Sunday, January 4th, 2026 Roundtable
Life, Truth, and Love Are All-powerful and Ever-present
This week’s Lesson Sermon Subject: God
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Morning Prayer
Good is infinite. If we limit good and concede power to evil, how can we expect to escape that which we believe has power to hold us in bondage? The First Commandment forbids us to believe in a power apart from God. There is no error of any name or nature in my consciousness that can resist, hide, or escape the Truth. The light of Truth and Life and Love shines straight through my belief of evil and banishes it, chasing it into its native nothingness.
My desire is to know and obey God’s law, to be filled with all the fulness of Spirit knowing only the consciousness of God, good.from Collectanea, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 106
Daily Watch
498 — WATCH that you regard God as the source of affection as well as protection. This point can well be remembered by thinking of Him as PA. See Miscellaneous Writings, 263:12. (link)
In war men turn to Him for protection who have never prayed before; but the question is, what will they do when the war is over? Unless they have established a sense of affection for Him, they are apt to forget Him, and the good effect of having been driven to trust in Him in time of trouble will be lost. The sense of His protection causes us to turn to Him in trouble, and the sense of affection for Him helps us to remember Him when we are not in trouble.
Discussion points
I John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
When I see a student grateful I know he is safe.
from Divinity Course and General Collectanea, (the “Blue Book”), by Mary Baker Eddy, page 235
If we are ungrateful for Life, Truth, and Love, and yet return thanks to God for all blessings, we are insincere and incur the sharp censure our Master pronounces on hypocrites. In such a case, the only acceptable prayer is to put the finger on the lips and remember our blessings.
from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 3
Always bear in mind that His presence, power, and peace meet all human needs and reflect all bliss.
from Miscellaneous Writings, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 263
3. 495 : 25-14
Question. — How can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?
Answer. — Study thoroughly the letter and imbibe the spirit. Adhere to the divine Principle of Christian Science and follow the behests of God, abiding steadfastly in wisdom, Truth, and Love. In the Science of Mind, you will soon ascertain that error cannot destroy error. You will also learn that in Science there is no transfer of evil suggestions from one mortal to another, for there is but one Mind, and this ever-present omnipotent Mind is reflected by man and governs the entire universe. You will learn that in Christian Science the first duty is to obey God, to have one Mind, and to love another as yourself.
We all must learn that Life is God. Ask yourself: Am I living the life that approaches the supreme good? Am I demonstrating the healing power of Truth and Love? If so, then the way will grow brighter “unto the perfect day.” Your fruits will prove what the understanding of God brings to man.
Imbibe
1. To drink in; to absorb;
2. To receive or admit into the mind and retain;
1828 Webster’s Dictionary
8. 324 : 7-18
Unless the harmony and immortality of man are becoming more apparent, we are not gaining the true idea of God; and the body will reflect what governs it, whether it be Truth or error, understanding or belief, Spirit or matter. Therefore “acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace.” Be watchful, sober, and vigilant. The way is straight and narrow, which leads to the understanding that God is the only Life. It is a warfare with the flesh, in which we must conquer sin, sickness, and death, either here or hereafter, — certainly before we can reach the goal of Spirit, or life in God.
Moral Idiocy by Author Unknown
Perfect in Love’s sight by Gilbert Carpenter
God Is Individual Consciousness by Bicknell Young
Truth, Life, and Love are a law of annihilation to everything unlike themselves, because they declare nothing except God.
from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 243
Mrs. Eddy — The Woman, from the March 1910 issue of the Christian Science Journal by Annie M. Knott
That matter can report pain, or that mind is in matter, reporting sensations, is but a dream at all times.
from Miscellaneous Writings, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 44
Acquaintance with God by Florence Stratton Weaver