Verse of the Day

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  • September 1, 2018

    Saint of the Week

    St. Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite

  • August 28, 2018

    KNOWING GOD

    1 Corinthians 2:9

    But as it is written:
    “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
    Nor have entered into the heart of man
    The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

    Encouraging Words

    We have a saying in the Orthodox Church. “The more I know God, the less I know Him? No matter how much I study about God, how often I go to Him in prayer, or how much I participate in the liturgy and other church events, I will never be able to understand the depth and breadth of my Lord’s love for me and His greatness. Our journey through eternity will never give us enough time or experiences to truly know Him. Glory be to God!

  • August 27, 2018

    MERCY

    Micah 7:18
    Who is a God like You, removing wrongdoings and passing over the ungodliness of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not keep His anger as a witness, for He delights in mercy.

    Encouraging Words


    God is merciful and passes over our ungodliness because He loves us. Not only does He delight in mercy, He is mercy. And He desires that we be merciful.

  • August 26, 2018

    FOOLISHNESS OF GOD


    1 Corinthians 1:25-29


    Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
    For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.

    Personal Challenge

    From a human perspective, it often looks like God does everything backward. But that is the point, isn’t it? The human perspective is finite, or limited. The human perspective is biased and conditional. Gods’ is none of these. God is eternal all-knowing, so doesn’t it make more sense for us to submit to God and His way of doing things? If we were to see God’s most foolish thing, it would still be immeasurably wiser than any wise person in the existence of mankind. If we were to see God’s weakest aspect, it would still be far stronger than anything that mankind has ever summoned. God chooses to use the foolishness and weakness of humankind to build His kingdom so that ALL of the glory points to Him and not to us. Glory be to God, and God alone!

  • August 25, 2018

    Saint of the Week

    St. John Chrysostom


  • August 23, 2018

    THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS


    1 Corinthians 1:18

    For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

    Encouraging Words

    We live in a time and a culture where so many people claim to be Christians because they are Americans and yet they ignore the very Christ that birthed the church. It is these people who perceive that the message of the cross is foolishness. The more a true follower of Christ pursues Him and desires to be like Him, the less he or she fits into the temporal world around them. It is these that are constantly being saved by the power of God. Glory be to God!

  • August 24, 2018

    MY GOD!


    Micah 7:7

    But I will look to the Lord. I will wait for God my Savior, for my God will hear me.

    Encouraging Words

    Where does my hope come from? My God! Where does my life come from? My God! Who will take care of me and guide me through the journey of life? My God! Who will meet my every need and relinquish my every passion? My God! I, too, will look to Him and wait for Him, for I know that He will hear me, for He is my Savior!

  • August 22, 2018

    WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?


    Micah 6:8

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. Or what does the Lord seek from you but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to be ready to walk with the Lord your God?

    Personal Challenge

    Through the history of man, God has shown us what is good in His sight. There is no reason for surprise. He has told us that to be in a relationship with Him, to become His children, we are to go through our lives doing three things. Do justly, or strive for righteousness in the eyes of God. Love mercy, or exhibit steadfast love for God and our neighbors in all that we do. To be ready to walk with the Lord our God, or humble ourselves before our God and our fellow human being. This is what He wants from us. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!

  • August 21, 2018

    UNITY


    1 Corinthians 1:10

    Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

    Personal Challenge

    Paul challenges the church in Corinth to live in unity and to avoid divisions, splits, and arguments. Jesus prayed for this as well. We have become so familiar with thousands of denominations, all based on divisions and arguments, that we hear this challenge and ignore it. We cannot succumb to this behavior and be either a source of or participants in disunity. This is where the personal challenge is. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!

  • August 20, 2018

    SEEK GOOD


    Amos 5:14

    Seek good and not evil so that you may live, so that the Lord God Almighty will be with you.

    Personal Challenge

    God is all good! There is no evil in Him! So, how can we live a life that is evil and expect to know God? We can’t! We must also remember that living a life that is evil does not just mean that we are doing horrible things like killing people or robbing banks or anything else on a grand scale. Evil comes in many forms, so many of which are just ignored. Do we spurn the down-and-out acting as if they do not exist? Do we harbor anger or hatred against any fellow human being? Do we push others out of our way, even mentally, so that we can get ahead of them? Do we talk badly about others or put them down sarcastically? Do we have other god’s in our lives that take precedence over the one true God? Seeking good requires us to strive to eliminate these and every other form of evil in our lives. The result is truly living a life that is good and filled with the presence of the almighty God! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy, on me the sinner!