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I have quoted this passage so that I might make use of the apostle’s words to deter your free will from evil and to exhort it to what is good. Nor should you on this account glory in man, i.e., in yourselves and not in the Lord. You are not living according to the flesh but are putting the deeds of the flesh to death by the Spirit. – Saint Augustine . #FollowTheSpirit #HisWill #Flesh #HolySpirit #Deeds #FollowHim #DailyReadings #Coptic #Orthodox #CopticOrthodox

I have quoted this passage so that I might make use of the apostle’s words to deter your free will …

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“The soul that really loves God and Christ, though it may do ten thousand righteousnesses, esteems itself as having wrought nothing, by reason of its insatiable aspiration after God. Though it should exhaust the body with fastings, with watchings, its attitude towards the virtues is as if it had not yet even begun to labour for them.” – Saint Macarius the Great . #FastingAndPraying #GiveToTheLord #Deeds #Fast #Prayer #Lent #Easter #Righteousness #Righteous #Proverbs #CopticOrthodox #DailyReadings #Coptic #Orthodox

“The soul that really loves God and Christ, though it may do ten thousand righteousnesses, esteems itself as having wrought …

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“Service is an expression of love overflowing from the heart, it is a desire to serve.” – Pope Shenouda . #Deeds #Service #Truth #Light #FollowGod #ListenToGod #WaitForGod #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #CopticOrthodox #Lent

“Service is an expression of love overflowing from the heart, it is a desire to serve.” – Pope Shenouda . …

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