Do not take advantage of the riches of His kindness, forbearance and patience - not knowing that God's kindness should lead you to repentance? (Romans 2:4)

 

O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; My being longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift up my hands... (Psalm 63:1-4)

 

If all things are lawful for me, not all things are helpful... If all things are lawful for me, I will not be mastered by any of them.... (1 Corinthians 6:12)

 

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither will the impure, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God... (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

 

A man of sorrows and familiar with suffering.... (Isaiah 53:3)

 

 

My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in your weakness... (2 Corinthians 12:9)

 

But if any of you wishes to be first, let him be last and whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be a servant for all... (Mark 9:35)

 

 

"I do not wish to be a saint for the sake thereof. But if sanctity is the only way to see the face of Jesus, then so be it..." (Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria)

 

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever... (Hebrews 13:8)

 

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you... (Matthew 6:33)

 

 

 

The highest form of prayer is to stand silently in awe before God... (St. Isaac the Syrian)

 

But if the salt loses its taste, how can it be made salty again? It will then be good for nothing except to be thrown out and be trampled underfoot by men... (Matthew 5:13)

 

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain... (Psalm 127:1)

 

And now these three will remain: Faith, Hope and Love.... But the greatest of these is Love... (1 Corinthians 13:13)

 

مبارك الآتي باسم الرب

 

سلاما أترك لكم سلامي أعطيكم ليس كما يعطي العالم أعطيكم أنا لا تضطرب قلوبكم ولا ترهب

 

Behold, He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see Him— yes, even those who pierced Him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So it shall be, Amen... (Revelation 1:7)

 

For what shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? (Romans 8:35)

 

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the mouth that utters lies shall be destroyed... (Proverbs 19:9)

 

المحبة تستر على اخطاء كثيرة

 

Do not withhold the rod from your son when it is due. Surely he will not die from it... He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently... Discipline him while there is hope, if you do not wish to see his destruction... A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother... Correct him and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul... (Proverbs 23:13; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 29:17)

 

وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ إِذَا قَالَ فِيكُمْ جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ حَسَنًا. لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا كَانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ يَفْعَلُونَ بِالأَنْبِيَاءِ الْكَذَبَةِ...

 

طوبى للأنقياء القلب لأنهم يعاينون الله

 

I was glad when they said to me, let us go into the house of the Lord... (Psalm 122:1)

 

The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone... (2 Chronicles 20:15)

 

... for fools despise wisdom and instruction.. At the end of their life they will groan when their flesh and their bodies are consumed, and then they will say, "How we hated instruction and despised correction..." (Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 5:11-12)

 

If you spend your days taking Jesus as a joke, He will make sure you will finish them as a joke...

 

"The majority of those who end up in hell never believed it existed..."

..and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it... (2 Chronicles 20:15)

 

..after Friday crucifixion, comes Sunday resurrection...

 

“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled by many things. But only one thing is required and your sister Mary has chosen the better part..." (Luke 10:41-42)

 

قيامة السيد المسيح من بين الأموات †

ما يزرعه الانسان اياه يحصد

 

الذي يزرعه الإنسان إياه يحصد - أبونا داود لمعي

Blessed is the servant, whom his Master finds watching when He returns... (Luke 12:37)

 

"If you believe in nothing, you will become a nothing..." (Bishop Mari Emmanuel)

 

But God chose the foolish things to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of this world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly and despised things and the things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are... (1 Corinthians 1:27-28)

For our war is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms... (Ephesians 6:12)

 

... and if they hate you, remember that they hated Me first... (John 15:18)

 

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations... (Psalm 100)

 

When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek...” I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, therefore I will not be moved... (Psalm 27:8; Psalm 16:8)

 

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever... (Hebrews 13:7-8)

 

 

"Do not reject the authority that God sends you, for they could be the last reason for you to see His face..."

 

Love covers a multitude of faults... (1 Peter 4:8)

".. he who is indifferent to the passion of Christ and His suffering, will be indifferent at any other time of the year..."

 

"God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or anyone else could love us, and even more than we are able to love ourselves..." + St. John Chrysostom

 

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