If there were no tribulation

 

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer. — Saint John Chrysostom

Quick Reminder: Run your spiritual life with endurance

🔘Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Hebrews 12:1)

🔘The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light (Romans 13:12)

🔘Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. (1 Corinthians 9:24)

🔘So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. (1 Corinthians 9:26)

Prayers leading to Christmas – 4

O Lord God, help me to grow in perseverance, for the sake of your Holy Name. Don’t let me get overwhelmed, even if all around me people fall away into death, or in sin. Help me know and realize, that my main goal in life is to live and abide in your Holy Word each day. Strengthen me by your Holy Spirit, to keep in mind all the things you have called me out to do. Cause me to to always love and cherish following your Son Jesus Christ, no matter what the world says and does. Grant me the endurance to seek first the Kingdom of God and I know that then you will grant all the things that I need. I ask this earnestly, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Quick Reminder: Never delay on God’s will

 

• Seek the Lord while He may be found; call to Him while He is near. (Isaiah 55:6)
• So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. (Psalm 61:8)
• I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. (Psalm 119:60)
• As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him. (Matthew 9:9)
• And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him (Mark 1:20)
• And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. (Luke 19:5)