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“We believers in Christ, having been gathered from the Gentiles, had been taken captive by the devil, though we were creatures of God. We were sold out to the demonic powers. Into this circumstance our Lord Jesus Christ came bearing the baggage of captivity, as Ezekiel says, and, covering his head so that his adversaries would not know him, preaching remission to those who had been taken captive and release to those held in chains…. After Christ freed us, we were snatched out of an old captivity into a new freeing captivity [to Christ], as he led us with him…
May 27, 2017
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How hard and painful does this appear! The Lord has required that “whoever will come after him must deny himself.” But what he commands is neither hard nor painful when he himself helps us in such a way so that the very thing he requires may be accomplished. For whatever seems hard in what is enjoined, love makes easy. – Saint Augustine . #TakeUpYourCross #FollowHim #Faith #Hope #CopticOrthodox #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #Follow #HisWill
May 26, 2017
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“Amazing! Look again, whither He has raised the Church. As though He were lifting it up by some engine, He has raised it up to a vast height, and set it on yonder throne; for where the Head is, there is the body also. There is no interval of separation between the Head and the body; for were there a separation, then would the one no longer be a body, nor would the other any longer be a Head.” St John Chrysostom #FeastoftheAscension #HolyFifty #Christisrisen #TrulyHeisrisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
May 25, 2017
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“I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.” St John Chrysostom . . #eternallife #ourrealhome #wherewebelong #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodoxy #godspromise #holy50days
May 24, 2017
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“We cannot find God, unless we find Him in our own hearts” St Augustine. . . #Godwithin #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #holy50days
May 23, 2017
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“Find Jesus at the door of your heart and you will discover paradise.” St John Chrysostom #eternallife #inChrist #SonofGod #HolyFifty #Christisrisen #TrulyHeisrisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
May 22, 2017
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![“We believers in Christ, having been gathered from the Gentiles, had been taken captive by the devil, though we were creatures of God. We were sold out to the demonic powers. Into this circumstance our Lord Jesus Christ came bearing the baggage of captivity, as Ezekiel says, and, covering his head so that his adversaries would not know him, preaching remission to those who had been taken captive and release to those held in chains…. After Christ freed us, we were snatched out of an old captivity into a new freeing captivity [to Christ], as he led us with him…](https://ukmidcopts.org/wp-content/uploads/18645688_249248845553208_9158911265005895680_n.jpg)
