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Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. – Psalm‬ ‭51:10‬ . . . Be ashamed when you sin, don’t be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance. – Saint John Chrysostom . . . #Coptic #Orthodox #HolySpirit #Repentance #Confession #Sin #CopticOrthodox #DailyReadings #HolySpirit

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. – Psalm‬ ‭51:10‬ . . …

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“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” – 1 John 5:14 . “Those who possess technical skills and know how to repair things are fully confident that when the need arises they will be able to do so. Similarly these holy men, John and other apostles, knew from their own experience that if they asked God for what was pleasing and acceptable to him, they would obtain it. For God is most generous to those who have this knowledge and will grant the requests of those who ask according to his will.” – St. Didymus the Blind #askanditwillbegiven #Hehearsus #ChristIsRisen #ChristisRisenAndAscended #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. – Luke 24:51-53 . . . “Through the Holy Spirit comes our restoration to paradise, our ascension into the kingdom of heaven, our return to the adoption of sons, our liberty to call God our Father, our being made partakers of the grace of Christ, our being called children of light, our sharing in eternal glory, and, in a word, our being brought into a state of all “fullness of blessing,” both in this world and in the world to come, of all the good gifts that are in store for us, by promise hereof, through faith, beholding the reflection of their grace as though they were already present, we await the full enjoyment.” – St. Basil the Great . . . #CopticOrthodox #Coptic #DailyReadings #HolySpirit #FeastOfAscension #ChildrenOfLight

Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. …

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“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” 1 John 5:12 . “A heart that has received the heavenly seed is changed in its speech, changed in its thinking, changed in its way of life, changed in its senses. In all that pertains to him such a man is different from the rest of men, and he is like a man who slumbered and has risen from sleep.” St Isaac the Syrian #lifeinChrist #dailyreadings #Holy50 #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” …

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“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:5 . “Just as a man whose head is submerged in the water cannot breathe the subtle air which is poured upon the atmosphere’s empty opening, so he who immerses his mind in the cares of the present life cannot take in the breath that is a perception of the new world.” St Isaac the Syrian #theSpirit #liveaccordingtotheSpirit #dailyreadings #Holy50 #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who …

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