Sunday, Dec 6 God the Only Cause and Creator

What's gone well?   [open our eyes to see the wondrous things of God's law]

class had to fund raise...   getting no's..
Kelsy:
Know that God is there to help. Someone will come  to..  God is the organizer. 
God is organized . Going forth with certainty.  
No's?  Eventually going to be a 'yes'
----
Aaron:  went to get Christmas tree..








Apply this to Elisha...




Ideas we've worked with or thought about:  ..more

-When we start with God, we see the world in a new way.
-The clean beach
-By his knowledge all has come into being, and by his thought he directs everything, and without him nothing is done

Spiritual toolbox :
Definition of man from page 475 from Science and Health



Practice box:

migraine,  ear

-- pray.. since God made us image, God only wants, or creates good,   that person is deeply loved. God's got his arms around you.
=if you fall out of God's arms,  you land in his lap.

Consider what God does:  - verbs

1. maintains  -- keeps  things constant, going
   
2. fashions  --creates and shapes -- Know He always has a plan for you.
   
3. imparts   -- He's sharing His world
   
4. brightens -- If you're feeling in the dark..    glimmers of good hints
   
5. creates
6. stretches out
   
7. changes not
   
8. causes
9. opens
   
10. makes
    
11. sees everything
    
12. founded  ( def'ns)
    
    The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established
    the heavens.
    
    
13. tells the number of the stars[ sorts out what man cannot grasp]
14. calls us
15. fills space
    
16. commanded
    
17. destroys error and fear
    

-- liked God' calling us ' - naming us, as well as beckoning us
                              founding - sets us up, gives us a basis like no other

Christianly Scientific experiments


When we start with God, we see the world in a new way.   The clean beach ..

Take the time to remember that God is the Creator and Cause  --Look at a few activities we are involved in, and see what impact knowing this, can have.
-examples: sleeping,  biking, etc

How do people approach tests?
- study to remember facts


--Hence the spirituality of the universe is the only fact of creation
- What are the absolute facts about you?


Highlights 
-Refresh button
Beach idea

Sunday, Nov 30

What's gone well?
 [ evidence of God in action ]
Came back from Nicaragua safely despite . riots / hurricanes
 Lot of people there are  facing challenges..  They cherish their love for one another
A friend there was stung by a sting ray. I supported her and used  ideas from the   Lord's Prayer...used quite a lot.  Pointed out the beauty around us at the beginning and end of day.

Math went well.. 




Ideas to work with....  see previous highlights

Ideas we can take with us..  whether we're  just getting up, or going on a trip.


Practice box
Father has cancer... True Father can't be taken away



Spiritual tool box:
- Scientific Statement of Being
  --There's no life, truth, intelligence.. Anything not of God can't have power against you, Can't take you down
      Sprained ankle.. instantly refused

      Always try to be ckear .  don't let sickness in.. It will be fine
       With CS... know that good comes from God. If yoiu know  that, all that the other stuff isn't real.

Qualities..  we can actively look for , in others, what we want to express  ourselves.



Qualities we express never stop  Here are some qualities of friend:

Creativity

Kindness
Unselfishness

Inspiration

Loving
Filled with hope

So we're seeing God expressed in Them..  Like the Christ.

In the Gulf Islands... when people  passed, they honked.
In Nicargura.. a honk. means how you doing..


Spiritual  Tool Box
- 91st Psalm
- Daily Prayer..

- helps to use it daily.. God is governing everysingle person we meet. They are reflecting those right ideas.
They have the right ideas.
What is our  role --of witnessing

How do we better share, our thought with others , How to share without fear.


Good example.. when you're lighting a fire in the room.   It's not just for yourself... Everyone wants to come to the room. If everyone is livng and loving the life.. They will want to.


What God gives us/ How to access it
Examples..
Hair..  every single thing about me.
He gave us love
Wake up calls.. with the lesson, and how we pray.


Know thyself
How? Why?

Know the qualities you have, and where they are from?
- reliance .. feel more independent.. let more people come to you


Highlights 
We don't hunger of love, we express it.
The fire idea
Knowing thyself..

Nov 22: Soul and Body

What's gone well ( this week): 
School grades..
Athletics... end of volley ball.. All mom-daughter competition.
God-thoughts.  I locate people people who are inheriting money.  Looking for a person for a missing person since 2003. This is an opportunity to help this family with closure, or uncover information.  Now excited.   Used to have negative thoughts.






Practice Box:
missing  tape
flooding...  Pray -asking for help.

What is prayer?
Thanks first.. you don't know how it's going to work out.  It could be


Who else is in control.
Follow God's  commands..
Not just sitting back.
So many Bible characters.. who were asked by God.. not easy, but they did it.
Noah -- made boat


Spiritual toolbox:

Alot of different  tools,
Can't be lost.


An idea or thought
 - MBE  Love always has met and always will meet every

What are some of your favourite tools.
Where have you used them?

This week's:
91st Psalm
What message does it give us?
Any words you don't know?



 Scientific Statement of Being

There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.


God's Law of Adjustment
Here's an application of God's everlasting light
A testimony that accompanied this article in an older pamphlet told the story of a pilot in World War II. He crashed somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean at night. There he was, alone, in the dark, and what did he do, he started to think about that article. And he began to prayerfully affirm that just as the article said, there was a law of God there to help him. In a short while a search plane located him and rescued him. The pilot of the search plane said, "You know if you hadn't had that 'light' with you, we would have never seen you." The downed pilot said, "I didn't have a light." Hmmm, could that be an example of God being our "everlasting light?"

Reaching thr patient through love.. 
( from the Cedar Notes)
About eight years ago I was talking with a young practitioner. He asked me about the wound on my nose. It was an ugly-looking wound that had been troubling me and I had not risen above the fear that it was something to fear. My mortal musings had let a belief grow that a little wound had compounded because of my many years of surfing in the strong Florida sun. Ridiculous fears, but I had not opposed their terrorism. So the young practitioner asked me, "Papa, what is that on your nose?" I replied, "Well, Noah, that is where you scratched me the other day when we were playing." "Oh, I'm sorry Papa." He placed his hand on my nose and sang the only song he knew all the words to, "Jingle Bells." Well, he was two and when there was a problem, I had often sung hymns to him. So he did the same for me. It was bedtime, it was dark, and as my son sang to me my eyes filled with tears, and my heart filled with Love. How could I ever have believed that a scratch from this dear child, could grow into an ugly, inflamed wound? Noah went to sleep. I went to bed having been touched by a "Scientist reaching his patient through divine Love..." (Noah was two.) Guess what? When I woke my nose was healed.  "...the disease will vanish into its native nothingness like dew before the morning sunshine"!!

When have you been touched by Love?

Ben...  and 3 brothers have continued on in their sports.  His parents had been divorced. The father had not been  supportive.


A cornerstone:
Getting a better understanding of God
Soul..

Who, or how was it  expressed it in the Bible?

Turning Points..
What were turning points in  their lives:
Mary
Joseph, son of Jacob - had a sense of God having a plan..
David
Saul
Hagar

What did all of these have in common?

Working out our salvation?
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Have  you seen or experienced a turning point in a team, project or life?


Highlights.. 
God really enjoys working with us.. He delights in it.
You are  not in control of how good will be unfolded.
God doesn't not mess up.

Nov 15 Mortals and Immortals

Highlights of the week: JAMIE, ERIN

 ( recognition of what's good  makes us ready to see more)
- passed spelling test.. without studying
- Kelsy is  in another country.. Another student's  Mom was worried but assured all was well. ...
The next morning  she got an email from her daughter.


Where we're working  on a test, you're speaking  in front of an audience
 Nervous? -- not feeling confident. Prepare yourself, feel confident,
  -- the qualities...  it's not you that you should be thinking about...   not worry that you don't have enought.
-God is  excited that we're here.

Active witnessing to God's action/ presence
Gratitude. what appears to the heart.  The acknowledgement  of what is.
-- magnify...  make God larger to us, my sense , view
God himself sends the gratitude.
Find and see God's greatness..  as able to overcome

The Christ is always there.. always operating on our behalf.
Search for gratitude
From small physical signs to the less visible.

Ideas / experiences that stick...
    Last Sunday's last hymn.. and  Maeve - in -arms
    God loves working with / through us


Practice Box:
--with Erin.. hockey. A friend in the team's mother passed on. The Vernon hockey team has rallied to support for Ben and his brothers. All the idea that are coming out.  Cool to see  his brothers so involved.   They need our continued support.

Ben.. his Father/ Mother  God. Will always be supported..  To celebrate her life. To get to the point.


Where we're working  on a test, you're speaking  in front of an audience
What would make us nervous?
-- not feeling confident.   So we can prepare yourself to feel confident,
-- the qualities...  it's not you that you should be thinking about...   not worry that you don't have enough confidence, or stillness.
-God is  excited that we're here.

I was a good speller until I taught school?  How could that be?
How does that apply to us?

- lazy., lack of confidence, faster pace...  rushed - incorrect models
Deal with this by listening to God
--patient.
- be aware of a God-thought.. easy to miss them
- an idea worthy to act on....  don't let them disappear

Favourite truths:  
 Be on the lookout for favs to add to the list in this class and throughout the week..
Why is it a good idea to have these on hand, in mind?

Sample:
Matter is not a thing but how we look at life.

Spiritual tool box:

-Song at camp:  about the honour of God, the gospell shoes , the shield of salvation.


What's in yours?

Scientific Statement  of being --- why do we need it. What does it say.. a piece at a time.

One student's fav part/ idea:
 God is All-in-all.
 - God is like everything -- A challenge is nothing but a suggestion. If God is  all..
----------Cool ideas from the lesson:
The lesson listed some wonderful qualities that we reflect.. have access to.


And beside this, giving all diligence,

• conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
• persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
• application: a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application"

 And to knowledge temperance;

• the trait of avoiding excesses
• sobriety: abstaining from excess
• the act of tempering
  

and to temperance patience;
One definition: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
Here are couple of wonderful  examples of growth and patience students shared:

Fernando... not that good at skating. First year of hockey. First time on ice. He's so passionate about hockey. His family hasn't been able to afford to play.  He's not concerned that everyone is better.

Volleyball..   grade 7 and 8.  Some of  the 7's were not that good.  We'd  lose really bad. Some of the girls got mad because  we lost. Our coach said, wear a smile.   (The 7's  are children of God).

Highlights of the class --

-family who lost mom
-The Fernando....  had to confidence. So cool to see how his improvement.  If you feel support of team. Reinforcing  having fun
- God is  just getting bigger  for all of us.

Nov 8 Adam and Fallen Man

Noah used doves... how and why?

How can we use classmates in SS or other CS -- Scouts?
What did you see ( about God) this week, or recently?

Healing..
not feeling that well. Truth is ever truthful.

Highlights from last class?

• God made me perfect.  ( I can return to that original perfection if I find myself muddled)
• This is not your thought, God never gave you a spirit of fear.
• Error is never real.. It only exists because we're believing.. We don't have to continue to believe it. Kick it out.

What's Gone Well  Today  ( or this week)
Gratitude and Recognition of good  - how does it affect our experience.
Where in the Bible was it talked about , or used, and  have an affect,


Practice Box: - what are issues that need healing ideas?
contagion...

Healing ideas:
Knowing the facts, overcoming  the problem
What's one fact...
God is our Father. As  His children...  we can't have anything else.. We don't have to go along with that ride
Disease is not real.. It has no power of us.



Grandmother died...  sad about it..
Dad just died

-- one of the synonyms  is Life.. the exact opposite of death
-  MBE is very specific .. solid.. the continuity of existence. p 429

Always...  everyone  needs to be loved,  to feel cared for.  Just offer to help in anyway we can. Come over and hang out.
Conversation can feel awkward...   but if you have a thought for yourself that you can't be separated by God.. then we can proceed with confidence.  Holding those thoughts will overcome awkwardness.


Looking at the  Lesson
Adam and Fallen man...  What's there to learn around this topic? How does this relate to us?

Many people  and  religions  hold to  the story of the Adam story of creation. where God made everything good and the material changed everything.. It appears there's problems...

Safety..
-falling from grace

Ask yourself..   of all the infinite subjects .. why  was this subject addressed twice a year?
This topic made the cut.

Many people  think that man  is  no  longer good.
MBE said  that this is wrong.. It is impossible to fall from grace.

How can we think about the people who are living  wildly..
'Falling apart' -- we can't fall from God's arms..
How many times do we forgive them.?
 We can forgive but  don't need to be part of it...  Need to see clearly that those unGodlike .. Think of them as God's perfect children

Acknowledge..   every bit of goodness in those people


Bible as the chart of life -
an article from Spirituality.com  on how a Bible character helped  someone in business leadership. management

How does that work?

Map tells you the landmarks.. where things are.
Bible shows us  a way... if you have a problem.. you could find a similar  example

Example:
People talking to the Jews..   why was Jesus helping the people who needed help.
Why are you hanging out with the folks who are not cool.

Jesus in the Bible hung out with everyone. He didn't judge them..
Seeing them as God's children.

Forgive them.. they know not what they do?

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Where in the Bible does it give directions?
Who has it helped?
When have you used it?



Spiritual guides   ( in the Bible and in your life)

Bible -- Gideon:  his example of leadership
He had 33 000 troops... You need 300 special corp. What commander would want fewer troops.

Jesus --  healing on the sabbath day..   proved  those guys wrong.




Nehemiah.. wanted to build the wall,  3 detractors


 Highlights from the class:

• You can't fall out of God's arms..  My daughter is  on a trip.. She left me a note " You can't fall  ... but if you seemed to you'd  end up in God's lap'
• Instead of looking for the kids who are skipping.. congratulate the things you do well
• Drunkeness... Glutony..  any idea of over endulgence.. too much time.. We need to acknowledge the good, the spiritual
  
• Take the mote out of our own eye.. interact lovingly

November 1: Everlasting Punishment

Cool idea -  that you've learned or loved about your connection with God, or how God works

examples:

Apostle Paul could  change.  Student in class  who might not be the nicest person. She can have spiritual qualities. We can see those qualities in them.
David and Goliath..  just takes  one thought.. to make the error go away... Never existed in the first place.
Error is never real.. It only exists because we're believing.. We don't have to continue to believe it. Kick it out.

You never have to worry about the future, because God doesn't deny you anything, and he's  got a plan for you.
God is already where you are.. and where you are , God is
We're all the same spiritual age. - it can't be measured.
Anybody can do what they need to do..

God made me perfect.  ( I can return to that original perfection if I find myself muddled)
This is not your thought, God never gave you a spirit of fear.
Till time or space and fear are nought, my quest shall never cease.
Peace and joy and power.. take that into the ring
Be still and know that I am God.
God is in control of our lives, that we can't lose in a situation.
If it's yours , it can't be anyone elses.

Spiritual Assets - now's the time  realize and develop them.
- humour
laughter....
infinite Mind -- when you are in school...   inquisitive..
reason...  talking , asking questions.. saying yes and no to things

Big Question - what 's a question you find helpful or important  about God or life?

Practice box - a situation,  challenge that needs healing/ support
Bullying..
Jesus - pharisees  were criticizing him -- he just proved them wrong.. he just went ahead and did it, he
Daniel-- relied on God,  he knew that God was with him, that God never left his side.


Fitting  in with your group of friends... They go  about things, or think them in a different way:
  ---God created you  to fit in,   we're under God's design,
   -- that would be a wrong thought.. and get it out of there. hit it out of the park


   -- kids tend to fix on  the negative , so focus on the positive.  There are amazing  positives.. we can get so huyng up on the negative.






Heroes and journeys - think of  a Bible character that had an interesting life journey
  -- who's a hero of yours.. and their journey?
Joseph --the power of dream, a benefit of a vision
Hagar -- lift up your eyes
Jesus - forgive them they know not what they do, helped people
King Arthur...
Queen Esther...  she lived her life for the people, had a plan, very intelligent  in how she went  about it, 

Daniel.. didn't give up, prayed to God,
God.. is our hero :created everything, good ..  everybody..


Story Time -- an important / meaningful story  from your own experience, or from the Bible

David and Goliath ..  choose  simple  tools/ weapons that make sense to us
Flying out of Toronto to Boston...  flight delays.. being in the right place
Lost and Found
Resolving a web page coding problem
David only killed the giant..  with one stone..
Goliath.. lies can  seem huge and scary.. they just take one idea..
Hero+ Paul in the Bible
Paul.. change...  healing

To heal .... MBE --don't measure age  at all.

Oct 25th Atonement

Ways to Pray
  - any others?

 -- What do each say? How could they be used? What's an idea you'd like to use

Importance not to be impressed.
In the middle  of something, find concrete ( abs) ideas
Get a clearer sense of identify - Gen 1 - the true sense of who we , and others, are

Strengthening  our relationship to God.
 -- What's your view/ connection with God?
 -- How does the view of God as being a shepherd help?
      Elijah and the Widow.. What does that tell you?  -- details
      Think of another story of man's connection  with God

     How could Jesus help?  What does his example tell/ show us?

Shepherds...  their focus and attention.





Domestic violence:  Love is the mind of man..     the abusive partner stopped , and cried like a baby.
There are laws of the universe
'This has nothing to do  with you'
 - fear had nothing to do with me.. could take the steps I needed to, unafraid.
   Innocence.. seeing how God made you.

   Keep turning to God...   a ladder out of the pit.


Healing doesn't leave anyone out.

Finding  that secret place...  up in a tree, feeling that there must be a place of  security, peace, safety, like mother's arms caring for me, father's arms  protecting me