Anastasia1
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« on: October 26, 2012, 01:57:48 AM » |
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I'm falling into temptation a lot lately and really need to be stronger in my walk, like that whole armor of God thing. I'm feeling kind of pathetic and want to give up trying to change my life in other ways or not be a pathetic loser who knows it.
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2 Cor. 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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NicholasMyra
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2012, 02:13:05 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy!
I know that feeling.
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2012, 07:36:52 PM » |
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Golly that sounds super familiar! Hang in there.. praying... Lord have mercy
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2012, 08:25:04 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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Prov. 3: 5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Psalm 37:23 The Lord guides a man safely in the way he should go.
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2012, 10:29:32 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2012, 10:33:05 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2012, 01:11:08 PM » |
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may God guide you.
remember the armor of God (ephesians 6) is about putting on (having in your character) truth, righteousness, salvation (through Jesus Christ), faith, readiness to share the gospel and responding with the words of God (from the Bible and Holy Tradition).
all the rest of the book of ephesians has good advice for life too.
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« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2012, 01:19:23 PM » |
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May The Lord have mercy and grant you strength.
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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.
—St. Isaac of Syria
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« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2012, 01:26:59 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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"Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land!" (Priestmonk Christodoulos Aggeloglou, Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain Mount Athos, Greece, 1998,pp. 29-30, 48)
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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2012, 01:29:09 PM » |
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I've been feeling the same way as you do, my friend.
Kyrie eleison on us both.
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.  God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament |
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« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2012, 03:26:23 PM » |
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may God bless u too, Gta soldier.
remember it's a spiritual journey and there is something beautiful to learn every step of the way
(even if u only learn it later when the path gets easier and u look back).
keep up the journey and may God guide u.
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« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2012, 08:07:35 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
Hang in there.
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