Joseph the Righteous was strong in understanding and in interpreting dreams. There is no doubt that this was a gift of God and that the Lord was with him.· He was strong in management, for when he was in the house of Potiphar he succeeded in all that he put his hand to. (Genesis 39)… Continue reading Joseph’s Incredible Strength!

1. It is not possible unless one first loves God. Jesus gave us the clue when He said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength and with all thy soul, and thy neighbor as thyself.” If you love God with your… Continue reading The 5 Secrets Behind Loving Your Enemy!

A little boy sat one night at the desk in his room, his pudgy face pressed against the paned-glass as he looked out into the street. He was watching a lamplighter going up and down the streets, lighting the old gas street lamps. His mother called him for dinner; he didn’t come. She had to… Continue reading Are you punching holes in the darkness?

1.) The very moment the body’s will leans toward some sensual desire, curb it, deny it, avoid it and remove yourself from the surrounding of it. Just as the body would use a stray thought or desire to distract your prayerful moments, do the same. When the body’s senses try to lean toward a desire,… Continue reading Tips On Training Your Natural Will!

There is a very simple technique that you can use to challenge yourself. It is a challenge technique used by soldiers in their battlefields. For often times, in a war, a soldier can be stationed in a fox hole, or lookout, simply to wait until the enemy approaches. This waiting can completely deaden the senses… Continue reading Try This Challenge!

Being Christian is the most unnatural thing you will ever do. For our human nature is in direct opposition to our spiritual yearnings and as such, you will find that the very greatest battle you will ever fight in this spiritual warfare is the battle with yourself. Be prepared to fight against your wants, your… Continue reading A Constant and Daily War!

If one man is with another person and knows things concerning him, and if you, twenty years old, know things concerning your neighbour, can Satan, who has been with you from birth, not know your thoughts? For he is already many years old. Still we do not say that before he tempts he knows what… Continue reading Does Satan know our Plans?

People around him try to stop him, but the blind man cries louder, “Jesus of Nazareth, have mercy on me.” Hearing the cry, Jesus stood still. What a marvelous revelation of God this is! Jesus was no doubt on His way to some important mission. But above the noise of the crowd He heard the… Continue reading The Power of Prayer!

About various visions: How does one make a distinction between visions from the Holy Spirit and visions conjured from the Evil one.  Firstly, pray and make supplication unto the Revealer of secrets that He may make you posses the ability to distinguish between these matters.  I have learned that the visions and revelation of the… Continue reading The way of the Devil! Part 2

St Anthony, a master of discernment, a wise guide to the traveler, and a trained athlete in the wars of the supernatural, wrestled for many years against the schemes of the devils.  We recall what St. Paul says, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers, principalities, and rulers of darkness (Eph 6:12). … Continue reading The way of the Devil! Part 1

When Jesus says, “Come,” He does not stand on the top rung of a long, high ladder in heaven to signal us to start climbing. For He Himself has climbed down the ladder to stand at our very elbows. He has come to us. “For us men and for our salvation (He) came down from… Continue reading He Came!

I take time to thank God for the good things that came into my day. I review the many details of the day in no particular order. For instance, I thank God for sunshine or rain, for getting a chair fixed, for a phone call from a friend, for feeling good all day long, for… Continue reading Examination of your Conscience!

Could you imagine an army commander, being advised by his scouts, that the enemy is on the move to his position and will soon be attacking – and the commander turns away, puts up his hands and says, “I don’t want to know.” Ignorance is certainly NOT blissful. Ignorance is an action on our part… Continue reading Ignorance is NOT Bliss!

Peo­ple react quite dif­fer­ently when con­fronting suf­fer­ing. Some cry out in anger; oth­ers rebel in frus­tra­tion. Another might seek scape­goat to vent his frus­tra­tions. A fourth might instead aban­don the way of purity and right­eous­ness, and decide to live a life of plea­sure and lust, feel­ing almost jus­ti­fied to lust for his light affliction. St.… Continue reading Dealing with Suffering!

Our Lord Jesus Christ is a generous and loving Father, always giving us more than we need. As He is perfect in His love and perfect in His knowledge of His children, He knows our hearts desires and always provides for us. Although it may seem at times that God does not listen to us… Continue reading Our Provider!

In Luke 14:27, Christ commands any Christian to do the following… “And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.” So what does it mean to really Carry this Cross, What does it entail and why is it sometimes the most painful thing to do. I recently got this… Continue reading Carry The Cross

The twelve apostles formed the inner core of the Lord Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry. They were personally chosen by the Lord Himself, had the power of working miracles, and were inspired to teach and to do extraordinary mission work. On the Feast of Pentecost the Holy Spirit came down on the apostles and they became… Continue reading Why the Apostles Fast?

A large passenger ship was crossing the Atlantic. The ocean which had been so blue and peaceful early in the afternoon suddenly became a black and angry sea, dashed with foam and white caps. The terrible storm sent most of the passengers to their staterooms. Some of the less fearful gathered in small groups along… Continue reading Do you have the 3rd Eye?

“We can have experience long before we have explanation. In fact, experience comes before understanding. Without the experience first, we have nothing to reflect on but abstractions and theories. All of man’s attempts to describe beauty are nothing compared to actually seeing and smelling a beautiful rose. As Orthodox Christians we believe in the Holy… Continue reading How do we Experience God?

Rare is the person who has suffered a grievous loss in death who does not experience some guilt. We recall the many things we left undone, or the unkind things we did to the deceased. The husband feels he should have been more considerate of his wife; a parent feels he should have spent more… Continue reading Dealing with GUILT! Vote NOW