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Wednesday Testimony Meeting
7p ET

Wednesday Readings Replay

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Wednesday, April 23
Topic: ​The beauty of holiness

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(We will be live by 6:50p)

ORDER OF SERVICES



  1. Hymn.

  2. Reading from the BIBLE, and correlative passages from SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.

  3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer, its spiritual interpretation being omitted.

  4. Hymn.

  5. Announcing necessary notices.

  6. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on Christian Science.

  7. Closing Hymn.

You're invited to attend the Wednesday meeting at 7p ET in person or on Zoom, April 30, 2025. The topic is:  Leaning on God

Leaning on God means placing full trust in God’s strength, wisdom, and guidance rather than relying solely on human understanding or resources. Leaning on God is an expression of trust and faith. It reflects a heart that recognizes God’s goodness, and love. In doing so, we find peace, direction, and the strength to endure life’s trials.  In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy states “Trials teach mortals not to lean on a material staff, --a broken reed, which pierces the heart.” p. 66

Leaning on God provides a sense of stability, peace, and direction that cannot be found elsewhere.  The Scripture acknowledges this in Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

When we lean on God, we are not promised a life free of trouble, but we are promised His presence and peace in the midst of it. This peace is a sustaining force that can carry you through even the darkest days.  Leaning on God also cultivates humility and dependence, which are essential for spiritual growth. Each time we choose to trust Him, especially when circumstances are difficult or unclear, our faith is refined and deepened. Over time, we begin to see how God has been faithful, how He has provided, and how “all things work together for good to them that love God,” Romans 8:28.

 Quote:

“To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.”

Science and Health with Key the Scriptures, p. vii.

 

HYMNS

 

Hymn 53

Everlasting arms of Love
Are beneath, around, above;
God it is who bears us on,
His the arm we lean upon.

He our ever-present guide
Faithful is, whate’er betide;
Gladly then we journey on,
With His arm to lean upon.

From earth’s fears and vain alarms
Safe in His encircling arms,
He will keep us all the way,
God, our refuge, strength and stay.


Hymn 195

Not what I am, O Lord, but what Thou art;
That, that alone can be my soul’s true rest;
Thy love, not mine, bids fear and doubt depart,
And stills the tumult of my troubled breast.

Girt with the love of God, on every side,
I breathe that love as heaven’s own healing air;
I work and pray, and follow still my guide,
And fear no foe, escaping every snare.

’Tis what I know of Thee, my Lord and God,
That fills my soul with peace, my lips with song;
Thou art my health, my joy, my staff, my rod;
I lean on Thee, in weakness I am strong.

 

Hymn 519

Lean on the sustaining infinite
And blessings will be yours.
Lean not on person, place, or thing,
Or economic laws;
But lean upon all-blessing God
Who will all needs supply
And give to all abundant good
That money cannot buy.

Let the healing reign of Truth and Life,
The reign of Love divine,
Be now established within me
To show Soul’s clear design
Of Oneness, indivisible—
Of God and me as one—
As water is to ocean wave,
As sunbeam is to sun.

Love with a heart of tenderness
Your enemies and friends;
However hard this may appear,
This quality just mends.
For Love is God in action true,
A presence that is felt;
A healing and a saving power
That will all discord melt.

So lean, and let, and love;
This is the balanced Way.
It’s free from self-will, pressure, stress;
It welcomes in God’s day.
The leaning is so gentle;
The letting is so free.
And loving is the only way
To think, and speak, and be.

                                  ~~~

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First Church of Christ, Scientist   &   Christian Science Reading Room

612 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN  37403

Services: Sun 10:30a + Wed 7p + Thanksgiving Day 10a     Sunday School: 10:30a

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