In a sermon titled "THE PEOPLE'S IDEA OF GOD", Mary Baker Eddy wrote, "Every step of progress is a step more spiritual."
Sometimes we worry that we are making a wrong decision. A Sunday School student recently asked me, "How do you know you are obeying what God wants you to do, instead of willfully deciding to do what YOU think you want to do?
Prayer for me means lots of listening. God knows what we need and what will be best for our progress. He is always guiding us and if we get quiet with our questions, we will be able to discern His guidance. The Bible tells us, "Be still and know that I am God." (And you are not! LET God show you the way.)
I love the advice I find in Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures, the Christian Scientist's textbook. When faced with two decisions, neither of which seems the absolute perfect choice, just always choose the better one. This way you work your way up to a perfect solution a step at a time. If we mistake our way and make a decision that we think, looking back, may have been a mistake, trust that God is opening the way for us to be in our right place. Sometimes there is something to learn on the way!
Sometimes we worry that we are making a wrong decision. A Sunday School student recently asked me, "How do you know you are obeying what God wants you to do, instead of willfully deciding to do what YOU think you want to do?
Prayer for me means lots of listening. God knows what we need and what will be best for our progress. He is always guiding us and if we get quiet with our questions, we will be able to discern His guidance. The Bible tells us, "Be still and know that I am God." (And you are not! LET God show you the way.)
I love the advice I find in Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures, the Christian Scientist's textbook. When faced with two decisions, neither of which seems the absolute perfect choice, just always choose the better one. This way you work your way up to a perfect solution a step at a time. If we mistake our way and make a decision that we think, looking back, may have been a mistake, trust that God is opening the way for us to be in our right place. Sometimes there is something to learn on the way!
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