Devotion
Wisdom From The Church Fathers
"It is not the self-critical who reveals his humility (for does not everyone have somehow to put up with himself?). Rather it is the man who continues to love the person who has criticized him." From St. John Climacus "Those who are hard of heart…are led to repentance, led to a holy life, less by […]
What Do You Expect?
Read: Luke 2:25-38 "My eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared before the face of all peoples." Luke 2:30-31 Watch your expectations this Christmas season! The holidays can seldom deliver all the happiness and love we’ve come to expect from them. The advertising images of romantic couples and laughing families may sell a […]
Helping Others Find Freedom
The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, […]
More Ancient Wisdom
In the Name of the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One God, Amen. Peace and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. "Whoever lives a life of faith, lives in peace surrendering his whole life to God, and accepting everything in faith from His loving hands." H.H. Pope Shenouda […]
Guidance
My heart says of you, "Seek His face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek (Psalm 27:8 NIV). "If the sun is shining in the morning, I’ll do it." "If he’s there when I open the door, I’ll know he’s the one." "If I pass the class on world missions, I’ll be a missionary. If not, […]
Temptation
Read: James 1:12-15 Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. -James 4:7-8 A study of temptation was conducted at Case Western Reserve University. Some participants were told to skip a meal before being left alone with a plate of radishes and a […]
Resist The Devil
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you (James 4:7). Daisy was one of the first persons I dealt with who was caught in spiritual conflicts and suffered from demonic influences. She was a Christian and a university graduate, but she had severe mental and emotional problems which developed after […]
Sanctification
How can we feel our need of His help, or our dependence on Him, or our debt to Him, or the nature of His gift to us, unless we know ourselves…. This is why many in this age (and in every age) become infidels, heretics, schismatics, disloyal despisers of the Church…. They have never had […]
Deceitful Spirits
The Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons (1 Timothy 4:1). A few years ago I was speaking in a Southern California church on the subject of the New Age Movement. My text was 1 Timothy 4:1. After my […]
Why Worry?
There is an organisation in America known as the Pennsylvania Worry Group. It was established by a professor of psychology to study the whole question of worry and to research ways by which worriers can be helped. It discovered some interesting facts. For instance, 15 percent of the population spend half their waking hours worrying; […]
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