Do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from the evil one (Matthew 6:13)

I will be on a family holiday starting today till Sat. Sept.7th, with no internet access to send out my daily blog.  I will miss all my friends & readers.  Need your prayers.  Joe 

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Temptations inevitably are coming to the world.  That's why Christ pro actively put in our mouths a cry out for help to save us in the day of evil and keep us from the devil.  "Resist the devil and he will flee from you; come near to God and He will be near to you" James 4:7 ."  

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And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespassed against us (Matthew 6:12)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"God in this command gives us the lesson to be merciful with others to find Mercy from God.  The man who managed to forgive the others' sins is in reality a man who challenged the world and have been crucified for it; he is not of this world because he reached the climax of crucifixion and the crucified Christ.  Those who excel at this command live in peace and the enemy does not come between them."  

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Give us this day our daily bread (Luke 11:2)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The bread is the bread of Kingdom without which we die if we do not eat it every day.  So after we asked for His Kingdom to come on earth according to His will in heaven, we should ask for His bread, the bread of Kingdom, every day and whenever we are hungry and thirsty for His righteousness till He comes and then we are full."  

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Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Luke 11:2)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"As Christ fulfilled the Kingdom of God in heaven, let it be on earth to be fulfilled by us.  If we ask for God's will to interfere in our lives we have to have His will itself; as Christ submitted His life on the Cross and He drank from the cup of hardship till the death."  

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Thy Kingdom come (Luke 11:2)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Christ said " Behold the Kingdom of God is inside you."  Therefore the coming of Kingdom for us will surely happen; we ask for it not to come from outside but to be manifested in us and through us.  We say "Thy Kingdom come" not as slaves serving Him but as children inheriting Him."  

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Hallowed be Your name (Luke 11:2)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Yes His name is Holy and sanctified by every mouth.  The Lord commanded us to be holy as He is; meaning to sanctify God in our hearts, minds and mouths, for sanctifying the name of God sanctifies our lives."  

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Who art in Heaven (Luke 11:2)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"For the first time in history, man while he is still on earth, calls God as a Father in heaven.  When we fulfil what Christ said and say "Our Father who art in heaven", it alludes to the link that got us attached to heaven; since our Father is in heaven, so also will be His children."  

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Say our Father

Today the Coptic Orthodox church celebrates the feast of St. Mary the Virgin, may Her blessings be with the whole world.  Amen. 

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"When we say our Father it carries the person of Jesus Christ the Son of God, by whom we talk to God and in whom we talk to God, and without whom we have no talk with God, nor God has talk with us.  Start calling God "Our Father" is the treasure of the new testament."  

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When you pray (Luke 11:2)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Praying is a will before anything else; for as when you feel hungry you want to eat immediately, praying is a spiritual hunger if it is hard on the man he wants to pray at once.  Praying is a persistent need for man; he can not be comforted until it is finished.  This is the real hunger and thirst for God in the context of prayer; when you pray it is a will that emanates from a real hunger and thirst for God."  

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Always ought to pray and not lose heart (Luke 18:1)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Christ here highlights a new element for attaining His mercies and gifts; it is the persistence of prayer.  It is a great secret that we do not realize its wonderful effectiveness.  It is standing at the door of God with the continuous prayer and supplication that does not lose heart, that moves God's heart.  It is really mysterious."  

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He went out to the mountain to pray, and He continued all night in prayer (Luke 6:12)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"How joyful the man is with Christ's prayers for every man.  How rich the man has been with these prayers since they were offered till now.  But Christ did not offer it one time only; but He is at the right hand of the Father interceding on our behalf all the time."  

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If you abide in my words, you are my disciples indeed. And you shall know the Truth and the Truth will make you free. (John 8:31-32)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Abiding in the words of Christ is abiding in Christ Himself, for Christ does not talk of Himself but what the Father tells Him, therefore abiding in Christ is abiding in the Father.  Whoever knows the Truth is no longer a slave of sin for the Truth sets us free of the slavery of attitudes, intellect and will, so man becomes the new creature of God."  

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Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Colossians 3:16)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The Bible says that the word of Christ, if it enters the heart enriches it meaning it makes it greater than money and richness (Psalm 118:4).  The word of Christ is as Christ; if it lives in us Christ Himself will live in us, and we no longer live for ourselves but Christ Himself becomes the living in us."  

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Be doers of the Word, not hearers only, deceiving yourselves (James 1:22)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"We may be deceiving ourselves when we hear the Words of Gospel but do not keep one word in the heart, because the heart is astray, negligent and busy with matters that of more interest than the Bible and the eternal life.  Whoever asks to read the Bible, he literally seeks the eternal life, and whoever seeks the eternal life has to make a stand regarding the present life. "  

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Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls (James 1:21)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The one who listens to the word of God must well prepare his heart from inside till the word is placed in it securely and finds inside the honesty of God and faith in His sayings and promises.  This man has determined to submit his life, responsibilities, interests, dignity and everything he has under the feet of God "  

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You are mistaken not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God (Matthew 22:29)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"If the man believes in the spiritual word of God, and he accepted it in his heart, he gets freed up from the necessity of the laws of body as he is no longer controlled by it.  We get this freedom by the word of God where the children of God believe that they are not controlled by the necessities of body and its instinctive needs."  

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Whoever comes to me, and hears My Sayings (Luke 6:47)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Hearing here is not the ears' hearing, but it is the hearing of Spirit.  The alert heart with spiritual ears is immediately open to the Word.  God does not ask us for ears only, but ears with heart.  The word is light, but I am darkness, so what makes darkness obey the light? The Divine must unite with the human for the human to take from God and for God to control the body."  

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The Words I speak to you are Spirit and they are life (John 6:63)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The great Mystery in the Bible is that any single command is able to guide you individually to the Kingdom of God if you follow it honestly from all your heart and you are diligent in carrying it out.  Because if you succeed in applying it, you find yourself unconsciously carrying out the rest of the commands."  

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Why do you not understand my speech? (John 8:43)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"If the man does not have spiritual ears to listen to the Word of God and reveal its Divine nature, it is impossible for him to understand what Christ says no matter the power of intellect, understanding or discernment he may have.  Understanding the word of God is by accepting the Lord Jesus Himself {The Word} and entering into the new life with Him."  

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Continuing steadfastly in prayer (Romans 12:12)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The continuing prayer is not just a ritual prayer as if to deliver a message, but it is a cry out that does not stop by day or night.  In return God seems as if He is patient and does not listen to us, why?  To raise the energy of the Spirit and consciousness to be in touch with the Will of God and at its level, then God responds impatiently."  

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Blessed are your ears for they hear (Matthew 13:16)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"My dear reader, we need to renew our covenant with God every day { for His mercies never fail; they are new every morning}  The words of the Gospel have the power of the Spirit and the power of life; the power of the Spirit does its works in the Spirit and the power of life does its works in life."  

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To listen is better than fat of rams (1 Samuel 15:22)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Behold we see the way of salvation open to every man; each one according to his capacity struggles to complete the commands of God.  But the crown will not be as big as the struggle, but as the obedience of struggle, simplicity of faith and God's righteousness."  

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The Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words (Romans 8:26)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The Prayer which is not controlled by the Holy Spirit, man gets out of it uncomforted and in need for the inner peace and the Joy of heart, as if his prayer did not reach to the ears of God.  The Holy Spirit bestows in the heart through the simple faith that trusts in the mercy of God."  

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Behold, I stand at the door and knock (Revelation 3:20)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The true successful prayer must last mysteriously in the heart with an inexpressible dialogue; after we finished standing before Him, and we go to our works, the prayer still works in our hearts."  

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Pray that you may not enter into temptation (Luke 22:40)

Month of August: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"Christ not only wants from His children to just pray, but to be in a state of praying so the devil cannot come close to them.  The man as long as he is in a state of praying, he is equipped with weapons against the temptation so he goes through it strongly for the account of Christ."  

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Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7)

Month of July: The life of the Word and Prayer 

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"The law of Christ's response is {go; let it be done for you as you have believed} Matthew 8:13  

We must believe that we attained before we take and that is how we take.  Our level of faith in His response to our prayer is the one which controls the response.  Our trust in God should be much bigger than whatever we ask for."  

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