Thank you so much for your precious gift today!!

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God” http://bible.cc/romans/8-28.htm.
More and more I am discovering the gifts the Bible has for us, it’s so inspired that fills my life with good —daily.
I’ll like to share with you some of my gifts; PRINCIPLE gives me order and dominion, LIFE, plenitud and abundance, TRUTH, integrity and clarity, LOVE, humility and satisfaction, SPIRIT, substance and inspiration, SOUL, identity and equilibrium, MIND gives me direction and discernment.
Of course, this gifts come wrapped up in JOY and FREEDOM with a huge ribbon of TRUST.
Go ahead, open yours and you’ll see the abundance of good that has your name!
ESPAÑOL
“Y sabemos que a los que a Dios aman, todas las cosas les ayudan a bien” http://bibliaparalela.com/romans/8-28.htm
Cada vez más estoy descubriendo los dones que la Biblia tiene para nosotros, es tan inspiradora que llena mi vida de bien —diariamente.
Me gustaría compartir con ustedes algunos de mis dones; El PRINCIPIO me da orden y dominio, la Vida, plenitud y abundancia, la VERDAD, integridad y claridad, el AMOR, humildad y satisfacción, el ESPÍRITU, me da sustancia e inspiración, el ALMA, identidad y equilibrio, la MENTE me da dirección y discernimiento.
Por supuesto, estos regalos vienen envueltos en ALEGRÍA y LIBERTAD con una cinta de gran CONFIANZA.
Anda, abre la tuya y verás la abundancia del bien que tiene tu nombre!

In answer to your question: "What gifts has God given you today?" I reply - This Lift, "Waking to God's Gifts." What a wonderful message. Thank you! I just read and listened to the Bible Lesson for this week, "Love." What a blessed gift Mary Baker Eddy gave us in designing such a great educational system which helps so much in our daily learning about God. How wonderful it is to Wake to this lesson each morning and carry it thoughout the day. I love it! And what blessed gifts are given via the Internet www.ChristianScience.com and www.Spirituality.com and others. They bring the so many wonderful and inspiring Christian Science presentations and resources into homes all around the world. What abundant and treasured gifts from God!

My every day is a continual gift from God. (and I love sharing the gift!!)

This precious podcast "speaks to every listening ear"~ A year ago on Christmas Night, my loved niece passed on, but I insisted in thought that she continued everpresent, ever filled with vitality, ready to communicate through spiritual sense, and bless all who knew her. At the ensuing Memorial Service in the home she loved God imparted to me the gift of "words that help and heal" to a large gathering. What fullness of joy we can know in realizing that "wholly apart from this mortal dream....(is) man, God's image, His idea, coexistent with Him- God giving all, and man, having all that God gives."(My.5:7-10)

Many thanks Brian for reminding us that: "All things work together for good [Love] to them that love God," is the dictum of Scripture." (S&H 444:4). "That the earth may be filled with/ the glory of God [Love] / As the waters cover the sea." (Christian Science Hymnal #82).

Thank you, Brian. This Lift, together with the Lesson Sermon this week, will certainly prepare us to receive all the good that is ours by divine heritage. Some of us flew to Melbourne this weekend, a long way to the south. So we prepared with prayer that the airlines were governed by divine Principle, and we could expect the flights to be on time, without delays or detours or hindrance of every kind. In my departure terminal there were four plane loads of passengers going to Perth in the far west, to Darwin in the north to connect with an international flight, to Sydney in the east, and to the Sunshine Coast. Yet the crews checked us in, steered us to our departure gates, and the planes took off on time, and arrived punctually with our relatives able to drive in, pick us up, and be on our way. Certainly prayer as we understand it in Christian Science presented us with harmony in our day.
Thank you Nate and the team; the BoL and lecturers; and the Daily Lift commenters with their contributions of further enlightenment and inspiration.

In a nutshell, BEAUTIFUL! Thank you, Brian.

Thank you for this gift!

Thank you Brian, as always a beautiful idea to be thinking. I shall ponder the simple gift 'God is Love' today.Most days so many gifts flow from taking one moment of being with the presence of God!

To ALL you lectureing folks. I want to say, THANK-YOU-ALL ! It is so lovely to have your inspirational talks here on this little "island".ALL the care you take IS LOVE.

Thank you!

Thank you for this wonderful Gift to start our week.

That was truly beautiful. Thanks so much!

Dear Brian - thank you for your deep and clear message! To answer your question at the end: this is what impressed me most this morning in the lesson: "One moment of divine consciousness, or the sprititual understanding of Life and Love, is a foretast of eternity." (598) ONE MOMENT of divine consciousness !!! -- of being really conscious of the presence and activity of Life and Love ... This thought is so uplifting.
Thank you again

Oh, thank you Brian, for reminding me of the lots of gifts, God presents us everyday. So I am awaiting exitingly His Gift for me today for making spiritual progress.

"Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."
James 1:16-18 from the King James Version.

The same verses from The Message:

"So, my very dear friends, don't get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures."

Thank you, Brian, for inspiring me to look at favorite Bible verses in a new way. Thank you, God, for this beautiful day filled with love.

Good morning Bryan. With Science in our life and God as the mentor we are grateful to know of His gift, "It is Love that paints the petal with myriad hues, glances in the warm sunbeam, arches the cloud with the bow of beauty, blazons the night with starry gems, and covers earth with loveliness", MBE, S and H, p.247. Each morning we awake with this knowledge and His blessing, witness to peacemakers on earth stilling error, goodness expected and granted by God. Gratitude to all lifters, to you Bryan and to all up early and doing the work, serving as well.

Que regalo nos dará Dios hoy? con seguridad muchos más aún de lo que somos capaces de aceptar y agradecer.
Dios es Amor, Dios no conoce el mal. ¿Como nos comunicamos entonces con Él? ¿Cómo recibimos sus dones? simplemente haciendo el Bien, amando, y naturalmente y sólo así el canal se abrirá, oiremos y nos oirá, en la reciprocidad que da la acción sincera y se cumple lo dicho por los griegos pedir y recibir es la misma cosa, tambien la sra. Eddy lo dice: "El deseo inexpresado sí nos acerca más al origén de toda existencia y bienaventuranza" CyS. Que es eso sino la manifestación del anhelo de corregirnos y de progresar en el camino divino, y estar preparados para recibir sus dones, y someternos mansamente a las obligaciones que conllevan todo compromiso de reciprodidad auténtica de mutua participación.
Por que si Dios no conoce el mal y realmente NO lo conoce, la única vía de comunicación somos nosotros todos a travez justamente del Bien que hagamos.

Muchisimas gracias, es el Amor que nos une y nos muestra su poder, Thank so mucho Brian
!Gocemosno que poseemos ese maravilloso don de comunicación!

Thank you for such an inspiring gift !!!

THANK YOU!

Peter Mark, God gave me the strength to eat intellegently thank you God...

thanks so much Brian for your lovely Lift.The greatest gift I have every day ( even if the going is tough) is a sense of gratitude for the gift of CS.

As I read the daily Bible Lessons I can't help but feel the divine gifts from God which make up a holy day.
Thank you for this lift Brian.

Thank you Brian for sharing your gift to another on this "special" day. Each of these days (gifts) I cherish (give gratitude) for their greater unfoldment (unwrapping) of Infinity in consciousness (home).

Your light relects and shines on the Word.I so appreciate your clear and reassuring thought.

What a lovely message. It made me think to be grateful for God's presents and His presence!

Your lift truly lifted me today. I woke but remained unconscience this morning until God spoke through your lift to wake me. Thanks for letting Him flow through you!

Thanks, Brian, and Elena, for sharing gifts.

Thanks so much to everyone responsible for this inspiring gift of a Daily Lift. And it certainly is a "lift." I'll grateully accept Elena's gifts as well and all the thoughts of the other commenters. Hymn 269 begins with, "Our God is Love, unchanging Love, And can we ask for more?" How can we ask for more? I just can't wait to read, ponder, and study our weekly Bible lesson on Love.

THANK YOU BRIAN FOR THIS CLEAR MESSAGE, FOR THIS PRESENT!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! It is so nice to wake up to presents from our father every day. These Daily Lifts are surely one of his gifts. Love to all

Good morning Daily Lift community. I missed you all over the long weekend. I listened to the lift from Brian in Berkeley again and again and finally wrote everything down in my Lift Journal so that the messages would sink in to my thoughts and being. Thank you for these gifts, lovely gifts. I love the concept that God individualizes his love for us with universal truth, that I am precious in God's eyes and worthy of all that he has designed for me. God only wants goodness for me, how could I think otherwise?
Thank you Elena for spelling out the qualities of God and their expressions in our daily lives. I like that and find it useful to elaborating, bringing greater meaning to terms for God I have heard all my life and not fully appreciated. I am ready to go deeper with the ideas that spiritual living and thinking offers, resting in the truth and activating my thought in God's direction . Leaning in to Love as my friend put it yesterday. We do not need to lean on one another and feel wearied. Just lean in to God, supporting and surrounding Love meets our human needs. Good day and many thanks.

Thank you Mr.Talcott!!

What a lovely thought...to waken to God's gifts every morning! I LOVE mornings and I love this Daily Lift..thank you

OH thank you for this clear and most beuatiful "present" which I wil unwrap more throughout the day! I really needed this this morning as I was awakend with a nightmare, and turned to God..yes, and came here to this screen and this message, right from Him was here for me, unwrapped!!! It brough calmness of purpose and reaization I have a family out there in Christ that loves me, and nurishes me with true food! So much gratitude for this depth of understanding I will cary with me always, Merri

Dear Brian, Thank you for your gift! God's presence is my present - my gift of eternal life- in this eternal now.

What a Beautiful "Lift Gift", Brian! Thank you for the sweet inspiration this morning! So much Good and Love all around, but we must be willing to open our spiritual eyes to "see" it! I had a lovely experience on Sat. morning when I went in early to our laundry room at the apt. complex where I live. There was a woman in the laundry room who I knew had had a severe physical challenge over the past few months and had been in the hospital, close to dying. She is not a Christian Scientist, at least not in name! As we chatted, and she told me about her hospital experience, I mentioned the power of prayer and she readily agreed that it was the prayers of her friends and family that had pulled her through. Early that morning, upon awakening, I had heard in thought, "He will keep thee in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee." So I mentioned that scripture to her and she said, "Oh, that is my favorite scripture from the Bible and one that I used constantly while I was in the hospital!" Talk about a Gift from God! Thank You, God! Lovely Gifts to All today! XOXO

Thank you for that wakeup call. I will always rember it when I read my lesson and look for the God given presents. Thanks

Thanks, Donna for the sentence, "Just lean in to God, supporting and surrounding...." I truly felt His holy arms (all presence), when I read that.

Thanks, Brian.

Thank you.

A beautiful healing message! Thank you Brian.

Thank you, Brian.

What a good way to start the day.

Great "wake up call" as the previous listener stated.

Rob Scott

Chicago, IL

Thank you very much, Brian, for this inspiring message.

Brian, could you tell me what Bible Translation you used for I John--loved that it said children of God, not the son of God. Universal! Thanks for a wonderful lift...what a gift!

Very helpful to think God is speaking directly to us, in just the way we can understand it and need it for the day. It reminds me of the Pentecostal day when each one heard the message in his own language, tailor-made for him, in just the way he could understand it. Now THAT is divine Love at work, like the Shepherd in the 23rd Psalm. Thanks for the reminder, Brian.

Brian,my gifts from God are becoming more and more visable each day with thanks to you,other lecturer's and our lifters and to all concerned thank you all zs

. . . and now I'm ready to start my day - thank you, Daily Lift! :)

This one goes into "Favorites" file, because it is so true! Thanks Brian!

Many thanks for the lift, and a HUGE thanks to Kathleen #17 for the quote from The Message - your comment is my gift for today - THANK YOU!!!!

Well, first, your lift! Thank you so much!

Thank you Brian! My special day was yesterday and I was feeling down because I had not gotten any gifts from anyone. Your lift today has brought me such joy because I now realize how abundantly I have been blessed every day not just on my special day, by the gifts from God

Thank you Brian!

When I got up this morning, I thought about going back to bed as I didn't feel ready for the day. God's gift to me was the most glorious sunrise with pink and gold clouds in beautiful formations blown by the wind. Now this Daily Lift is another present to get me moving and productive. Must get the lesson on to my Kindle to read this morning. It is really helpful to be able to get dictionary definitions as you are reading along. All these new technologies are more presents from God as expressions of the one Mind. Thank you for your message this morning, Brian.

Question: "What Perfect gift has God given me today?"

Answer: That I woke up.

Wonderful - thank you!

God has gifts for us today is truly an uplifting thought. I will be looking for them. Many thanks for the reminder.

Regarding #30 name, I failed to notice my name hadn't been retained. I have now studied this beautiful lesson on Love and would like to share a short note I have from an article, "What's causing my troubles" by Geoffrey J. Barratt (Journal, April 1996): "Through prayer and study we can feel in every fiber of our being that the only true cause - infinite Love - blesses, and that there is nothing else anywhere but Love and its expression."

Thanks!

Thank you Brian and the whole Daily Lift team. I now look so forward to starting my work reading these before I get started on anything else! And the comments just expand the lift so much, I am so grateful for this outpouring of ideas!

I struggle most mornings with waking up and before getting out of bed thinking of God and the day. It is something I try to do daily but often don't. However, today it came naturally and I thought about the wonderful day God had planned for me and how I work for Him, I am about my Father's business. The quote came in thought, "To those leaning on the sustaining Infinite, today is Big with blessings!" What a wonderful gift that is and ties in so well to your lovely lift today Brian! As Donna Fay said, it is wonderful how God speaks to each one of us in the way that we can understand and need it.

Also, thank you for sharing your story Bev from ID, you made me cry!

Love to all for a wonderful day.

Elena! Thank you so much for your comments. I was really struck by Love giving us humility and satisfaction and Soul giving us identity and equilibrium. Powerful ideas!

Gracias Brian por este bello e inspirador Daily Lift !!! Los regalos de Dios son maravillosos, continuos y no cuestan nada. Sólo tenemos que aceptarlos, usarlos y compartirlos con los demás .
' Lo que bendice a uno , bendice a todos ' , escribe mrs. Eddy (cys p 206 ).
Estos dones o regalos provienen de la única Fuente- el Amor divino- y están disponibles para toda la humanidad.

Agradezco los comentarios previos .
Un abrazo grande y mucho Amor para todos, Ma. Cristy

Those are perfect gifts to hang onto daily, Brian, thank you so much for sharing them! It is the tranquil and calm thought that can hear and utilize these gifts, and today was one in which they were sorely needed for me.

WONDERFUL !!! Thank You .. :-)

Here is another gift for No. 52 (Anonymous). Every day is a special day, full of God's gifts of love for you to unwrap - the major one being that you are the beloved of Love and immortal, therefore you don't have to look forward to just one special day once a year. You can unwrap fresh new ideas to explore every day, and the infinite unlimited ability to use your God-given talents to express joy and dominion, and to share all the abundance of good which God is giving you. These blessings are pouring forth so that there is not room enough to keep them for yourself, and you can share them out liberally and lose out on nothing. These are God's presents (or the "presence" of continual good.)

Happy immortal every day to you- tral la la........

What a lovely lift for us all - many thanks to Brian and all the lifters.

Thank you very much Brian.

Thank you for the question Brian, on my gifts of today, that were given to me. You know that kid's song " clean up, clean up, now it's time to clean up! " With Joy I cleaned the cat litter. And after dressing, I vacuumed the family room floor. My husband unload the dishwasher. And I said to him, " we are purifying" .

Then I raced to work, using the 7 synonyms of God. And made it at 7:15am with my boss and another man there waiting. But the gift of knowing, God is my boss, relaxed me. I did my job, and had enough extra time to pick up trash on the site. Clean heart...clean Mind...God is washing my thoughts and actions.

Thank you Dear lovely Elana and all daily Lifters. See ya later, I have to go clean out a warehouse today....spic and Span.....that is my Beautiful God....he loves Sqeaky clean! Because She is the Clean queen!...gotta laugh when you clean! Makes the joy soak in!

Thanks so much Brian for this inspiring message. Susan Mack's hymn "Dalton" came to mind after hearing your lift. "I awake each morn to a brand new day, singing Hallelujah as I go on my way. For my heart is fixed on this one guarantee: the love that is all holds me tenderly. Tender mercies are holding me." God has unique and special gifts for each of His loved children today and everyday.

The Gift Of Love......, and my husband who is disabled says : " Beauty everytime I look out my window."

Thank you.

Thank you for the lift - gift and all the other lifter - gifters.

You have reminded me of one of my favorite poems:

Yesterday is history
Tomorrow's a mystery
Today is the gift of God
That's why we call it the present.


with much love, and gratitude,

UJ

Thank you Brian- I very much needed that very helpful reminder, and have been thinking about that very thing the last couple of days (no coincidences are there!). Thank you!

Oh, how helpful this Daily Lift was today! I awoke with the thought of all the things that needed to be done today and right away a foreboding sense of dread and worry began to envelope me. I'm so grateful for the blessed Christ Science that can dissipate mortal thoughts that try to cloud our day; that can turn dread and gloom into joy and light! Thank you for a beautiful Lift!

As a child we were taught to memorize scriptures and lately I am so grateful for my mother for having us do this; and thank you Brian for the reminder as well that these precious gifts help to silence the turmoil in thought and lead us through the challenges of the day. One precious gift that stands out to me is John 3: 16, "For God so loved the World that he gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Dear Grace # 45
in the German Bible from Martin Luther it says: "Seht, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erwiesen, dass wir Gottes Kinder heissen sollen - und wir sind es auch!" You see, there it says "God's children"; but the wonderful thing to me is that it says we shall be called (named) children of God, and we also are this. I have always been thinking that in former times a Mr. Fisher was really a fisher, a Mr. Miller also was a miller, a Mr. Rosebush probably had a lovely rosebush in his front garden. And so the Bible, or rather John wants to tell us that we don't just have the name Children of God but that this is somehow our profession. Isn't that lovely?!
Thank you again, Brian.

I love this Lift! I will strive to remember it each time I start reading so I am prepared to receive the full inspiration. Thank you so much.

Thank you - thats so comforting and encouraging: open your mind and receive your daily divine gift ! Open the bible and get your unique inspiring gift ! It is already ready for you ! Just for you ! Open the books ! Open your heart receiving your gifts ! Today ! Thank you, dear Brian !

What a wonderful Lift for starting out the day especially fitting for a week full of Love in the lesson. Thanks to the Daily Lift team and all participants - such loving bits to hold onto each day of our week.

Thank you, Brian, for the great gift of reminding us where we can receive wonderful gifts any time.
BettyAmes

A film I viewed last night included this quote, which most of us have heard and which the lift today reminded me of: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bil Keane.

There is only the beauty, goodness and harmony of God's kingdom, now present to govern and bless us, within and everywhere.

Almost all Bible versions besides the KJV use "children" instead of "sons" of God, in the I John citation Brian quoted.

Thanks, Brian, for this message -- a gift to each of us as well.

It seems that there is lots of turmoil in my life lately-mostly financial. Your gift this morning is really what I need to go forward and remember that GOD is love and ever present. CS is my gift every day.

Thank you to all the Daily Lifters. Each comment is inspiring. To #71 UJ I to love this verse/poem and need to remember it more often. As one of the other comments mentioned, I love the lovely colours in the sky and clouds both morning and evening as I drive customers to and from work. These are my special messages from God, loveliness right before us to drink in!

Thank you Brian for reminding us of our "gifts".

When I asked the question at the end of the Lift, I didn't realize I'd get so many lovely answers. Thank you to all of you for the gifts you have given me today.

The Bible from which I quoted is the New Revised Standard Version, which is one of the most widely read English translations, and which is also available in the Christian Science Reading Room.

God`s gifts are so rich and multifarious! Thanks for these thoughts!

Every moment wonderful things are happening!

In Mis. p168-1 we find: "Is he wonderful? His works prove him. He giveth power, peace, and holiness; he exalteth the lowly; he giveth liberty to the captive, health to the sick, salvation from sin to sinner - and overcometh the world!"

I am so grateful the gift and all thge helpful comments.

Thank you very much!

Obrigada, Brian. Deus nos presenteia todos os dias com todo o bem.

The gift of gratitude is mine today. Thank you for your daily lift message.

Courage. God has given me courage today and for this i am grateful.
Lovely lift I will treasure and refer to often. Thank you.

My gift, his morning, was to awaken to a gift of feeling gratitude for Christian Science, for all the healing work being done and to know that my spiritual being is being expressed, Thanks, Brian, for this "Daily Lift," It is a gift for sure. Best regards and lots of love and appreciation to you. Ann Botts in Banning, CA

One of my gifts today was my neighbour getting my new reel for my rolling shutter to work!

What a lovely thought to begin each day with. Thank you.

Yes, this is my experience when I wake. I may not feel spiritual or inspired, but as I turn thought to God the gifts gently come to thought, and more come when I turn to the Bible lesson, Bible or our periodicals. This lift is such a gift. We each have this God-given purpose.

thanks Brian, thanks everyone and thanks Nate and your team.

The precious gift God has given me today, is your beautifully inspiring message!
Thankyou.

Thanks to EVERYONE for their wonderful gifts they've shared in their comments! Thanks Brian for getting us started on a wonderful week of listening and sharing! Our wonderful lesson on "Love" this week, expanding on Psalms 23, gives us the strength to carry on whatever the challenges!
I especially loved the music today....thanks for all that your crew does Nate and thanks to ALL the lecturers for their time and sharing! Each "Daily Lift" is SO inspiring!

Awaken to God's Gift's unfolding every moment. Just a Beautiful thought. Thank you.

Hi Brian and all of my fellow Lifters,
My spiritual sense was wakened not only by the verbal gifts of this beautiful message and all the ensuing comments, but also in a significant way by the lovely guitar music at the beginning and end. Much appreciation to whoever composed and performed it.

This is a "keeper", Brian. Thanks for this nugget that I too will tuck away and refer to again.

He´s given me a wonderful message and so many inspiring thoughts from all of you out there!
Thank you very much, Brian!

My gift today was this lift! Thank you!

Since Sunday is our busy day, Monday is often my day of rest. Today was sunny, little chores done, harmonious, unplanned, peaceful. Hooray! I'm thankful.
Thanks for the focus on our gifts today.

THANK YOU BRIAN FOR THE WAKE UP CALL. A GIFT FOR TODAY. I HAVE A LOT TO BE GRATEFUL FOR AND THANK YOU.

Thank you, Brian. Very well said!

This lift is a wonderful gift for me today! Thanks so much!

I need these healing thoughts this morning, right after reading the Bible Lesson on Love.
Thank You, they are most comforting.

Thank you Brian,
Every new day is a gift from God.

Brian, thanks for the reminder of God's daily gifts to me. I will be on the alert to acknowledge them.

Brian, thanks for reminding me of my daily gifts from God. I will be alert to acknowledge them.

Love it!

Recently my husband and I were watching a television program featuring people's antiques. At the end of seeing all these valuable items and their owners, I lamented, "Why didn't someone in our family have any of these items?" Immediately I was corrected by the truth of my eternal gift, Christian Science. Greed was silenced and gratitude was felt!

This Lift is such a blessing. Thank you, Brian and our dear family of Lifters.

Sorry I know this Lift was from a couple of days ago... I saved it and have listened to it numerous times! I love your analogy of the excitement and anticipation of children on a Christmas Morning! That is my prayer for all of humanity that the Words of God will excite us moment by moment!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this daily lift!!!

The gift God gave me today, was seing the Mynah birds (who I usually shoo away) while I'm feeding my friendly sparrows, blackbirds and thrushes. They had thier youngers with them; the parents had brought them to a safe place .... who was I to discriminate? We learn every day, hopefully! xxx