Daily Devotional for December 8-14
Sunday Romans 15: 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now may...
Orthodox Quote for December 7
“The riddle of life is so mysterious that the more we try to solve it the deeper seems the mystery, but the more we work and pray, the nearer...
Orthodox Quote for December 6
“Those who are addicted to the imagination have withdrawn from God’s grace and from the realm of Divine revelation. They have abandoned the heart in which grace is revealed...
Orthodox Quote for December 5
“He chastens us a little in order to keep us humble, for He knows how easily our weak human nature changes, how easily it turns towards evil. He treats...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Resisting Sin Immediately
“People become captives. Passion is like a snake that has poison within it. There are said to be big snakes with poisonous breath that poisons any living thing in...
Orthodox Quote for December 4
“Like all children, sometimes we listen and heed His counsel, and sometimes we are obstinate in wanting things that are harmful to us or lead us away from the...
Orthodox Quote for December 3
“Walk straight ahead. Keep knocking a little longer through frequent prayer, and not just a spring, but waterfalls from heaven and the fountain of the deep will open, so...
Orthodox Quote for December 2
“God has given me His abundant love. God has never abandoned me and my family. God has given us exactly what we needed when we needed it. God continually...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Blocking Satan
“Satan appears according to the kind of person you are. If someone has not set out on the spiritual life in a normal manner, or if he is burdened...
Orthodox Quote for December 1
“In fact it may well be that by following the secular world and its goals and aspirations we become not only sceptical but disbelieving and in those circumstances we...