Is so hard nowadays to live a righteous life. Please pray for me. 🙏🏻
@OrthodoxMezmur2127
Жыл бұрын
Remember where there is a lot of temptations, there will be a lot of God's grace. God always gives the right weapon for every battle. The fierce the war, the greater God's intervention. St. David said, "God teaches my hands to war". The battle is the Lord's.
@voievod9260
Жыл бұрын
Go and sin no more ! Ofcourse we will but we have to repent. Making progress in not commiting sins is possible. I myself have overcome masturbation only with the help of God.
@levesnet
Жыл бұрын
@@voievod9260God bless you!
@OrthodoxJourney359
2 жыл бұрын
I never understood Mercy until I turned to Orthodoxy.
@davidvuganeza
Жыл бұрын
You understand mercy now?
@GhostofFranky
Жыл бұрын
Yes Christ is in His Holy Orthodox Church and we taste His Grace and Mercy through it. It is something that I was thirsting for, and I could not find in even good churches. I had met many people that I believe love Christ. But I Love and Mercy I struggled to find. Then I entered the Orthodox Church and the Love of Christ poured into my soul. I even have sinned just like the man in the story. I even believed God did not love me. At this moment I know that God is merciful, and that He does love me. That He will always receive me with open arms.
@Alex462047
Жыл бұрын
Christ's answer to being scourged to within an inch of His human life, then crucified, was to say, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And His "revenge" for us putting Him to death was to conquer the tyranny of inevitable condemnation in death (whereby even the righteous descended to gehenna) and throw open the Gates of Paradise even to the repentant thief, crucified to His right, simply for recognising his own sin and God's Holiness. What a victory was won for us there, in answer to our theocidal ambitions, a dreadful and heavy sin. That, my friends, is mercy beyond anything we know.
@YeshuaLives7773
9 ай бұрын
Amen
@a_town_mac9672
3 ай бұрын
Same, and what a difference it makes! Christ’s love and mercy knows no end. Jesus saves ☦️
@thomasjorge4734
10 ай бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on me, a poor siinner.
@voievod9260
Жыл бұрын
"Go and sin no more". Jesus also wants us to stop repeating the sin but by constant repentance we can get to a point of not committing it again. Glory to God for everything !
@vivacristorey4363
11 ай бұрын
Amen. God, in His own wisdom likely wants to give examples of every kind to show that there is no excuse - that even those who sin every day can sincerely repent and have a good death. There is the danger that the presumptuous will misuse this - but the presumptuous tend to look for excuses either way. May God grant us all the grace of true repentance and freedom from sin.
@justreal4379
Жыл бұрын
I am still struggling with lust (masturbation)😭😭. LORD JESUS CHRIST HAVE MERCY ON US SINNERS ☦️
@snowps1
6 ай бұрын
I'm sure even priests struggle with it.
@justreal4379
6 ай бұрын
@@snowps1 dumb!
@nagysamuel2575
5 ай бұрын
@snowps1 Sometimes it feels genuinely irrational to resist it, not that you need to do it everyday, but the fact that its not enough to boycott for months or years, you have to stop doing it period This is why the only way out of it, is divine intervention
@nagysamuel2575
5 ай бұрын
@snowps1 Sometimes it feels genuinely irrational to resist it, not that you need to do it everyday, but the fact that its not enough to boycott for months or years, you have to stop doing it period This is why the only way out of it, is divine intervention
@ihiohoh2708
4 ай бұрын
@@nagysamuel2575 Please pray for me that I can overcome this struggle.
@justinrau8392
2 ай бұрын
I grew up with so much lustful things around me, unrestricted internet access and low self control I am still stuck, I want to be better for God, I pray to come back to purity of mind...
@godsarmy8746
2 жыл бұрын
Despair is criminal, the Lord is quick to mercy
@karkkimarkkinat2109
2 жыл бұрын
This one hit home for me. Having been raised in a mormon family, I have spent most of my life in a completely devastated by despair type of state. Mormons have no proper understanding of grace. It's one of the reasons why there's so much depression, anxiety, eating disorders, suicide, etc. amongst mormon youth. We walk around in a constant state of torment due to our own inadequacy to deal with our sins... I don't know if I'm making sense, but this was my experience. This video was a game changer for me. I still struggle with this. I feel like I have zero self esteem having been grown up in this toxic, neurotic environment, but I'm starting to see the light.
@godsarmy8746
2 жыл бұрын
@@karkkimarkkinat2109 may the Lord bless you. You have my prayers
@karkkimarkkinat2109
2 жыл бұрын
@@godsarmy8746 thank you. I just got baptized into the true body of Christ a few weeks ago. I'm still carrying a lot of baggage from my toxic mormon upbringing, but I am slowly healing. Glory to God ☦️ thank you for your prayers 🙏🏻☦️
@yourkingdomcomeyourwillbedone
2 жыл бұрын
Everyday I sin and everyday I confess and repent. Glory be to God for his mercy and grace 🙏
@voievod9260
Жыл бұрын
Go and sin no more ! Ofcourse we will but we have to repent. Making progress in not commiting sins is possible. I myself have overcome masturbation only with the help of God.
@manager4409
Жыл бұрын
Why do you think God makes the male sex drive so wildly out of proportion with womens'?
@vivacristorey4363
11 ай бұрын
@@voievod9260Praise be to God that God's grace has freed you from your enslavement. However, we must not judge the sincerity of others. Only God knows the weaknesses and strengths of each person. We should strive to live a holy life. But if Christ said that He even forgives those who fall into the same sin every day, we cannot say otherwise. We must ask Christ to free us of our own sin, pray the same for others, and encourage those who are enslaved to never give up on God. It is despair and presumption that are the worst sins.
@bigol9223
8 ай бұрын
@@manager4409 it gives us great power if we control it
@pure-blood69
8 ай бұрын
@@manager4409women are just as bad maybe worse
@TheByzAmericanWizard
Жыл бұрын
This story always brings me to tears. Because it shows His mercy drowns out all sins and transgressions. As long as one brings his/herself to The Lord with fear of God. With Faith and Hope. Glory to Jesus Christ ☦️☦️☦️
@orthodox1717
Жыл бұрын
Correct! We must always repent and confess with faith and hope.
@QigongQi
2 жыл бұрын
I wish I never knew despair or despondency, terrible thing and from the devil. The parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee is what I remember every day. "GOD be merciful to me, a sinner." Luke 18-11:14
@franciscafazzo3460
Жыл бұрын
I'm alone in a hotel in the Air Force Base and left to myself I do stupid things and I have been in bondage to despair unbelief sexual sin I want to be raised out of hell into the body of Christ please pray for me everybody I just prayed for all of us my hope is only in him overcoming death in my heart and soul
@SeraphimVolker
Жыл бұрын
@@franciscafazzo3460 I got you Battle Buddy. Even if the chaplain doesn't understand Orthodoxy, you are not alone. There are others enlisted that are just the same as you. We are sinners looking to repent so that we may fight for the glory of the kingdom. Never stray from the way; "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
@voievod9260
Жыл бұрын
@@franciscafazzo3460Go and sin no more ! Ofcourse we will but we have to repent. Making progress in not commiting sins is possible. I myself have overcome masturbation only with the help of God.
@Horgler
5 ай бұрын
This came at the perfect time. I’ve been feeling so down on myself for going back to something I thought I had conquered nearly a year ago.
@Lilo82531
5 ай бұрын
Nothing is ever conquered my friend you are always in batlle. U fell becuase u belived that u had conquered it
@luv4da80s
2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly me. My prayer has now become to ask God to make me sincere and repentance and not fool myself. To grant me a hatred for sins of the flesh and lust of the eyes. I have experienced a point once where I was disgusted with a squeamish feeling if I saw a immodestly dressed woman. But when the door to sin is opened again, that's lost. Never stop getting up. That is the key.
@franciscafazzo3460
Жыл бұрын
Free love for the unworthy when he plants Resurrection Grace in us he brings repentance with him when we know his love and how horrible sin is let us hide in his wounds this is one of him says let me hide myself in the while I was praying to Jesus prayer the word body of Christ kept coming to me and I was thinking of his wounded side I've had such Mercy but I've fallen back and destroyed my soul by the torment it brings and maybe pride means after I've tasted the love of God and and my mind would get tormented
@theskyizblue2day431
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like you are projecting your sexual frustrations onto women. The higher ideal is to see a woman’s skin and neither think this way or that. As a single man, I struggle with seeing young women wearing what they do but I do not want to feel a hate toward their immodesty because I am looking at a person deserving of love and compassion. I used to feel exactly as you wrote, and then realized I was really just masking my bitterness towards woman’s beauty. They use it as a power over men. It does have power.
@franciscafazzo3460
5 ай бұрын
Jesus was all those things for you.He was sincere, he repented, he acted for us.Has us bearing our filthy sins more than that.He was righteous before god to free us from self righteousness as much as our sin
@carliebeau5329
5 ай бұрын
I slept with many men to find love. Guess what. Men want purity. I thought sex would make them love me. It was violence. Men really want women who serve them as pure as virgins. For their bodies to only be for their husbands. This is the truth. I'm thankful Jesus still loves me even though I committed vile acts of lust.
@saulrobertson3789
6 ай бұрын
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us!
@joshuajonah3061
2 жыл бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through Your sympathy, forgive my transgressions, Amen
@voievod9260
Жыл бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner !
@billydavenport8134
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. This was incredible. I needed this badly and God put it right in my recommended. Glory to his resurrection!
@randallb.7180
Жыл бұрын
The same thing happened to me.
@OftheDay777
10 ай бұрын
Run to Christ. Let us lean on God's strength and not our own. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
@Ascension.z
2 жыл бұрын
We adore you oh Christ our God have mercy upon us.
@Kade-p3z
10 ай бұрын
This video quite possibly just saved my life. I now realize that Christ truly died for me that I may live. I know his mercy. Glory to God.
@WORKOUTSOLUTIONS
Ай бұрын
✝️ ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС 💪 ☀️🙏✝ БЛАЖЕННЫ МИРОТВОРЦЫ ✝🙏🕊
@hermelahailu6921
11 ай бұрын
I struggle with the same sin. I pray God release me from my slavery and let me never come back to this wicked sin I committed 🙏
@Meowwolfwarrior
8 ай бұрын
The desert fathers are amazing, st Anthony of egypt is my favourite
@777Justin
2 жыл бұрын
That story never gets old
@ivygarcia9525
2 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@miropecovic3876
2 жыл бұрын
I love this story! I unfortunately sin frequently, and feel unworthy of the Lord's forgiveness. But this story helps me remember that no amount of sins can tilt the balance of Justice against the precious Blood our Lord Jesus shed on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. This story reminds me that He will not turn away anyone that comes to Him in the hopes that He may win us over! God bless you all!
@voievod9260
Жыл бұрын
Go and sin no more ! Ofcourse we will but we have to repent. Making progress in not commiting sins is possible. I myself have overcome masturbation only with the help of God.
@ourdictatorship
2 жыл бұрын
Praying to Our Lady for this helps many, as it particularly pleases the Lord to ask for His Mother's intercession for forgiveness and prevention both in respects of this crime. As for my own case, asking Our Mother's intercession completely cured me of it (yep, I prayed the degeneracy away!) and have been cured of the disorder many years now, which I mention not for my own pride, but for the glory of God's power by the intercessions of HIs Mother, the Theotokos. I have many more and worse sins that still haunt me a decade after converting, though, so I pray each night still - long as they are - the prayers to Our Mother and the Son and the Guardian Angel written for our edification at the end of Small Compline. It is good to ask also if you should pray a small list of common sins, contemplating whether you committed them during the day slowly and crossing yourself, asking forgiveness for all you remember doing related to such sins. It is good as well to go through a full examination of conscience if you have the time, or to do the aforementioned prayers and then the exam of conscience Saturday nights before Eucharist. As for "lists of sins," there is a great one in the Jordanville "Red Book" next to the "will this bed be my coffin or will you enlighten my soul with another day ... " plea, and also with the prayer to the Holy Spirit listed almost always third in order with any Russian-type prayer book. The longest (thus, best) I've read is a tie between a Confession direct to God to be prayed in between your scheduled Confessions (VERY good for Greeks, as we typically have to wait up to a month or two for our next Confession in our Tradition) and one of the prayers before Communion listed in the venerable Manual of Eastern Orthodox Prayers that can work well if you're crunched for time but in need of a full exam of conscience before Communion. Lastly, some (but not all) prayers to your Guardian Angel following the relevant Canon have such a prayer in a shorter form containing a petition for specific common daily sins, and though the list is shortest of all of these, it is the most relevant for my life, so I will sometimes use in place of the prescribed Compline prayer to the Guardian Angel to "consolidate" if I know my attention is fading before sleep.
@overlandkltolondon
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this
@luv4da80s
2 жыл бұрын
Whats the reason for the 1 or 2 month gap between confession? Does the orthodox faith explain this ?
@franciscafazzo3460
Жыл бұрын
Christ took your flesh upon him why why not go to Christ alone and give him glory
@voievod9260
Жыл бұрын
@@franciscafazzo3460we can receive great help through the prayers of the Mother of God with her Holy prayers she can intercede for us. And also, praying to saints asking them for their prayers and intercessions
@LadyMaria
8 ай бұрын
@@luv4da80sThe Greek tradition is lax on confession, sadly. In the Russian tradition one either has to confess before partaking of the Holy Eucharist, or once a month depending on what the Priest discerns. And of course we confess when the need arises outside of that.
@Oveneise
Жыл бұрын
For more than half my life I've dealt with this. I've gotten better thanks to the grace of God, the prayers of St. Mary & the Theotokos, but I still struggle. Chronic illness & stress are a big trigger for me.
@saintedward318
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Orthodox Wisdom for reading the works of the ancient fathers & saints and the contemporary saints. I listen to them while I work.
@zlatni_orao
2 жыл бұрын
This video is directly speaking to me
@Anonimni7
4 ай бұрын
Nedaj se. Hristos je tu Uvijek. Borba svakodnevna s grijehom i jeste poenta. U borbi s grijehom put ka Hristu se otvara.
@aussiebloke51
2 ай бұрын
I am not Orthodox (yet) but I have noticed the vast number of troparia, stichera, canons, and prayers, etc, that speak of God's mercy. The confidence in God's mercy is much more a foundation of Orthodoxy than in western christianity. Perhaps the awareness of sin and the need for growth in holiness has been forgotten by western christianity.
@farahbutros6119
2 ай бұрын
Lord Jesus have mercy. Pray for me!!!!
@franciscafazzo3460
Жыл бұрын
What beautiful messages I'm listening to from the Orthodox missionary channel Presbyterian I'd like to know the Savior and like to be free from sin I'd like to be healed I like to be connected to Christ and vital way please pray for me
@miropecovic3876
Жыл бұрын
God bless you and your family!
@Myyoutube625
Жыл бұрын
I needed to hear this so badly. I feel so wicked and have been so afraid for so long
@josephbrooks6251
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this encouraging message 🙏🏻
@staggwellscomedy217
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this message, for I have a newfound faith in God’s forgiveness.
@youbetyourwrasse
11 ай бұрын
"Resist to the point of shedding blood." Great advice. As folks shed blood all around them. Not their's of course.
@ChristAliveForevermore
10 ай бұрын
This is identical to my experiences... glory to God Most High!
@TheDroc1990
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@tommyrutherford400
Жыл бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner
@petergunn9149
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you my brother in Christ ☦️☦️☦️
@Graggle-fp3xs
Жыл бұрын
Last year in the early fall, while struggling in life, I cut communication with my only friends (they were no good for me, only encouraging self-destructive habits), and started reading a Bible from the beginning. I kept reading at varying rates, going throughout most of this time to a protestant church. As I read I tried to learn more and to do better in life, and I did, I really felt freed up until around Good Friday, when while reading on the events of that day two thousand years ago when our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was crucified, I saw an image of Jesus on the Cross, and a thought crossed my mind, one which should not have. I don't remember what it was, but it was wrong. Over the weekend, I began to feel great stress, and began to agonize as these thoughts populated my mind, and it feels more and more each passing day that they had always populated my heart. I started to chant "stop it" and "God help me" as mantra in my head as I couldn't go a minute without thinking something abhorrent. I began to realize that I had no true zeal, that I could not have given myself up to die were it necessary, that in reality I had no faithfulness, that I didn't feel love for Him, that I didn't even know what love was, but that if I could not allow my death then all I could possibly love is myself. With every day passing I've fallen deeper into this direction, and in recent days these thoughts that as my heart is not truly destroyed having had these thoughts, I must already be condemned. I don't want to tell people this as it all horrifies me, and I can only imagine they will shun me, but I know that I must tell someone. I confess this each night, but if I do it again, if I continue to despair, if my mind is in distress while my lips speak empty praise, then it seems I can't believe that I would be forgiven. I don't know where to say this, and there's no one but God with whom I have been able to take this, I don't know with whom, if anyone I should bring up this fear with. I guess what it comes down to is that although I try to learn of Christianity, it's message of hope, I seem to carry very deeply one of abject despair, and some backwards mentality that wants me to reject Christ and his message, to wallow. My prime concern is that if I speak how I do here, to try to spill my guts and it with them, I serve only it's ends by spreading this. I don't want to enter deeper into church or into anything else Christian until I'm sorted, or else I would be a false Christian, and somehow this despair would manifest itself much worse some other way.
@livestock984
9 ай бұрын
Have you found christ now brother? I am struggling myself. Possibly possed by satan in someway. I will conquer myself through christ.
@FanyusAnonymous
7 ай бұрын
I'm going through a similar thing, although, really, my sins are worse, so please don't despair. Remember, God keeps calling you for your whole life. As far as I understand, anything is forgiven, if we repent of it. I've always been emotionally inept, in that I can't feel much emotion consistently; it comes and goes, sometimes strongly and weakly, but please remember advice my parish priest gave me 'You don't have to feel repentant. It's enough to firmly resolve not to sin again, and go into confession, and do the penance the priest gives you. Remember, you can keep on going into confession. A 100 times, if we must.
@evelynsmith2975
6 ай бұрын
wow I’ve never been so inspired. Began to start to feel hopeless. Thank you for this reminder 💝 Thank you God for your unfathomable mercy 🙏🏽
@orthocatsr.8723
2 жыл бұрын
I coddle despair because I feel like it's realistic and I feel as though God never answers one prayer of mine. The agony gets worse with age. It's even catalysted apparent paranormal activity like an orb and much sleep paralysis. I barely discovered orthodoxy and the gregorian chants really helps very much. Orthodox and Catholic worship has really opened my eyes to how much I am bad seed that falls upon thorns and I'm so westernized and covetous to my own hubris. I didn't know how to navigate life and now feel stuck in a living tartorus but I know I am not being grateful enough because I have escaped very close encounters. I remember one day I accidentally drove over a snake and that almost happened to me in an altercation later that night. I should be incarcerated or paralyzed and God showed me by a sign that day. My negativity has ruined my life and damaged or deleted all my relationships and it's pretty likely one day I'll die of a heart attack alone constantly dwelling on things that make my guts turn to snakes or accidentally have an outburst of wrath that can lead to inadvertent worse circumstance
@OrthodoxWisdom
2 жыл бұрын
The warfare is mainly internal. Are you familiar with the Jesus Prayer? Pray it continually, especially when demons attack. The Christian life is falling down and getting up, falling down and getting up, falling down and getting up. Always get up.
@orthocatsr.8723
2 жыл бұрын
@@OrthodoxWisdom i appreciate, I was just thinking about that Sir. I have vendettas and desires that don't coincide with that prayer. i.e someone messed with a relationship that took me a lifetime to have and it's an inevitable fist fight with a godless person I should have done away with decades ago. I try to get prayer from other protestants to reach God beyond my anger and problems but they can't relate and asking protestants for intercession prayer is like job's three friends. I feel I pray excruciatingly harder than the results and when I was protestant, it infuriated me to sin but now orthodoxy is far more beautiful. I'm just to the point that asking and telling God about the same problems with very little hope to change due to a lifetime of failure with it and now being overencumbered with age and lack of time feels like it's going to give me an aneurysm or heart attack like Saint Abigail's ex husband and I'm getting too old to mount a life comeback anyways. I fight hating God with a passion but Orthodox and Gregorian chants ripped my soul apart and I don't want to be Christ's enemy and the longer I live, the more demonized damaged my lack of faith and love can cause. The paths of life flee from me and cling to whoremongers and the haughty where I'm from. I don't want to infringe my ogre presence into a real temple with nice family people because I'm demonically oppressed and full of covetousness ... I'm constantly stuck with being under nepotismistic godless people with no other options. I appreciate that orthodoxy doesn't lie about inevitable suffering whereas my protestant background worships materialsm and probably gave me unrealistic expectations of God. Whatever the problem is, I know God is good and I'm an idiot. Still, asking God for the same things and my superfluous existence burning in passion and lifelong unavoidable poverty in hypergamous USA life makes me want to kill myself and it's calling me to hate utterly everything but the blessed virgin Herself . I'm sorry for whining so long. I'm sick of myself
@randalejetmagalit1198
2 жыл бұрын
@@orthocatsr.8723 I hope you're okay, wherever you are. May you stay safe and strong out there. May you take care of yourself, and others, as much as you can. I pray whatever happens to you, may you fight the Good Fight and keep the Faith. God Bless you. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have Mercy upon us, sinners.
@luv4da80s
2 жыл бұрын
The best advice i could ever give you that's never failed anyone including myself. Look to the Blessed virgin Mary to intercede for you. Pray the Rosary everyday. Pray all 4 Rosaries if you can and do a consecration to her. If you know nothing of this and it's importance , read True devotion to Mary by St Louis De Monfort.
@franciscafazzo3460
Жыл бұрын
I understand you we are one with each other and together let us pray that Mercy flows out from us but let us think about being included in the incarnate Christ may he draw Us in resurrect us as one Orthodox priest said when you feel like death cry out to God and to Christ Jesus to resurrect us oh Lord resurrect me oh Lord resurrect us with your life love and grace we need the body of Christ pray for me please
@KyriEleis986
Ай бұрын
🙏Mary🙏
@levesnet
Жыл бұрын
The Lord is infinite in mercy. Hallelujah!
@ariessmith4910
Жыл бұрын
This had a profound effect on me... Thank you.
@ivygarcia9525
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! There is NO GREATER LOVE! Glory to our infinitely merciful God forever!!! 🙏☦️💞🕊🌸
@Ascension.z
Жыл бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ thank you for loving us.
@GraceJMJ
11 ай бұрын
Amen 🙏🙏🙏 Our Lord is good 🙏🙏🙏
@kkonrad4165
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your work Orthodox Wisdom!
@JasonCodreanu
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. It's only my 2nd time watching it, but I'm certain I will return to be reminded.
@tallmikbcroft6937
2 жыл бұрын
Encouraging. Thank you.
@thethoughtsofapilgrim8769
2 жыл бұрын
THank you for putting this up. Lord Have Mercy.
@vasilymartin4051
2 жыл бұрын
These encouraging teachings are invaluable. Thank you, brother
@franciscafazzo3460
Жыл бұрын
Please pray that I be made aware of the glorious Lord Jesus and delivered from so great and temptation of despair I am entangled please pray for me may I be blessed by the incarnate body of Christ
@Alex462047
Жыл бұрын
I have heard the story of this brother before. It is a great comfort to somebody who has been plagued with exactly this passion for most of his life. I only wish I had the repentance of this humble brother. Glory to God for all things! Grant, O Lord, our saving petitions and life eternal!
@RikScarborough
7 ай бұрын
Thank you
@frankhronopoulos652
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah!!!!! Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner...
@RealJacobGriffin
6 ай бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on my depraved soul ☦️
@AbdulRahman-bi1nu
11 ай бұрын
Thank you. Thank you for this
@karkkimarkkinat2109
2 жыл бұрын
This one hit home for me. Having been raised in a mormon family, I have spent most of my life in a completely devastated by despair type of state. Mormons have no proper understanding of grace. It's one of the reasons why there's so much depression, anxiety, eating disorders, suicide, etc. amongst mormon youth. We walk around in a constant state of torment due to our own inadequacy to deal with our sins... I don't know if I'm making sense, but this was my experience. This video was a game changer for me. I still struggle with this. I feel like I have zero self esteem having been grown up in this toxic, neurotic environment, but I'm starting to see the light.
@noway165
2 жыл бұрын
Keep moving toward the light! Thorns will reach for you and stumbling stones will try to block the path, but move on, in peace. Love to you from one who struggles! 💒
@LadyMaria
8 ай бұрын
My husband was Mormon for 30 years. He dealt with that too. Now he's an Orthodox Christian.
@revelation2-9
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this brother.
@alphabeta8284
Жыл бұрын
Only Jesus’s precious blood can absolve us of our sins. Pax et Bonum.
@Ortho_pilgrim
Жыл бұрын
BLESSED BE OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AT ALL TIMES, BOTH NOW AND FOREVER, AND TO THE AGES OF AGES!
@voborny
Жыл бұрын
AMEN
@ApostolicStorm
Ай бұрын
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?…For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:35;38-39
@veryhappy2681
2 жыл бұрын
Mercy will have the last word
@DD-mn3mu
7 ай бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a Sinner
@colmwhateveryoulike3240
2 жыл бұрын
Very good.
@offensivesaint9848
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this story, it helps so much
@gertrudisd1333
11 ай бұрын
I really needed to hear this today. Thank you.
@aberham2255
Жыл бұрын
Great word. Great reminder Praise God Thank you Jesus !!
@eddiedelisio
Ай бұрын
If we don’t make progress we are empty in our repentance. Are we using repentance correctly otherwise or as a tool to continue sinning without guilt? Idleness and overly stimulating ourselves with food, drink and thought are the precursors. I have experienced times of control and it does impact how we are filled with the spirit and grace. We will not enter the kingdom filthy and lacking faith which we need to do battle. Orthodox Christians don’t just accept ourselves as we are but keep striving. Even the Saints who didn’t sin like we do were more repentant still. Despair is not the answer but we can overcome
@UnhealthyObsessions
Жыл бұрын
Needed this today
@JKirbs23
Жыл бұрын
I needed this
@toastme
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I needed this.
@user-ht3xe5kp7o
Жыл бұрын
Really really needed this, thank you so much
@abdulemalik8848
8 ай бұрын
God bless you
@ananathaliatoia9042
4 ай бұрын
Wonderful !!!
@DemiEglezos
12 күн бұрын
Pray for me 🙏
@Ettoredipugnar
Жыл бұрын
☦️☦️☦️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️ Glory to God !!
@Pilgrim06
Жыл бұрын
Repent, rely solely on the Holy Spirit, be humble, accept the abuse( wrongly or well deserved) of others, serve others selflessly, read the Bible daily, pray ceaselessly, don’t let thoughts or images reach your heart but seek the protection of the Holy Spirit, never criticise or put others down, seek the blessing of your father confessor to take Holy Communion. Above all, have faith and do not fear sin, because Jesus Christ is all- Mighty God by your side. Only Christ can keep us pure, through the supplications of the Mother of God and His Saints. Be blessed
@CA_Watchman
10 ай бұрын
Powerful
@JoshuaTreePark2002
8 ай бұрын
I can relate Amen
@chrisasterion5050
2 жыл бұрын
wow
@Orthodoxzee
9 ай бұрын
Please pray for me. I start my catechism next week and I have tried for a couple months to rid myself of my addiction to pornography before my catechism started and unfortunately I have not arrived there. I want to enter into catechism without this great shame upon me. Any advice and prayers are greatly welcomed. Thank you brothers and sisters
@OrthodoxWisdom
9 ай бұрын
One thing some priests do for catechumens is allow them to confess their sins. The difference is you won’t receive the sacramental absolution but you still are benefitting by confessing you sins to your priest. Ask him what he thinks about this. Endure the shame of your sins, confess frankly, and in that you’ll find relief from your sins.
@miyaiun4723
7 ай бұрын
Hi. Keep în mind God and your guardian angel can see you în every moment and they grieve when you do something wrong. They are with you în those moments, so maybe this can help you turn away from it. I used to watch too but one day my shame was powerful enough to make me stop. Run away even from movies which show kissing. You can do this.
@paulhudson4254
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Jesus is fully God, Fully man, but never apply a human finite idea to Our Infinite Creator! 🌺✝️🌺
@gorillasgaminggg301
9 ай бұрын
To anyone that might read this i need your help.I am a young orthodox Christian i am hopeless i am loosing the battle with lust.I have prayed i don't know what to do.please can you pray for me or give me any advice to help me win against this sin.
@OrthodoxWisdom
9 ай бұрын
Never ever give up. Keep getting up. Do you have a priest you trust and do you read the lives of saints? Surround yourself with people and teachings that inspire you. Let me know if you need help finding a parish. God help you.
@gorillasgaminggg301
9 ай бұрын
@@OrthodoxWisdom I actually haven't really read the Bible from start to finish. I will try to go to confession because I am not sure if confessing your sins directly to God is correct.That way I hope will be forgiven until Christmas.
@FanyusAnonymous
7 ай бұрын
Has it gotten any better? There's a novena to St Martha, said every Tuesday in the privacy of your home, if you wish. It's renowned for its efficacy.
@gorillasgaminggg301
7 ай бұрын
@@FanyusAnonymous I am still struggling and loosing bro I don't know what to do
@mariorizkallah5383
4 ай бұрын
@@FanyusAnonymoushe said he is Orthodox
@keep_thy_mindin_hell_and_d7211
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like me.
@alexandrasymeon5893
Жыл бұрын
I have been killing myself with poor diet and smoking. I will be dead in a couple of days. How can I repent?
@OrthodoxWisdom
Жыл бұрын
If you need someone to talk to email me (orthodoxwisdom1 @ gmail . com) or reach me on telegram: @TimothyHoneycutt Take it one day, one hour, one minute at a time. Repent by turning away, fully in your heart and as much as possible in action, from all those things that harm you and are against God’s will for you. Put your heart before Christ and ask for His forgiveness and for strength to live better, even just for this hour. Keep crying out to Him “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy of me.” Don’t be alone. Find somebody to be around even if it’s strangers at the coffee shop.
@alexandrasymeon5893
Жыл бұрын
@@OrthodoxWisdom Thank you so much! I am house bound and have dementia and cancer. I can't walk. I have my family around me.
@QuixEnd
2 ай бұрын
I thought we were to be saved from such a repetitive agony of sin? This just feels more desparaging
@burt2800
4 күн бұрын
I have the same problem. But if I'm honest there's a part of me (or in me) who loves the sin. And when I pray and try to repent I confess that it's often half-hearted. I know I'm going to fall again, going to want to fall again and so why bother repenting? What can I do here?
@giorgiogiorgetti3939
8 ай бұрын
It's not that easy. Especially when you are 34 yo and never received a hug in your entite life. 😢💔
@miyaiun4723
7 ай бұрын
Hi. I havent received many hugs either but I have teddy bears and sometimes I just hug them as much as I need. I wish I were there to give you a hug and I hope you will find the strenght to endure. Maybe have a dog and hug him, they need it too. May God bring you all the comfort you need.
@lunacielo5705
Жыл бұрын
Ashamed my mother was unbelievable in awful manners.. She brought people of sects to pray and put their hands on me bc she were driving me insane.. Her 6 and a half male friends would harras me sexually in my own house.. Would fill my home with people that needed needed with me doing all the help and them all taking over my home.. God gave some cash i gave her $50 000 dollars cash and a goodbye too..
@FanyusAnonymous
7 ай бұрын
Sir? Or, father? I'm sorry, I don't know if you're a priest. You seem very wise. I'm going through an extremely distressed period of my life. I'm very very scared about when people urge others not to despair of their salvation. In a moment of utter distress because of my sins, I thought out to God, asking that he just damn me, so the wondering and the pain can be over. Can I be forgiven? Afterwards, i have prayed, I've asked most ofmy family for help. I've just dedicated my day to the holy ghost, and say aloud I open myself to his work of sanctification. Please advise me
@toporthodox
3 ай бұрын
How do we become ready for marriage as men?
@malgwengreenleaf9427
3 ай бұрын
I’m struggling with self hatred. Could this all apply to that?
@OrthodoxWisdom
3 ай бұрын
You can certainly be inspired by the man’s relentless willingness to repent. He kept falling but also kept getting up.
@donjulio8669
Жыл бұрын
I have a hard time bounding with people including with my family is that the work of the devil
@miyaiun4723
7 ай бұрын
Hi. În part ,yes. He blinds us all. We lack unconditional love like our God has. But everyone struggles with these things. Love them even if they dont love you back. Pray that they might be saved and you will feel better.
@issac6803
7 ай бұрын
So do all orthodox believe that Satan is Lucifer
@johnnyd2383
7 ай бұрын
The Soon of Doom has many names. Original one is Lucifer... after his fall, he has become Satan (meaning: adversary, opponent) as well as Devil (meaning: accuser, in other languages: Diablo, Diavolos, etc.). So we see him being called many names, many of them being a description of what he has become.
@soulurr5986
Жыл бұрын
I’ve had thought that my sins are to bad that god cannot forgive have I done this I feel like I’ve blasphemy the HS
@OrthodoxWisdom
Жыл бұрын
Repent today. Every sin can be repented of. Return to the loving Christ and despair no more.
@thompsonspence8895
Жыл бұрын
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a different thing. A person who blasphemes the Holy Spirit falsely identifies the Holy Spirit with the opposite kind of spirit.
@soulurr5986
Жыл бұрын
@@thompsonspence8895 so like saying God is evil?
@thompsonspence8895
Жыл бұрын
@@soulurr5986 You must understand the verse both in context, and as the fathers teach about it. the whole passage 9n Mathew) is as follows: "22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.” 25 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come." Jesus cast out a demon by the holy spirit, but the Pharisees said he did it by a demon. Jesus says they blasphemed the Holy Spirit and will not be forgiven. St. Basil says that whoever identifies the works of the Holy Spirit as the works of demons has done this, and will not be forgiven. The reason people won't be forgiven is because they have made it impossible to repent, because if you identify God as a demon, why would you want to repent? Anyone who is sorry for what they've done and desires repentance surely has not done this, so simply repent and confess.
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