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The best prayer is: "Lord! You knowest all things. Do with me as thou willest!"
Theophan the Recluse
Do not say, "I can't." This phrase is not Christian. Christian words are: 'I can do all things, but not by myself, but through the Lord who strengthens me.'
Theophan the Recluse
If you examine your life well, you will find many instances when God showed His unmistakable mercy to you. Trouble was brewing, but it passed you by for some reason. God delivered you. Acknowledge these and thank God, Who loves you.
Theophan the Recluse
But your job is to work upon yourself: for this you are chosen; the rest is in the hands of God. He who humbles himself shall be exalted.
Theophan the Recluse
Remember that each of us has his own cross. The Golgotha of this cross is our heart: it is being lifted or implanted through a zealous determination to live according to the Spirit of God. Just as salvation of the world is by the Cross of God, so our salvation is by our crucifixion on our own cross.
Theophan the Recluse