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Mary Baker Eddy

Chapter 1 ~ Prayer ~ Subtitles

Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy ~ 1910 Final Ed.

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All our work in spiritual things naturally begins with prayer. There is the hunger of the human heart for God, — there is the deep desire to know what reality is, what substance is. But what are we really praying for? Prayer is sometimes an earnest request for health or a blessing or for well-being. But when we look further into this question we realize that what we are fundamentally praying for is something much deeper: surely it is for SHOW ALL
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1 1 1 Intro Quote 1 1. Mark 11 verse 23-24 Mark 11 verse 23-24 - Intro Quote 1
  	For verily I say unto you,
  	That whosoever shall say unto this mountain,
  	Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
  	and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that
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2 2 1 Intro Quote 2 1. Matthew 6 verse 8 Matthew 6 verse 8 - Intro Quote 2 Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him. — Christ Jesus.
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Prayer - the prayer that reforms 
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reform, absolute faith, spiritual understanding, desire, 
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the prayer that reforms and heals includes an absolute conviction in the 
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Prayer reforms and heals - Intro Paragraph 1
 1: 1-9  ~ The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God, — a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love. Regardless of what another may SHOW ALL
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Prayer - the effectiveness of silent 
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reform, absolute faith, spiritual understanding, desire, 
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meekness, watching, working, and self-immolation are the elements of prayer that require 
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Desire is prayer - Intro Paragraph 2 1: 10-14 ~ Thoughts unspoken are not unknown to the divine Mind. Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds.
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Prayer - we must know our 
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hungering after righteousness success in prayer proceeds from right motives Right motives
2: 1-7 ~ What are the motives for prayer? Do we pray to make ourselves better or to benefit those who hear us, to enlighten the infinite or to be heard of men? Are we benefited by praying? Yes, the SHOW ALL
6 6 2 God not humanly circumscribed
praise, unchanging wisdom, lip-service, demonstration of 
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mortals, not God, must be reformed Deity unchangeable
2: 8-22 ~ God is not moved by the breath of praise to do more than He has already done, nor can the infinite do less than bestow all good, since He is unchanging wisdom and Love. We can do SHOW ALL
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Creation - God’s creation already perfect 
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Love, intelligence, perfection, vain repetitions
“Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask 
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God’s standard
2: 23- 3:3 ~ God is Love. Can we ask Him to be more? God is intelligence. Can we inform the infinite Mind of anything He does not already comprehend? Do we expect to change perfection? Shall we plead for SHOW ALL
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Responsibility - we must do our 
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principle, established, avail, rule, work out 
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consecration to Principle will reveal the answer Spiritual - The spiritual mathematics
3: 4-16 ~ Who would stand before a blackboard, and pray the principle of mathematics to solve the problem? The rule is already established, and it is our task to work out the solution. Shall we ask the divine Principle SHOW ALL
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Understand - the need to understand 
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conception, consistency, unmerited pardon, gratitude obedience to Life, Truth and Love the true expression of gratitude Prayerful ingratitude
3:17-4:2  ~  How empty are our conceptions of Deity! We admit theoretically that God is good, omnipotent, omnipresent, infinite, and then we try to give information to this infinite Mind. We plead for unmerited pardon and for a SHOW ALL
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Grace - growth in grace our 
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grace, patience, meekness, love, good deeds, 
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obedience to the commandments of Jesus primary Efficacious petitions
4:3-16 ~ What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to SHOW ALL
11 11 4 Love - truly loving God
 watchfulness, assimilate, awakening, likeness, Science 
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proofs of sincere prayer Watchfulness requisite
4:17-26 ~  Simply asking that we may love God will never make us love Him; but the longing to be better and holier, expressed in daily watchfulness and in striving to assimilate more of the divine character, will mold SHOW ALL
12 12 4 Devotion - characteristics of true devotion
spiritual understanding, regeneration, silent prayer, watchfulness, 
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spiritual understanding supersedes audible petitions Veritable devotion
4: 27 - 5:2  ~  Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus' example. Long prayers, superstition, and creeds clip the strong SHOW ALL
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reformation required until all sin is 
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reformation, sorrow for wrong doing, sincerity, 
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reform supersedes sorrow for wrong doing Sorrow and reformation
5:3-21 ~ Sorrow for wrong-doing is but one step towards reform and the very easiest step. The next and great step required by wisdom is the test of our sincerity, — namely, reformation. To this end we are placed under SHOW ALL
14 14 5 pardon vs. forgiveness confessional, cancel sin, Christ,
how a false sense of being forgiven can lead to the repetition 
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Sin - Cancellation of human sin
5: 22-28 ~ Prayer is not to be used as a confessional to cancel sin. Such an error would impede true religion. Sin is forgiven only as it is destroyed by Christ, — Truth and Life. If prayer nourishes the SHOW ALL
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Evil - the destruction of all 
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Son of God, Christ, devil, Exemplar, 
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sin must not be excused, it must be destroyed Diabolism destroyed
5:29 - 6:2  ~  An apostle says that the Son of God [Christ] came to "destroy the works of the devil." We should follow our divine Exemplar, and seek the destruction of all evil works, error and disease SHOW ALL
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Sin - God requires a departure 
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correction, reform, amendment, pardon, suffering, understanding Love demands the destruction of sin Pardon and amendment
6:3-16 ~ Divine Love corrects and governs man. Men may pardon, but this divine Principle alone reforms the sinner. God is not separate from the wisdom He bestows. The talents He gives we must improve. Calling on Him to forgive SHOW ALL
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Love, “God is no respecter of 
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love, forgiveness, punishment, suffering sin must be destroyed so that suffering for sin may end Mercy without partiality
6:17-22 ~ "God is Love." More than this we cannot ask, higher we cannot look, farther we cannot go. To suppose that God forgives or punishes sin according as His mercy is sought or un-sought, is to misunderstand Love and SHOW ALL
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Sin destroyed - Jesus’ method of 
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uncover, rebuke, Satan, fruitless tree, reproof the model for overcoming sin illustrated by Jesus Christ Sin destroyed - Divine severity
6:23-7:7 ~ Jesus uncovered and rebuked sin before he cast it out. Of a sick woman he said that Satan had bound her, and to Peter he said, "Thou art an offence unto me." He came teaching and	showing men how SHOW ALL
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Praying aloud - cautions when praying 
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hypocrisy, self-glorification right forms for praying verbally must be carefully considered Praying aloud - audible praying
7:8-16 ~ Audible prayer is impressive; it gives momentary solemnity and elevation to thought. But does it produce any lasting benefit? Looking deeply into these things, we find that "a zeal not according to knowledge" gives occasion for reaction unfavorable SHOW ALL
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Mind - God, the all-hearing and 
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physical sensation, Soul, material ecstasy, emotion, 
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communion with God is spiritual Emotional utterances
7:17-26 ~ Physical sensation, not Soul, produces material ecstasy and emotion. If spiritual sense always guided men, there would grow out of ecstatic moments a higher experience and a better life with more devout self-abnegation and purity. A self-satisfied ventilation SHOW ALL
21 21 7 prayer must be genuine, sincere temptation, hypocrisy, self-justification, deception, whited sepulchers insincerity is self-destructive Praying aloud - Danger from audible prayer
7:27-8:9  ~  The danger from prayer is that it may lead us into temptation. By it we may become involuntary hypocrites, uttering desires which are not real and consoling ourselves in the midst of sin with the recollection SHOW ALL
22 23 7 Rebuke - valuable rebukes purpose, rebuke, censure, falsehood the need for humility to accept valid rebukes Heart - Searching the heart
7:28-8:4  ~  We should examine ourselves and learn what is the affection and purpose of the heart, for in this way only can we learn what we honestly are. If a friend informs us of a fault, do SHOW ALL
23 22 8 Prayers - sincere prayers always acceptable insincerity, professions, covering the effort to deceive God, ourselves, or our fellow man is doomed Aspiration and love
8:10-27 ~ If a man, though apparently fervent and prayerful, is impure and therefore insincere, what must be the comment upon him? If he reached the loftiness of his prayer, there would be no occasion for comment. If we feel SHOW ALL
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Prayer - determining the quality of 
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test, selfishness, sincerity, kindness, cross indicators of valid prayer Aspiration - Summit of aspiration
9:5-16  ~ The test of all prayer lies in the answer to these questions: Do we love our neighbor better because of this asking? Do we pursue the old selfishness, satisfied with having prayed for something better, though we SHOW ALL
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Christianity - the El Dorado of 
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all thy heart, surrender, material sensation, 
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Love for God involves a total commitment Religion - Practical religion
9:17-24 ~ Dost thou "love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind"? This command includes much, even the surrender of all merely material sensation, affection, and worship. This is SHOW ALL
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Christian requirement - the Christian requirement 
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Christ, chalice, sacrifice, consistent, prayer, divinely 
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consistent prayer includes current sacrifices and deferred rewards Sacrifice - The chalice sacrificial
9:25-10:16  ~  Are you willing to leave all for Christ, for Truth, and so be counted among sinners? No! Do you really desire to attain this point? No! Then why make long prayers about it and ask to SHOW ALL
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Prayer - genuine prayer comes at 
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prayer wheel, praying machine, perfunctory, privilege, 
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persecution is the price the world exacts for effectual prayer Prayer - Perfunctory prayers
10:17-21 ~ One of the forms of worship in Thibet is to carry a praying-machine through the streets, and stop at the doors to earn a penny by grinding out a prayer. But the advance guard of progress has paid SHOW ALL
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Prayer - why prayer at times 
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amiss, lust, punishment, forgiveness true prayer includes exposing and denouncing sin as Jesus exemplified Request - Asking amiss
10:22-11:4  ~  Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. There is some misapprehension of the source and means of all goodness and blessedness, or we should certainly receive that SHOW ALL
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Penalty - necessity for penalties when 
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remit, moral benefit, criminal, punishment, acquit, 
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why penalties for broken law are necessary Penalty - Remission of penalty
11:5-11 ~ A magistrate sometimes remits the penalty, but this may be no moral benefit to the criminal, and at best, it only saves the criminal from one form of punishment. The moral law, which has the right to acquit SHOW ALL
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Sin - how and why Jesus 
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legal pardon, divine Principle, annul, inevitable
the reason why the annihilation of sin, not sinners, rather than pardon 
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Error - Truth annihilates error
11:12-20 ~ Mere legal pardon (and there is no other, for divine Principle never pardons our sins or mistakes till they are corrected) leaves the offender free to repeat the offence, if indeed, he has not already suffered sufficiently from SHOW ALL
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Desire - the desire to do 
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petitions, faith, practical, unalterable a genuine petition includes the surrender of self-will Desire for holiness
11:21-32 ~ Petitions bring to mortals only the results of mortals' own faith. We know that a desire for holiness is requisite in order to gain holiness; but if we desire holiness above all else, we shall sacrifice everything for SHOW ALL
32 32 12 Healing - the healing prayer
human mind, blind faith, belief, Science, 
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effectual prayer for the sick excludes a corporeal sense of God and 
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Sick - Prayer for the sick
12:1-26  ~  "The prayer of faith shall save the sick," says the Scripture. What is this healing prayer? A mere request that God will heal the sick has no power to gain more of the divine presence  SHOW ALL
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Prayer - success in prayer is 
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impersonal, avail, impartial, universal, adaptation, bestowal Principle makes prayer impersonal and universal Prayer - Love impartial and universal
12:27-13:04 ~ Does Deity interpose in behalf of one worshipper, and not help another who offers the same measure of prayer? If the sick recover because they pray or are prayed for audibly, only petitioners (per se or by proxy) SHOW ALL
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Prayer true - sincerity a crucial 
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public, conviction, secretly, openly, sincere, labor, 
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effectual prayer grounded in sincerity Prayer false - Public exaggerations
13:5-19 ~ In public prayer we often go beyond our convictions, beyond the honest standpoint of fervent desire. If we are not secretly yearning and openly striving for the accomplishment of all we ask, our prayers are "vain repetitions," such SHOW ALL
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God and Man - a correct 
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corporeal, person, incorporeal, Love, ignorance, physical, 
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the need to gain a sense of God as divine Principle Love 
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Ignorance - Corporeal ignorance
13:20-32 ~ If we pray to God as a corporeal person, this will prevent us from relinquishing the human doubts and fears which attend such a belief, and so we cannot grasp the wonders wrought by infinite, incorporeal Love, to SHOW ALL
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sensible, omnipotence, emotional ecstasy vs enlightened 
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holding contradictory views of God prevents obedience to divine Love, Spirit Absent from Body - Bodily presence
14:1-11 ~ If we are sensibly with the body and regard omnipotence as a corporeal, material person, whose ear we would gain, we are not "absent from the body" and "present with the Lord" in the demonstration of Spirit. We SHOW ALL
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Christ Mind - letting that Mind 
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conscious, purely spiritual, control, Ego, Soul 
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when instantaneous healing occurs Consciousness - Spiritualized consciousness
14:12-15:02 ~ Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual, — neither in nor of matter, — and the body will then utter no complaints. If suffering from a belief in sickness, you will find SHOW ALL
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Sanctuary - the closet and the 
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sanctuary, Spirit, door, closet, motive, materialism, 
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the need to silence the physical senses Sanctuary - Spiritual sanctuary
15:3-13 ~ So spake Jesus. The closet typifies the sanctuary of Spirit, the door of which shuts out sinful sense but lets in Truth, Life, and Love. Closed to error, it is open to Truth, and vice versa. The Father SHOW ALL
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Required - what is required for 
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deny, plead, significance of the cross, 
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to “deny sin” does not mean to simply say “there is no 
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Prayer - Effectual invocation
15:14-24 ~ In order to pray aright, we must enter into the closet and shut the door. We must close the lips and silence the material senses. In the quiet sanctuary of earnest longings, we must  deny sin and SHOW ALL
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Pray constantly - the elements of 
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constant prayer, trustworthiness, fitness the essential ingredients of an enlightened faith Christianity - Trustworthy beneficence
15:25-32 ~ Christians rejoice in secret beauty and bounty, hidden from the world, but known to God. Self-forgetfulness, purity, and affection are constant prayers. Practice not profession, understanding not belief, gain the ear and right hand of omnipotence and they SHOW ALL
41 41 16 Prayer - the highest prayer sacrifice, demonstration, distinguish prayer that demonstrates a departure from sinful sense for Christ, Truth Prayer highest - Loftiest adoration
16:1-6 ~ A great sacrifice of material things must precede this advanced spiritual understanding. The highest prayer is not one of faith merely; it is demonstration. Such prayer heals sickness, and must destroy sin and death. It distinguishes between Truth SHOW ALL
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Jesus prayer - the method of 
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manner, the one evil, liar The method of prayer, that when spiritually understood “covers all human needs” Jesus prayer - The prayer of Jesus Christ
16:7-15 ~ Our Master taught his disciples one brief prayer, which we name after him the Lord's Prayer. Our Master said, "After this manner therefore pray ye," and then he gave that prayer which covers all human needs. There is SHOW ALL