God's Abundance Is Ours: Spiritual Supply in Tangible Form [4/4/12, DKeeler]

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1 1 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM God's Abundance Is Ours: Spiritual Supply in Tangible Form [4/4/, DKeeler] Wed Svd [Hymns 42, 0, 50] Wednesday, April 4, 20 SECTION I BIBLE John 10:10 I I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Deut. :7-(to;) For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 24 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; Joel 2:24,2(to:) And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: Deut. :10-11 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 5 1 I Kings 17:1(to Elijah),10 arose,11-1,14(to rd,), And Elijah arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 1 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake

2 2 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. II Kings 4:1-7 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. Is. 5:11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Jer. 17: For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. John 4:- Jesus Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? 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, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 1 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

3 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw Matt. 17:24-27 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 2 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Mark :1- (to :) In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand: 1 1 John 1:1, Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. Phil. 4: I (to:),1 my God I have all, and abound: 1 my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 14 Matt. : your Luke :2 2 your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 1 Luke :1

4 4 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM 1 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. SCIENCE AND HEALTH :1 SH 15:11-14, 1 The point for each one to decide is, whether it is mortal mind or immortal Mind that is causative. We should forsake the basis of matter for metaphysical Science and its divine Principle. Incorrect views lower the standard of truth. SH :2 Allness is the measure of the infinite, and nothing less can express God. SH 55:5(to Earth), 7- EARTH To material sense, earth is matter; to spiritual sense, it is a compound idea. Useful knowledge ELIAS. Prophecy; spiritual evidence opposed to material sense; Christian Science, with which can be discerned the spiritual fact of whatever the material senses behold; the basis of immortality. SH 51:5 MAN. The compound idea of infinite Spirit; the spiritual image and likeness of God; the full representation of Mind. SH 54: In divine Science, the material man is shut out from the presence of God. The five corporeal senses cannot take cognizance of Spirit. They cannot come into His presence, and must dwell in dreamland, until mortals arrive at the understanding that material life, with all its sin, sickness, and death, is an illusion, against which divine Science is engaged in a warfare of extermination. The great verities of existence are never excluded by falsity. SH 255:-25:7 Dwelling in dreamland In league with material sense, mortals take limited views of all things. That God is corporeal or material, no man should affirm. The human form, or physical finiteness, cannot be made the basis of any true idea of the infinite Godhead. Eye hath not seen Spirit, nor hath ear heard His voice. Progress takes off human shackles. The finite must

5 5 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM yield to the infinite. Advancing to a higher plane of action, thought rises from the material sense to the spiritual, from the scholastic to the inspirational, and from the mortal to the immortal. All things are created spiritually. Mind, not matter, is the creator. No material creation 7 0: : SH :2 If seed is necessary to produce wheat, and wheat to produce flour, or if one animal can originate another, how then can we account for their primal origin? How were the loaves and fishes multiplied on the shores of Galilee, and that, too, without meal or monad from which loaf or fish could come? SH 20: In the scientific relation of God to man, we find that whatever blesses one blesses all, as Jesus showed with the loaves and the fishes, Spirit, not matter, being the source of supply. SH 25:2 A limitless Mind cannot proceed from physical limitations. Finiteness cannot present the idea or the vastness of infinity. A mind originating from a finite or material source must be limited and finite. Infinite Mind is the creator, and creation is the infinite image or idea emanating from this Mind. If Mind is within and without all things, then all is Mind; and this definition is scientific. SH 44:5-1 Limitless Mind Is it not a species of infidelity to believe that so great a work as the Messiah's was done for himself or for God, who needed no help from Jesus' example to preserve the eternal harmony? But mortals did need this help, and Jesus pointed the way for them. Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. It is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good. Inexhaustible divine Love The miracle of grace is no miracle to Love. Jesus demonstrated the inability of corporeality, as well as the infinite ability of Spirit, thus helping erring human sense to flee from its own convictions and seek safety in divine Science. SH 40: The Science of Mind needs to be understood. Until it is understood, mortals are more or less deprived of Truth. Human theories are helpless to make Reason and Science Theories

6 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM helpless man harmonious or immortal, since he is so already, according to Christian Science. Our only need is to know this and reduce to practice the real man's divine Principle, Love SH 24:1, 2 As mortals gain more correct views of God and man, multitudinous objects of creation, which before were invisible, will become visible. When we realize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of matter, this understanding will expand into self-completeness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other consciousness. Selfcompleteness When we learn the way in Christian Science and recognize man's spiritual being, we shall behold and understand God's creation, all the glories of earth and heaven and man. SH 0:2-1 Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind, and happiness would be more readily attained and would be more secure in our keeping, if sought in Soul. HYMNS 1 Hymn 42:0- Hymn 42 Laura Lee Randall ANGELS' SONG F. Mendelssohn, arr. by E. J. Hopkins This is the day the Lord hath made; Be glad, give thanks, rejoice; Stand in His presence, unafraid, In praise lift up your voice. All perfect gifts are from above, And all our blessings show The amplitude of God's dear love Which every heart may know. The Lord will hear before we call, And every need supply; Good things are freely given to all Who on His word rely. We come today to bring Him praise Not for such gifts alone, But for the higher, deeper ways In which His love is shown.

7 7 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM 2 For sin destroyed, for sorrow healed, For health and peace restored; For Life and Love by Truth revealed, We thank and bless the Lord. This is the day the Lord hath made, In praise lift up your voice. In shining robes of joy arrayed, Be glad, give thanks, rejoice. Hymn 0:0-4 Hymn 0 Henry W. Baker* DOMINUS REGIT ME John B. Dykes The King of Love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack, for I am His And He is mine forever. Where streams of living water flow My ransomed soul He leadeth, And where the verdant pastures grow, With food celestial feedeth. Perverse and foolish oft I strayed, But yet in love He sought me, And on His shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me. And so through all the length of days Thy goodness faileth never; Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise Within Thy house forever. Hymn 50:0- Hymn 50 Mary Peters Adapted AR HYD Y NOS Welsh Melody Through the love of God our Saviour All will be well; Free and changeless is His favor; All must be well; Precious is the Love that healed us,

8 of 4/4/20 5:47 PM Perfect is the grace that sealed us, Strong the hand stretched forth to shield us; All, all is well. Though we pass through tribulation, All will be well; Ours is such a full salvation, All must be well; Happy still, in God confiding, Fruitful, when in Christ abiding, Holy, through the Spirit's guiding; All, all is well. We expect a bright tomorrow, All will be well; Faith can sing through days of sorrow, All must be well; While His truth we are applying, And upon His love relying, God is every need supplying, All, all is well. Printed from CONCORD: A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE STUDY RESOURCE, published by The Christian Science Board of Directors in Boston, MA, USA. This content may be under copyright and may not be further reproduced or distributed, unless permitted under the Concord User License Agreement.