Text opens with... - Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for God, the Christian Science Bible...
Sunday, July 8th, 2018 - Try hard to find God…it is worth it!
Monday, July 2nd, 2018
I love the short, simple Golden Text for this week’s Bible Lesson. It was for me like a wake-up call to search for God like I really meant it! Not a half-hearted search. You know what I mean by a half-hearted search? For example, you have lost something and you kind of look for it, but mostly just expect it... - Enjoy CC & other Insights on select citations on “Sacrament” (the Christian Science Bible...
Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Sacrament” The Christian Science Bible Lesson for July 8, 2018 - Find Christian Science to be the law of Love that saves and delights!
Monday, June 25th, 2018
This Golden Text sets the tone for this lesson about Christian Science by establishing that we are talking not about a religion comprised of theories and doctrines, but the law of divine Love that lives at the very heart and soul of Christian Science (S31). The word law is used five times in the first four verses of... - Enjoy CC & other Insights on select citations on “Christian Science” (the Christian Science...
Sunday, June 24th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Christian Science” The Christian Science Bible Lesson for July 1, 2018 - Enjoy CC & other Insights on select citations on “Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by...
Monday, June 18th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?” The Christian Science Bible Lesson for June 24, 2018 - Lift up your eyes to behold the ever-present Kingdom of God!
Monday, June 18th, 2018
As I studied this Lesson filled with ideas about seeing and experiencing the kingdom of God, I was reminded of a recent conversation I had with someone asking if I thought Christian Science would have been discovered if the medicine of that time had been as advanced as it is today. That gave me the opportunity to... - Don’t miss YOUR Security Update today that will last forever!
Monday, June 11th, 2018
"...here is a great need for security in every area of our lives—health, home, environment, food supply, economics, and so on. Fortunately, there is a Source of security that is unfailing, unchanging, and always, “ahead of the game.” Of course, I’m talking about our Father-Mother God. Each section of the... - Enjoy CC & other Insights on select citations on “God the Preserver of Man” (the Christian...
Sunday, June 10th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “God the Preserver of Man” -- The Christian Science Bible Lesson for June 17, 2018 - Live in the Light of creation being revealed!
Monday, June 4th, 2018
The last few days I have found those 8 sections just perfect in their unfoldment! And Mary Baker Eddy’s chapter on Genesis in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is beautiful and complete in its spiritual and practical exegesis of the story of creation. (An exegesis is simply a critical explanation or... - Enjoy CC & other infinity-shifting Insights on select citations on “God the Only Cause and...
Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “God the Only Cause and Creator”-- The Christian Science Bible Lesson for June 3, 2018 - BECOME CONSCIOUS OF GOD'S POWER
Monday, May 28th, 2018
It would appear that there are so many ways in which power seems to be manifest in human experience. Just a single glance at any current news topic, from gun violence, to disease, to sexual violence, to the world political scene, will report to our senses that there certainly seems to be a power that opposes the... - Enjoy CC & other Insights on select citations on “Ancient & Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism &...
Sunday, May 27th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced " (the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson for June 3, 2018) - Be who you were made to be! Let the light of God shine out in your life!
Monday, May 21st, 2018
When we have light, we can see. There seem to be many influences affecting what we see, or what we know – time, fear, other people's opinions are just a few. This week's Christian Science Bible Lesson brings a spiritually based view to the table: that the only thing we need to take into account when assessing our... - Enjoy Cobbey Crisler Insights on select citations on “Soul and Body” (the Christian Science...
Sunday, May 20th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler insights on some citations for “Soul and Body" (the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson for May 27, 2018) - Maintain a Higher Point of View!
Monday, May 14th, 2018
To those who take the immortal viewpoint, the perplexing troubles facing them are but temporary blips compared to the glories of eternal reality. But, those hardships actually compel us to learn more about God, and our unbroken relationship to Him. Waking up to our true being in Christ makes us a “new creature.”... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Mortals and Immortals” (the Christian Science Bible...
Sunday, May 13th, 2018
Enjoy CC Insights for citations on “Mortals and Immortals” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for May 20, 2018) - Become the men and women you were created to be, forever blessed!
Monday, May 7th, 2018
Now, even though this #Good creation profile was posted long ago, years and years, there are many people that have for generations accepted another posted profile. It is like your original post was hacked and a counterfeit post put in its place. This counterfeit profile is from another account of creation that... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Adam and Fallen Man” (the Christian Science Bible...
Sunday, May 6th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Adam and Fallen Man" - Experience God's everlasting mercy through obedience to Love's demands
Monday, April 30th, 2018
Living in accord with God's good commands is challenging at times. But our truest sense of self, and certainly our greatest and most consistent sense of joy is discovered when we are found making no compromises with evil, joyfully obeying good with all our hearts. It reminds me of the allegory of Adam and Eve where... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Everlasting Punishment” (the Christian Science...
Sunday, April 29th, 2018
Enjoy Cobbey Crisler insights on some citations for “Everlasting Punishment" (the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson for May 6, 2018) - Walk in the light of Life! [Claim your Christ nature and demonstrate it step-by-step! (4)]
Monday, April 23rd, 2018
There are a lot of action words in this week’s Lesson … such as walk and watch. Light is also a big theme! Being mentally engaged, and consistently moving in accord with God, we walk in the light of Life — where death has no place. - Enjoy CC insights for citations for April 29 the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson on...
Sunday, April 22nd, 2018
Enjoy Cobbey Crisler insights on some citations for “Probation After Death" (the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson for April 29, 2018) - Demonstrate Unity, Oneness, At-One-Ment!
Monday, April 16th, 2018
Christ Jesus’ experience on the cross demonstrated his oneness with his Father (Divine Life), but his experience is not our experience because we are each distinct ideas. Each of us must discover our oneness for ourselves…Christ Jesus showed us the way, but didn’t do the work for us. Mary Baker Eddy explains... - Enjoy CC & MBE Library Insights on select citations on “Doctrine of Atonement” (the Christian...
Sunday, April 15th, 2018 - Look to God and See the Nothingness of Evil!
Monday, April 9th, 2018
Whenever we find ourselves in difficult situations, whether we’re facing sin, disease, or impending doom, we have a tendency—particularly as Christian Scientists—to try and figure out what we are doing wrong, and what we are going to have to do to get out of the situation. The Responsive Reading gives us a... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?” (the Christian...
Sunday, April 8th, 2018 - Clear the clutter and discover the ever-present Good!
Monday, April 2nd, 2018
You see God is the “I” of divine order and the “I” that destroys seeming disorder, the mess of mortality. This week’s Christian Science Bible Lesson is going to make that abundantly clear to each of us. When you get the mess out of the way that does not belong to God’s creation you will find all the... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Unreality” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, April 1st, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Unreality" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for April 8, 2018) - Continue Easter gladness every day by looking away from the tomb!
Monday, March 26th, 2018
The reality of spiritual and infinite Life, reflected in Jesus' resurrection and ultimate ascension, is the true story. This is the story that causes Jesus' life to be celebrated thousands of years later. We can look at this story of triumph, and take its message to our own troubling experiences. We can learn to... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for a citations on “Reality” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, March 25th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Reality” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for April 1, 2018) - Serve the Lord! Reject graven images of matter!
Monday, March 19th, 2018
Matter …. seems so real until you understand it to be just a false human concept — a limited, misperception of reality. Recognizing God, Spirit, to be ALL and the only Creator, allows us to see through the myth that matter is substantial. Christian Science enables us to see that matter is but... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Matter” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, March 18th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Matter" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for March 25, 2018) - Stand Still, Look Deep, and Be Amazed!
Monday, March 12th, 2018
How well do we follow the directive in the Golden Text? What are the “wondrous works of God”—the complexities of biological life? This week’s Lesson plunges beneath the surface to the spiritual essence of what constitutes reality. In order to fully appreciate God’s wondrous works we need to start by standing... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Substance” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, March 11th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Substance" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for March 18, 2018) - You choose, picture book man or God’s man, the Christ will tell you which is you!
Monday, March 5th, 2018
In this week’s Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson we find several examples of people who lived their lives as examples of this real man. You might say they were in this world, living normal lives, but lives that reflected the best picture of the man of God’s creating. Their lives became examples that... - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Man” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for March...
Sunday, March 4th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler insights on some citations for “Man" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for March 11, 2018) - Stay connected to the true vine for a most fruitful, productive, blessed life!
Monday, February 26th, 2018
This week's Golden Text introduces the theme of fruitfulness. It seems almost too obvious to bother stating, that a branch of a fruit tree or vine can only blossom and bear fruit if remains attached to the tree or vine. Sometimes the obvious bears stating though. Our Responsive Reading expands on this idea of bearing... - Enjoy CC Insights on select citations on “Christ Jesus” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, February 25th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler insights on some citations for “Christ Jesus" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for March 4, 2018) - Have the Mind that was in Christ Jesus!
Monday, February 19th, 2018
Nothing could bless each of us, our loved ones, our country or the whole world more than a moment-by-moment keeping of a “promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus…” (S28) The solemn, sincere, part of this 6th Tenet pledge to think and act with the Mind of Christ is... - Enjoy CC & MBE Library Insights on select citations on “Mind” (the Christian Science Bible...
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and MBE Library insights on some citations on “Mind" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for February 25, 2018) - Put On Soul's Heavenly Garments and Feel the Light of His Countenance!
Monday, February 12th, 2018
Throughout Judeo-Christian history the faithful have relied on God’s unchangeable nature (S25). Soul’s unchangeableness is reflected in man’s eternal relationship to God. In the beginning of the Lesson, there were many crying out in desperation for good, and Elijah was laboring under depression. In Section 1 the... - Enjoy CC Insights for citations on “Soul” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for February 18...
Sunday, February 11th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler insights on some citations for “Soul" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for February 18, 2018) - BONUS: Happy Valentine's Day to each of you cherished CedarS Newsletter subscribers!
Saturday, February 10th, 2018
With so much emphasis this week on consumerist love (with all of its expectations, comparisons, disappointments, and possessiveness), we’re focusing on a deeper kind of love as it’s presented in I Corinthians 13 (this summer’s theme). - Learn by doing! Spiritual understanding comes through demonstration; let’s do it!
Monday, February 5th, 2018
Many Bible verses are old friends, beloved memorized statements of inspiration or encouragement. I know them well and immediately recognize their message. But…with a little more understanding that has come with demonstration, or practice or application. I get it! - Enjoy CC & other Insights for a citations on “Spirit” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Sunday, February 4th, 2018 - Rise to a divine Love’s-eye-view of womanhood!
Monday, January 29th, 2018
For anyone who has been struggling with the issues that have surfaced concerning women in recent months, this lesson shares a perspective that brings power, healing and comfort. An understanding of Love and the feminine aspects of Love, illustrated in several Bible stories, give a profoundly spiritual sense of Love... - Enjoy fresh manna with motherly love and comfort for you!
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
Enjoy new insights inspired by the Christian Science Bible Lesson on Love. Catch the vision of God's view of the role of womanhood and the Comforter from Cobbey Crisler, and from a poem from Ken Cooper on "Love" that although sent earlier floated in Trans-Atlantic cyberspace until today. - Classic Groundhog Day BONUS: Trade prognosticated prisons for divine Love propheies!
Sunday, January 28th, 2018 - Enjoy CC & other Insights for citations on “Love” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for Feb...
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler insights and others on some citations for “Love" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for February 4, 2018 and CedarS Bible Lesson MET-aphysical Applications Newsletter by Kerry Jenkins that's been sent already) - Persist in following the leadings of Truth which lead to eternal life and freedom!
Monday, January 22nd, 2018
Notice how much is said in this Lesson about abiding, persisting, striving, continuing, etc. Walking in Truth isn’t always easy. We may often slip and fall — or be distracted and start down dead-end paths. But, don’t give up! Truth liberates! Truth makes us free! Joyfully watch thought and do the... - Enjoy CC and other Insights for citations on “Truth” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for...
Monday, January 22nd, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Truth" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for January 28, 2018 and CedarS Bible Lesson MET-aphysical Applications Newsletter by Kathy Fitzer that's been sent already) - Find Eternal Life through Spiritual Mindedness
Monday, January 15th, 2018
Have you ever thought about what motivates you? The answer to that question depends largely upon one’s circumstances. For some just finding something to eat is the main focus of the day. Others hope to get through a day without fear, or sorrow, or pain. Others might want to make as much money as they can, or save a... - Enjoy CC and other Insights for select citations on “Life” (the Christian Science Bible Lesson...
Sunday, January 14th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler and other insights on some citations for “Life" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for January 21, 2018) - Let go of helplessness and embrace God’s help!
Monday, January 8th, 2018
Overwhelming! School, work, family—life at times can seem just that, overwhelming. Life can seem daunting, challenging, insurmountable, confusing, even hopeless. And although I have never thought of a Bible Lesson on Sacrament as just the help I needed to cope, this week our Bible Lesson Committee has... - Enjoy CC and other insights on Sacrament citations for January 14, 2018
Sunday, January 7th, 2018
Here are Cobbey Crisler insights on some citations for “Sacrament" (the Christian Science Bible Lesson for January 14, 2018) - Happy New Year and new views of God's wonderful nature!
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Understanding more about God, means understanding who made us, and how we, as His reflections, must be likeable, lovely, harmonious, joyous, satisfied, intelligent, and just plain amazing! Through Bible lessons like this one, we can get a glimpse of, and deepen our growing understanding of God, so that we can't...
