hiswill Archives • Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

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 …

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

How hard and painful does this appear! The Lord has required that “whoever will come after him must deny himself.” …

“Nothing that has been created has been made without Him; for He is the life that made the creation possible.” – St. Hilary Bishop of Poitier . #AbideInHim #Desires #HisWill

“Nothing that has been created has been made without Him; for He is the life that made the creation possible.” …

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:13-14 . . . James is not trying to take away our freedom to decide, but he is showing us that it is not just what we want that matters. We need God’s grace to complement our efforts and ought to rely not on them but on God’s love for us. As it says in Proverbs: “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1) – St. John Chrysostom #vapour #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #dailyreadings #submit #hiswill we look to the #lifeoftheworldtocome #everlastinglife

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year …