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

When you take food to nourish your body, you can scarcely be induced to leave the table before you are fully satisfied, except in an urgent situation, where you will not readily do so. How much more eagerly ought you to dwell on your spiritual nourishment and strengthen your soul with prayer; for the soul is far superior to the body, as heaven above earth, and the Heavenly above the earthly- St Basil the Great . . #spiritualfood #thewordofGod #prayer #lent #dailycopticreadings #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #orthodoxy #copticorthodox

When you take food to nourish your body, you can scarcely be induced to leave the table before you are …

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“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” – 2 Timothy 3:16 . “Knowing the Holy Scriptures strengthens the spirit, cleans the conscience, uproots obsessive lusts, deepens virtue, uplifts the mind, enables confrontation of unexpected surprises, protects against the strikes of Satan, transports us to heaven itself, liberates man from the flesh, and grants him wings for flight” – St. John Chrysostom #scriptures #theWordofGod #profitablefordoctrine #reproof #correction #instructionintighteousness #transportsustoheaven #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in …

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“Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel, and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God. For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.” -Philippians‬ ‭1:27-30‬ . “He says well “terrified”, as that is what our enemies intend to do, to terrify us. He says that there is nothing to terrify us, whatever are their plans; That is the portion of those who walk upright, Their enemy can do nothing more than to try to terrify them. When they realize that, with all their planning, they cannot terrify you, they would count it as a proof of their perdition. When the persecutors could not overcome those they persecute; the planners could not overcome those against whom they plan; and those of authority could not overcome those under their authority; Is it not a proof enough that their perdition is close at hand? that their power is naught, and that what they did are vain and weak? … The apostle says that all this is from God.” -St. John Chrysostom . . . #Coptic #CopticOrthodox #Gospel #TheWordOfGod

“Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or …

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