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Know that All that You Have Received from God, Was Given as a Loan

Buy yourself rest with struggle, the unseen face of God with watchfulness, the delight of eternal goods through fasting and thirst. Keep in your head your mind and knowledge; in your eyes the look of God; under your feet the ground where you shall return; in your ears the teachings of the Bible.

Fasting Means Abstinence from Wickedness

Fast needs to be accompanied by good deeds and abstinence from wickedness.

Fighting Thoughts – Past as Fault, Future as Fear, Sin as Constant Temptation

The devil, in order to trouble you, sends you all sorts of thoughts. About past, future, present, about the sins that you did or could do, through dreams or visions that may seem to be “from God.”

God Suffers With Those Who Suffer

When I was in prison and I saw people who died in prayer, people who were suffering and prayed for those who made them suffer, people who were in prison together with their children and their parents suffered and prayed for all, I understood that truly, Christ suffers with us.

Evil thoughts are cast away only by good thoughts

The best way to clear your thoughts is to have a main thought that you should focus on, and ignore the coming evil thoughts and encouraging the good ones. The best method to do that is by saying this prayer “My Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, the sinner!” in order to attract good thoughts.

God forbids the fulfilment of wishes that can hurt you

It is not possible, but also it is not good for you that all be done according to your wish. Many times, your thought is lost, your wish is vicious and your will is selfish. . And the all-knowing God sees it, even if you don’t realise. This is why he doesn’t allow that all your wishes be fulfilled, so that your soul – your biggest treasure – will not be hurt. Therefore, entrust yourself in the hands of God and into His will.

When we chat, it is not just the time that we are losing

Wisdom lies not in the fact of not speaking, but in that of knowing when to talk. In the science of knowing to be silent and to speak!

Love is present in the smallest things

Love is present in all the bodily gestures, when, serving God the body is filled with spiritual fruits, when man raises his hands towards God for charity and partaking, when he directs his steps toward the house of mourning and weeping climbing towards the house of prayer.

The fulfilment of all wishes

Has something happened as you wanted, be grateful; if not, don’t be sad for nothing is eternal here and all things are temporal in this world. One care alone you are to have, don’t be a stranger to God and to His most holy grace.

The evil thought is casted only with a good one

The best way to gather your thoughts is having a main one that helps you to recognise the others, and to cast the evil and support the good ones. The easiest way is this prayer: ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ We say this in order to be able to be steadfast in good thoughts.

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