Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Treatment Ideas for February 19, 2020

By Julio C. Rivas, CS

Obedience to Truth gives man power and strength. Submission to error superinduces loss of power. — Eddy

... be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. — Rom. 12: 2, KJ

Our essential composition stems from, and is imbued with, superlative Goodness-Truth. In spite of the multitude of miseries that matter-enthralled thinking tries to inveigle us with, we are Love-Truth’s healthy, magnificent, pure, indestructible and victorious outcomes. This is our Reality, provable under all circumstances.

Julio C. Rivas, CS, is a Christian Science practitioner in Los Angeles, California. Connect with Julio»

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Treatment Ideas for February 13, 2020

By Julio C. Rivas, CS

Spiritual sense is the discernment of spiritual good. --Eddy

25 And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.” 26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord, 27 saying, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives. -- Gen. 24: 25-27, NIV

Superlative, ever-wedded-to-us, all-ministering Goodness-Reality is our basis from which we can reason and act with determination, intelligence, flexibility, ingenuity and confidence to experience profuse solutions/blessings.

Julio C. Rivas, CS, is a Christian Science practitioner in Los Angeles, California. Connect with Julio»




Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Treatment Ideas for February 4, 2020

By Julio C. Rivas, CS

Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God. — Eddy

And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. — Luke 3: 12-13

My spiritual intelligence knows that we live in Spirit, are imbued with Spirit’s heavenly excellence, and that we can evince this wondrous glory in the minutiae of our quotidian experience.

Julio C. Rivas, CS, is a Christian Science practitioner in Los Angeles, California. Connect with Julio»

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

By Ken G. Cooper


SHADRACH
Jerusalem sacked and razed to the ground
Homes that we had could no longer be found.
Taken into exile our future bleak,
We prayed to our God for safety to seek.

NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
 My army is strong: I am the proud king,
Once more the loud bells of victory ring.
History will Nebuchudnezzar name
As the mighty one of unchallenged fame.

MESHACH
We’re encouraged to work, and we will do our best,
And find in our faith renewed strength and rest.
For our God is with us and leads us along,
He is our home, and to Him we belong.

NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
My notice is drawn to the Hebrew slaves
They have their God and believe that He saves.
I see in them a spirit rare and pure,
Their understanding and wisdom is sure.

ABEDNEGO
Now Daniel rules with all under his wing
He agrees our promotion with the King.
We continue in prayer to guide our ways
But jealousy watched to trap us as slaves.

NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
I build me an image of purest gold
The biggest idol that was ever beheld.
I gather all from each part of my land,
And order: Worship the work of my hand.

SHADRACH
We hear of this order, hear music play,
But know in our hearts this not how to pray.
The threat of the furnace looms large and loud:
We stay true to God, don’t follow the crowd.

NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
 The Jews stand accused; they’ve not obeyed me,
Despite all I gave them and made them so free!
They will now burn in hell for this very thing!
How dare they choose God and not me the King!

MESHACH
We’re taken before him, given one chance,
But his evil threats will not change our stance.
We know our God is more pow’rful than he:
We will not bow down to idolatry!
NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
 Their words make me rage and stamp on the floor!
Heat up that furnace some seven times more!
Bind them up in their clothes, make sure they burn!
They’ll die in the furnace, all nations will learn!

ABEDNEGO
We’re thrown in the flames, but to us they’re not there.
All we can feel is GOD present and here.
The bindings fall off, we walk round quite free
We are untouched by what others could see.

NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
My rage turns to fear; I see them unharmed!
There is a fourth person! Makes me alarmed!
They’re all walking, unhurt, all very odd!
The form of the fourth is the Son of God!

SHADRACH
The heat of manic jealousy and rage
Is vanquished by Love at every stage.
There is no furnace, no flame or fire
When thoughts held with God lead ever higher.

NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
The Hebrews untouched and death do they cheat!
Yet my strongest men smitten by fierce heat!
Servants of the most high God, don’t dither,
Come out from the furnace, and come hither.

MESHACH
The king calls us forth, before him we stand,
We’ve proved our God and the feeling is grand!
We knew in our hearts that we were not wrong
And full faith in God leaves everyone strong.
NEBUCHUDNEZZAR
 No scorching, no burning, nor even smell!
Your God sent his angel, and all is well.
My word was changed by a higher decree,
There’s no other God than Almighty Thee!

ABEDNEGO
The king’s bold decree has new freedom won;
The power of our God known to everyone.
Now given promotion, God still our Guide;
All Babylon blessed, with Him at our side.

SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO:
The Word of our God does stand evermore!
Our trust in His wisdom made us secure.
We know that in Spirit our lives stay untouched,
At one with the Father, with LOVE UNMATCHED.


See Daniel Chapter 3


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Treatment Ideas for February 2, 2020

By Julio C. Rivas, CS

… in Spirit all is harmony, and there can be no discord; all is Life, and there is no death. Everything in God’s universe expresses Him. — Eddy
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Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. — Is. 29: 8, KJ

All-Perfectness-Spirit is inducing my eternal wellness. This recognition is expelling infirmities, woes, pain, torments and death. The substance and perfume of Spirit-Wholeness is all over me.

Julio C. Rivas, CS, is a Christian Science practitioner in Los Angeles, California. Connect with Julio»