“The Will is like a brass wall between man and God. It is like a stumbling stone by which we go against and oppose the Will of God”. Abba Poemen. . . . . . “Therefore eternal and divine things are to be followed, and all things must be done after the will of God, …
“If then you have become the throne of God, and the Heavenly Charioteer has seated Himself within you, and your soul is entirely transformed into a spiritual eye, and is made into light; if you too are nourished with the heavenly food of that Spirit and have drunk of the Living Water, and have put …
“It is the Lord Himself who sows, for He dwells in the apostles. It is He who also harvests, and without Him they are counted as nothing… For the Lord says (John 15:5) “Without Me you can do nothing”. St Augustine #preaching #willofgod #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings
“Lord, turn Thou our faces away from the world by the desire of Thee, that we may see it for what it is, and no longer believe in a shadow as in truth. Fashion us anew, O Lord, and renew and give our mind zeal before death, so that in the hour of our departure …
“Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” Galatians 1:3,4 . “What may not the hearts of believers promise themselves as the gift of …
