Jesus’ perspective on peace can be ours
Christian Science Daily Lift
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Christian Science Daily Lift, a podcast brought to you by the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 0:14.2 | Sharing with us today is Mark Swinney. Mark is a Christian science practitioner and teacher from Sirios, New Mexico. |
| 0:26.6 | When overwhelmed by graphic pictures of current world events, how do we make sure our prayers for humanity are healing? |
| 0:39.9 | Jesus said to his followers, |
| 0:48.7 | Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. |
| 0:54.2 | Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid. |
| 0:58.9 | That little phrase, not as the world giveth, |
| 1:02.1 | tells much about how, when he prayed, |
| 1:07.1 | Jesus opened up to a spiritual perspective of life. |
| 1:14.8 | Instead of praying from the view the world was giving him, Jesus kept his entire attention on what his father, God, was giving him. I go unto my father, he declared with confidence. Going to |
| 1:24.5 | God, our loving and all-wise father, we discover that he always is prevailing. |
| 1:34.6 | The reason is that to our dear father, there aren't two states of existence, a material one, and a spiritual one. |
| 1:48.2 | God, also known as infinite spirit, |
| 2:00.2 | lovingly created us all. So, we exist together spiritually and harmoniously in the here and now. And prayer, quiet communion with God, helps us see and experience that harmony. Any and all evil can be dealt with through heartfelt spiritual understanding as we discover there is no material counter to spiritual reality. |
| 2:25.1 | It's clear that Jesus surrendered a human view of life to a divine view, |
| 2:32.3 | and we can learn to practice this kind of spiritual surrendering too. |
| 2:38.8 | What defines life-changing prayer is surrendering to what God knows, yielding everything about ourselves |
| 2:50.0 | and everyone else to the transforming insights that God provides, |
| 2:55.7 | moves prayer from doubtful to alive with confidence and joy. Jesus' perspective on peace rested not |
| 3:05.4 | on what the world did and gave, but on all of us united in the design of God, |
| 3:12.9 | our common father. At this point in history, let's make our contribution be that of following |
| 3:21.0 | in Jesus' footsteps without reservation. It will bless us all. |
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