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“Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.” Acts 12:5 . “This is the strong weapon of the Church: the collective fervent and persistent prayer, especially that, together with faith in God’s work and His ability to save; it bears the fragrance of love for God and for one another.” Father Tadros Yacoub Malaty #prayer #prayforoneanother #churchprayers #powerofprayer #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.” Acts 12:5 …

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“I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.” – John 10:14 . “The Lord Jesus Christ is the door I pass through to come to you. Through Him I have access to your hearts rather than to your homes. I enter through the Lord. He is the Lord within me and he is the One you desire to hear. Why do you seek to hear the Lord through me? Because you are His flock and you have been bought by His Blood. You know your worth – it is not paid through me; yet I am the instrument that preaches Him. It is He, He alone, who is the Buyer and He has poured His precious Blood- the precious Blood of the One who is without sin.” – St. Augustine #goodshepherd #HeknowsHisflock #HisflockknowHim #knowyourworth #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.” – John 10:14 . …

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“And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”” – Mark 1:10-11 . “He descended, at first, over Christ, Who received the Holy Spirit, not for His own sake but for ours, the human kind, as we, by Him and in Him, we are granted grace over grace… And now, we took Christ as our role Model; so let us approach the grace of holy baptism… that God would open for us the gates of heaven, and would send to us the Holy Spirit, who receives us as His children. As God, the Father, addressed Christ, at the time of His holy baptism, as though, by Him and in Him, He received man who is inhabiting the earth, proclaiming in the sweet voice, the sonship of human kind, saying: “You are My beloved Son; In You I am well pleased” (Lk. 3:22).” – St. Cyril the Great #theHolySpirithasdescendedonus #weareHisbeloved #incarnation #HegaveuswhatisHis #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a …

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“For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10 . “He ceased to please men when he became Christ’s servant, Christ’s soldier marches on through good report and evil report (2 Cor. 6:8), the one on the right hand and the other on the left. No praise elates him, no reproaches crush him. He is not puffed up by riches, nor does he shrink into himself because of poverty. Joy and sorrow he alike despises. It is a monk’s first virtue to despise the judgments of men.” – St. Jerome #bondservantofChrist #marchon #soldiersofChrist #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased …

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“that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.” – 1 Peter 4:2 . “The cross of our Lord became a fort, a refuge against our former sins. Therefore, since we are renewed, let us be steadfast in the cross, in the truth, and restore our sanctification” – St. Clement of Alexandria #nolongerlivingfortheflesh #livingforthewillofGod #besteadfastinthecross #besteadfastintruth #restoreoursanctification #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but …

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