“If you have begun some good work, you should not be turned from it by the enemy’s attempts to hinder you, indeed your endurance will overthrow the enemy.” Anna Syncletica #HolySpirit #Baptism #Temptation #wilderness #fasting #endurance #FastoftheApostles #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Let us seek to discover the things of heaven through the sweat of our efforts, rather than by mere talk, for at the hour of death it is deeds, not words, that must be displayed.” Saint John Climacus #watchfulness #endurance #afflictions #evangelism #ministry #faithfulness #FastoftheApostles #fasting #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
God is enduring in winning sinners, and sees that he who does not repent today may repent tomorrow, and he who does not repent now may repent later – H.H Pope Shenouda lll. . . #mercifulGod #godof2ndchances #endurance #repent #returntoGod #graciousGod #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #orthodox #copticorthodox
“Inasmuch as you tire here, will you find rest in eternity; inasmuch as you endure here, will you delight there.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #endurance #FrSamaanShehata #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Accordingly, I beseech you, let us so perform all our actions that we may not fail to obtain such glory as this. To obtain it is by no means difficult, if we desire it, or arduous, if we apply ourselves to it. For, “If we endure, we shall also reign.” What is the meaning of …