"Learn to be silent so that God can speak on your behalf..."

 

I am The way, The truth and The life. No one comes to the Father except through Me... (John 14:6)

 

Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. But the gate is small and the path is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... (Matthew 7:13-14)

‫مساؤك خير لي

طوبى للرجل المتوكل عليه

 

نجنا من - لبابا شنودة الثالث

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End... (Revelation 22:13)

 

Light will prevail...

 

For whom the Lord loves He corrects and He scourges every son He receives... (Hebrews 12:6)

 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper... (Psalm 1:1-3)

 

... and the gates of hades will not prevail against it... (Matthew 16:18)

 

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongdoings. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away... ( 1 Corinthians 13:4-8)

 

Whom have I in heaven but You, and earth has nothing I desire besides You... (Psalm 73:25)

 

البابا شنودة الثالث - الرب يحفظك

الله نوري وخلاصي | مزمور 27 |

Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me... (Song of Solomon 6:5)

 

Blessed are those who have believed and have not seen... (John 20:29)

 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it... (John 1:1-5)

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him... (John 1:3)

 

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. To Him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever. Who by His understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever. He spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever. He made the great lights— His love endures forever. The sun to govern the day, His love endures forever. The moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever... (Psalm 136: 1-9)

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you... Only with your eyes you shall see the reward of the wicked... (Psalm 91:7-8)

 

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, God... My soul thirsts for Him, the living God; When shall I come and appear before Him? (Psalm 42:1-2)

 

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded... (James 4:8)

 

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away... (1 Corinthians 13:8)

 

“You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would know My Father also...” (John 8:19)

 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths... ( Proverbs 3:5-6)

 

تأمل تستطيع كل شئ - البابا شنودة الثالث

لا تشمتي بي يا عدوتي إذا سقطت أقوم إذا جلست في الظلمة فالرب نور لي

 

They will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them...(Mark 16:18)

 

صلاة البار تستجاب

 

Do as they say, but not as they do... (Matthew 23:3)

 

Love is the greatest of all treasures, without it there is nothing and with it there is everything... It is Love alone that gives worth to all things...

 

Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord... From the rising of the sun to its setting, let the name of the Lord be praised... It is He who has made us and not we ourselves... (Psalm 118:26; Psalm 113:3; Psalm 100:3)

 

 

تمسك بوعود الرب - لبابا شنودة

Blessed is the man whom You choose, and cause him to approach You, that He may dwell in Your courts... (Psalm 65:4)

 

You will know them by their fruit... (Matthew 7:16)

 

 

"The position of power is like a cancer. It eats one slowly and one does not even know it. Before you realise it, you can turn into something that you once always despised..." (St. Nektarios)

 

But whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this sinful and adulterous generation, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He returns in his Father’s glory... (Mark 8:38)

 

"God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble...” (James 4:6)

 

"Success is not always good, failures are also good..."

 

"Many great men have stood firm in adversities, many others have fallen because of prosperity..."

 

"To test the true character of a man, give him wealth and power to see what he will do with it..."

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

 

What shall I give you Lord, in return for all Your kindness? Glory to You for Your love. Glory to You for Your mercy. Glory to You for Your patience. Glory to You for forgiving us our sins. Glory to You for saving our souls. Glory to You for Your incarnation, Glory to You for Your bonds. Glory to You for receiving the cut on Your flesh, Glory to You for accepting mockery. Glory to You for Your crucifixion. Glory to You for Your burial. Glory to You for Your resurrection. Glory to You who were preached, Glory to You in whom they believed. Glory to You who were taken up into heaven. Glory to You who sit in great glory, at the Father's right hand. Glory to You whose will it is that, the sinner should be saved through, Your great mercy and compassion. (Ephraem the Syrian)

 

"It does not matter so much how one is born, but it matters how one dies..."

 

 

LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? It is he who walks uprightly, who works righteousness and speaks the truth in his heart. It is he who does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbour, nor take up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honours those who fear the LORD. He swears to his own hurt and does not change; he who does not put out his money at usury, nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved...(Psalm 15:1-5)

From the rising of the sun to its setting, let the name of the Lord be praised... (Psalm 113:3)

 

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but endures forever... (Psalm 125:1)

 

Good and upright is the LORD... All His ways are perfect... (Psalm 25:8; Psalm 18:30)

 

I will wait on Your name; for it is good... (Psalm 52:9)

 

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name... (Psalm 103:1)

 

Why should ye be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint... (Isaiah 1:5)

 

أَنَا لِحَبِيبِي وَحَبِيبِي لِي... (نش 6: 3)