Sunday March 14th, 2021 Roundtable
What Hast Thou in the House?
This week’s Lesson Sermon Subject: Substance
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Morning Prayers
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
—Luke 15: 31 from the King James Bible
Man’s substance is in Mind, and cannot be impoverished. There is no poverty, no lack.
— from Divinity Course and General Collectanea, (the “Blue Book”), by Mary Baker Eddy, page 49
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.
— from Science and Health, 1910, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 494
Discussion Points
169 — WATCH that you remember that, when Mrs. Eddy tells us that desire is prayer, she does not say good desire. Mind is the source of all things, and desire is the mold. It is possible to strive to gain a spiritual consciousness of Mind, and still retain a human desire.
When a student wants to make a financial demonstration, the desire for money is uppermost in his thought. He wants to use divine power to fill what he believes to be his need. But in reality we never have a material need. We believe our need to be physical or material, when it is actually mental and spiritual.
The first step in demonstrating supply is to discover what the need really is. Man asks God to bless and grant his human desire, only because he has not learned what he should really pray for.
It is dangerous to cherish a human desire and seek to reflect God at the same time. Our growing consciousness of spiritual power may cause our desire to be granted, before we have trusted God with it, so that it may be molded and exalted before it takes form in words and in deeds. Hence its fulfillment may prove to be a deterrent.
— from 500 Watching Points by Gilbert Carpenter
Golden Text — “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” – Christ Jesus, John 16 : 33
Website — Herbert W. Eustace
The phrase “lest we forget” is thought to come from the poem Recessional by Rudyard Kipling, which was written for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
Kipling himself took inspiration from the Bible – namely Deuteronomy 6 verse 12, which reads: “Then beware lest thou forget the Lord which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt”.
Kipling wrote the poem at the height of the British Empire and warned of the perils of imperialism rather than national sacrifice and recommended putting trust in God.
— Plainfield Roundtable
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
— James 4: 3 from the King James Bible
Article — “Excerpts” from Judge Hanna’s Memoirs by Judge Septimus J. Hanna, C.S.D.
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass
— Psalm 37 : 3-5 from the King James Bible
Commit: To put into charge, entrust for preservation.
Trust: Firm belief in the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confidence or reliance.
— From 1828 Webster’s Dictionary
Forum post — Now by Parthens
Forum post — “Rules for a satisfied life.” by Joanne from FL
Article — “What Hast Thou in the House?” from the Christian Science Journal, Vol.66, by Helen H. Spangler, page 337
Article — Some Notes on True Vision by John L. Morgan