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Say a Short Prayer but Never Quit Praying

Once you get accustomed to pray while breathing you can pray anytime.  Even if it is a short prayer at least you pray. Even when you work or cook, you sit on a chair and say “Lord…”
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God, Give Me Joy!

We do need joy, as for this reason we were created by God. But spiritual joy is not same as the joy of this world. True spiritual joy means having a free heart, filled with the peace of Jesus. We…
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If We Ask, God Will Help Us

Miracles were bestowed upon many sinners, and returned to the path of the Truth, of salvation. Thus, what shall we do? We will all write letters to Heaven? Yes we will. As every Christian did since…
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Seek the Lord While You’re Still on This World

Every Christian who wants to achieve salvation of his soul through eternal struggle and to chant along with the angels and Saints in the Kingdom of Heaven should seek for God.
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People That Never Die

I find the expression “dead man” unsuitable.
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Good Deeds Without Humbleness Are of No Use!

Humbleness is as useful as the salt added in food, and can overcome the power of many sins. And if we do achieve it, we will become sons of God, allowing us to sit next to Him, even if we didn’t do…
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Prepare Yourself for the Coming Sorrow

You shall seek for allies before starting a war and before getting ill, seek for the remedy. Before being overcome by trouble you shall pray to God and then you will have Him as an ally. Call Him and…
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What Is Our Reward for Enduring Temptation?

Temptation uses everyone. Because if it uses Paul, guilty shall be the world before God. Strugglers are tempted to multiply their fortune, lazy people to remain unharmed, and those who sleep to…
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Orphans Do Have a Mother

Through our mothers we all have a precious treasure, of unmatched value in this world. Those who have lost their mothers at a young age are condemned to sorrow, feeling an empty space in their heart…
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What Is the Use of so Much Pain?

When a doctor makes a surgical intervention and the patient, because of the pain, reacts and tears off all the bandages and hits the doctor, what will he say? That he didn’t do the surgery in order…
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When You Are in Deep Sorrow, Kneel and Ask God to Fulfil His Will

When you are in a deep sorrow, a spiritual, economical struggle, either you suffer from an illness or any other thing, kneel and pray, asking God to fulfil his will and not yours. And God, who…
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How to control your thoughts while praying?

According to Father Porphyries all these thoughts that come into our mind while praying are like planes. First, you can hear them in the distance, as a background noise, and gradually the noise…
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Nothing else can quench the thirst of living water

We want to take a sip from the water of Christianity and never be thirsty again, to never have to go to the well again and to know the truth in Jesus Christ.
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Illness and suffering are God’s “medicine”

For instance, a young man will think “I am great and strong and there is no one greater than I am.” And he looks at his awards, sees that he is beautiful and healthy and the rest. But when he is ill…
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Conflicts end only after understanding that you need to forgive and be forgiven

Have faith, be kind and forgive! I have always said that living together is hard. You need to know how to obtain forgiveness.
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Self-control – the ultimate freedom

Don’t be like those people who have lost their head and don’t let any delights of this world enslave you. Remember that we were given this life for a short period of time and don’t attach too much to…
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How to protect yourself from gossips?

The other obstacle is raised by the devil in our soul through the love of self – “the devil’s first offspring.” There are three tools against the devil: The name of God, the name of Theotokos and the…
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We make so many mistakes and yet we never learn

Remember that you were wrong more than once and wish for yourself to not be wrong again, so that you don’t become your own cruel murderer.
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Prayer – an accessible treatment

Do you see how great the power of prayer is? Where power, fortune, bravery and the knowledge of skilled doctors were of no use, the prayer of a poor Christian many times helped.
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We can always talk to God

We should remain calm, we should not lose our temper, but get accustomed with prayer from an early stage, to turn our eyes and soul to God, because help will come from Him.
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