February 14th, From The Bible

Ps. 103:1, 3, 4

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. ...

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 

Ps. 18:6 (to :), 16

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: ...

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 

Ps. 145:8 (to ;), 9, 14, 18

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; ...

The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. ...

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. ...

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

Isa. 55:1 (to 3rd ,)

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, ...

Isa. 66:12 (to 1st ,), 13 (to ;)

For thus saith the Lord, ...

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; ...

Isa. 45:11 Ask (to 4th ,), 12 (to :), 13 (to :)

... Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, ...

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: ...

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: ...

Luke 4:1, 5, 6 (to :), 7 (to ,), 8, 14 (to :)

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, ...

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: ...

If thou therefore wilt worship me, ...

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. ...

... ¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: ...

John 4:7, 9 (to 2nd ,), 9 askest (to 4th ,), 9 for, 10, 19 (to 1st ,), 20, 21 (to 1st ,), 24, 25 (to :), 26

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. ...

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, ... askest drink of me, ... for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. ...

The woman saith unto him, ...

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, ...

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: ...

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 

Matt. 15:21 (to ,), 22 (to Canaan), 22 cried, 24, 26–29 It (to 1st ,), 29 3rd and (to 2nd ,), 30, 31 (to 1st ,), 31 2nd and

¶ Then Jesus went thence, ...

And, behold, a woman of Canaan ... cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thouson of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. ...

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ...

... It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. And Jesus departed from thence, ... and went up into a mountain, ...

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, ... and they glorified the God of Israel. 

Acts 10:21 Peter (to ;), 27 2nd and, 28, 34 Of, 35

... Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; ...

... and found many that were come together. And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. ...

... Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 

John 10:7 (to 3rd ,), 14, 16

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, ...

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. ...

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 

I John 3:1 (to :); 4:11, 16

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: ...

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ...

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 

Jer. 31:3

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. 

Deut. 33:27 (to :)

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: ...

SH 12:31

In divine Science, where prayers are mental, all may avail themselves of God as “a very present help in trouble.” Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals. It is the open fount which cries, “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.” 

SH 6:17–18

“God is Love.” More than this we cannot ask, higher we cannot look, farther we cannot go. 

SH 520:3–5 The (to !)

The depth, breadth, height, might, majesty, and glory of infinite Love fill all space. That is enough! 

SH 502:27–28 (to 1st .), 29–3

The creative Principle — Life, Truth, and Love — is God. ... There is but one creator and one creation. This creation consists of the unfolding of spiritual ideas and their identities, which are embraced in the infinite Mind and forever reflected. 

SH 289:31–32; 290:1

Man is not the offspring of flesh, but of Spirit, — of Life, not of matter. ... Life is the everlasting I am, the Being who was and is and shall be, whom nothing can erase. 

SH 52:19–23

The “man of sorrows” best understood the nothingness of material life and intelligence and the mighty actuality of all-inclusive God, good. These were the two cardinal points of Mind-healing, or Christian Science, which armed him with Love. 

SH 93:2–7

Remember Jesus, who nearly nineteen centuries ago demonstrated the power of Spirit and said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also,” and who also said, “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.” 

SH 138:14

The supremacy of Spirit was the foundation on which Jesus built. His sublime summary points to the religion of Love. 

SH 78:28

Spirit blesses man, but man cannot “tell whence it cometh.” By it the sick are healed, the sorrowing are comforted, and the sinning are reformed. These are the effects of one universal God, the invisible good dwelling in eternal Science. 

SH 19:6

Jesus aided in reconciling man to God by giving man a truer sense of Love, the divine Principle of Jesus’ teachings, and this truer sense of Love redeems man from the law of matter, sin, and death by the law of Spirit, — the law of divine Love. 

SH 14:9

To be “with the Lord” is to be in obedience to the law of God, to be absolutely governed by divine Love, — by Spirit, not by matter. 

SH 224:31 (only)

No power can withstand divine Love. 

SH 494:10–11

Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. 

SH 6:3 (only)

Divine Love corrects and governs man. 

SH 10:22–23, 28–31

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. ... That which we desire and for which we ask, it is not always best for us to receive. In this case infinite Love will not grant the request. 

SH 322:26–29

The sharp experiences of belief in the supposititious life of matter, as well as our disappointments and ceaseless woes, turn us like tired children to the arms of divine Love. 

SH 454:9–10 (to 2nd .)

Human hate has no legitimate mandate and no kingdom. Love is enthroned. 

SH 22:6

Waking to Christ’s demand, mortals experience suffering. This causes them, even as drowning men, to make vigorous efforts to save themselves; and through Christ’s precious love these efforts are crowned with success. 

SH 569:11–14

He that touches the hem of Christ’s robe and masters his mortal beliefs, animality, and hate, rejoices in the proof of healing, — in a sweet and certain sense that God is Love. 

SH 476:4

In divine Science, God and the real man are inseparable as divine Principle and idea. 

SH 316:3–7

The real man being linked by Science to his Maker, mortals need only turn from sin and lose sight of mortal selfhood to find Christ, the real man and his relation to God, and to recognize the divine sonship. 

SH 469:30–5

With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science. 

SH 266:18 Universal

Universal Love is the divine way in Christian Science. 

Hymn. 499

I am the Lord, there is none else; / There is no God beside Me. / I girded thee, I girded thee, / Though thou hast not even known Me. / But know that from the rising sun / To the west there is none beside Me, / For I am the Lord, there is none else; / There is no God beside Me. 

I am the Truth, there is none else; / There is no Truth beside Me. / Infinite light, bountiful, bright, / Is ever present to guide thee. / Beloved and free, eternally, / Perfect peace and joy I provide thee, / For I am the Lord, there is none else; / There is no God beside Me. 

Innocent one, sinless and pure, / Nothing can ever divide thee. / Governed by Love, you are secure; / I am forever beside thee. / So rest and know where’er you go, / Home and heaven cannot be denied thee, / For I am the Lord, there is none else; / There is no God beside Me. 

Words: Désirée Goyette, alt.

Music: Désirée Goyette

Hymn. 510

In Love divine all earth-born fear and sorrow / Fade as the dark when dawn pours forth her light; / And understanding prayer is fully answered, / When trustingly we turn to God aright. 

And as on wings of faith we soar and worship, / Held by God’s love above the shadows dim, / Hushed in the grandeur of a heart’s awakening, / Unfolds a joy unknown till found in Him. 

Then in this radiant light of adoration, / We know that man beloved is in God’s care, / Not wrapped in fear nor bowed with tired labor, / But satisfied, complete, divinely fair.