Patience and Suffering
"So much of modern life is aimed at achieving quick results: there is a kind of immediacy that technology has made possible. If there is...
Criticism
“We live in a culture of knee-jerk criticism. See something about someone on the news, we immediately think we know the full truth about...
Spiritual Warfare and Growth
“Sin is portrayed in Scripture as an active and powerful force in unrelenting pursuit of its victims (Gen. 4:7; 1 Pet. 5:8), and the...
Perseverance/Persistence
“We need to have perseverance in our petitions before God.” (Orthodox Study Bible, John 2:3-5) “When bad thoughts surround us like a...
Heart (Meditation and Union)
“...the mind and logic are not the same thing; logic functions within the brain, while the mind functions within the heart. Thus, the...
Willingness
“If you would enter into the mystery, then, like Christ Himself, you must become small, weak, poor, misunderstood, and willing to be...
Praying in Jesus' Name
"…the Name Jesus as His proper Name is ontologically connected with Him. For us it is the bridge between ourselves and Him [cf. Jn....
Hiding
"Too often we recall that Adam and Eve were cast out of Paradise for disobedience and sin. In one sense this is true, but there is a...
Complexity and Simplicity
“God is “a Spirit, an incomplex Being . . . not composed of a series or of a multitude of thoughts, or of a multitude of words or...
Grace and Discernment
“When one receives grace, there is then need for the greatest prudence and discernment. God gives these to the person that asks Him for...