I did say that before father It is difference between Jesus follower and Christian God's judgment is coming with no mercy He will protect his remnant 🙏❤️
@Father Spyridon Christ has risen! Father, can you please a tell me why this happens: For 2 weeks I have had a more stressful time at college, and I get angry easily, and I swear in my thoughts, I cry a lot, and I feel like screaming and punching something. what to do? I cant pray anymore, i dont want to pray im furious and i dont want to do it. And why this happens? I can take it anymore. I feel evil, but dont know what to do. I feel like crying every day, i have problems in the fam, and also have depression I cant take it , if i cry all day , by depression will get worse, i cant take it i really cant. I feel so upset so upset
Father Spyridon, after going to many churches, and never coming back, I am finally convinced to become orthdox christian. And just last week I have made my way out of a notorious prosperity gospel church
In Canada there is a huge push for MAID. Assisted suicide. They changed the law, allowing assisted suicide for depression. Homelessness. Even a teenager can apply. Apparentaly, in Canada, we have advanced beyond depressed poor people. God have mercy on our wicked souls. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner.
The scriptures show us what God is going to do to Canada, and nations like it: Canada will be given over to all manner of depravity, perversion, chaos, violence, famine and death.
Lord have mercy, that any one who struggles in depression there will not seek such an option! God have mercy on us all! God have mercy on those who pushed for that program, they know not what they do…
How sad. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Also I believe one of the most selfish acts a person could perform to hurt those people who truly love them. There is a better way. Develop a relationship with God by following the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Im pretty sure its the same as Belgium, and in Belgium you can’t just waltz in and say “hello my good sir, today I would like to die” you have to get your psychiatrist to sign off on it and they’ll only do that if you’ve been in treatment for YEARS with little to no progress and your life is actually hell.
3:20am in South Australia and I’m suffering with sciatica. It’s been like this since 2007. I don’t feel abandoned by ✝️ God. Please ✝️ Jesus give me the strength to deal with this. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
I was also suffering once, and what helped me was working not more than 25 min and 5 min walking, the walking part is very important so change your environment which make you incapable of walking a lot May GOD bless you
No other means of salvation ? That is a bit hard. If God had killed Mohammed in his mother's womb we would not have Islam and if He had done the same to Joseph Smith we would not have mormonism. I am a heretic. I accuse God for the existence of Islam and mormonism. I am totally unable to believe in a God who is so heartless and cruel that He does not show any kind of mercy to people who unknowingly are members of heretical cults and false religions.
@lukelucas soooo true. I used to think those who authentically struggled as Orthodox Christians were very weak people. I’m still reeling at the extent of my delusion.
@@perttisuorsa4678 Does God not give us the option of free will? We must be able to choose God's grace as an option. With God's grace, those who are lost will come back to Christianity. John 10:11-14, Jesus is our shephard (he brings back the lost flock).
@@Lactosian Muslims do not come to Christianity because they sincerely believe that Islam is the true religion and not Christianity. They see Christianity as idolatry because Christians worship Jesus. Jehova's Witnesses, Mormons and Catholics do not come to Othodoxy because they sincerely believe that their form of Christianity is more true than Orthodoxy.
Read your book "Orthodoxy and The Kingdom of the Antichrist," found some of the claims incredulous so cross-referenced them and your depth of knowledge of little-known but verifiable facts is astounding! You have helped to open my eyes to the extent of corruption this world faces, and your efforts have helped to inspire me to seek truth in Christ. I accept the Orthodoxy's notion of the filioque as the closest to the truth of Christian teachings as opposed to protestantism and the despiritualized Catholicism which I was brought up in, which I had rejected and turned away from Christ for so many painful years. I appreciate your well researched, written and spoken intellectual labor! I am new to faith and struggle daily, but I am grateful for channels such as this to help to make sense of things. Thank you Father.
@@MrTzarBomb i'm catholic so i watched those videos expecting to hear something similar to fr. Spyridon, but those videos seem to have a complete different message. they both talk about suffering as a legalistic punishment imposed by God, and the "purpose of suffering" video specifically talks about how some people in a specific community must suffer to pay for the actions normalised by the community ...
@@n1a316 The wording is different because the theological tradition is different. The Latin Fathers talked like this, so to claim it’s a Latin innovation is a non-start. Same for issues like the Filioque. The message, however, is fundamentally the same. That is, suffering is present for our benefit, not an abandonment by God. Also, “punishment” by the Latin Fathers is specifically medicinal, not the modern connotation of abuse.
@@n1a316 that said, I’m surprised that’s what you took from it. I went and doubt checked, and the message from both were about rightly ordering ourselves toward’s God. Are you sure your listen to them?
Had a discussion with my daughter this week and I ended up explaining that nothing else works to break the spell of a nightmare, of which you know I have plenty to have nightmares about, and Satan is trying again to subvert, than to kneel in the dream and fervently pray. My fear, terror and anxiety disappear and I sleep peacefully again. Orthodoxy is the One True Faith through which we find our Lord and Saviour.
Thank you Father for your graceful words! You building our spirits through your speeches! 🙏 I am a sinner, I don’t deserves even to listen to your speeches!
This last days have been particularly tough for me. Today specially I felt close to the breaking point, I’ve gone through exactly everything father is describing here: despair, doubt, fear that God is getting away from me. I have endured and felt that it’s been in vain. But father’s message is encouraging, God’s love is tough but it’s for our best, at least that’s what I like to believe. Lord, forgive me for my sins, for doubting you, for my incompetence, for I’m but mere dust. Please lord have mercy on me. 😢
My husband left me for another woman after 31 years. I've now had a CT scan for potential pancreatic cancer. I feel the Lord might be using me but its hell on earth.
So so sorry @donnaroberts9199 Keeping you in my prayers as you continue to persevere on this very difficult road. Jesus is standing beside you and holding you in His arms. God’s grace and peace be with you 🕊️ ❤
Praying for you! Keep strong, I can only imagine how much the lord grieves for you, but keep in your faith no matter the time, and for your endurance you shall be raised to glory in heaven. Many prayers.
Im in chronic life long pain from a failed lumbar fusion in 2018. Im in alot of pain 24/7 and im still giving the last of my energy to the Lord and the church.
Thank you for posting this, Father. I am struggling with my suffering, and I needed to hear this. I have explored my humility during Lent, and I must now explore my trust in God after be laid off. Thank you!
Father Spyridon practice what he preaches...so when he mentions prosperity preachers.....he means it....I know...bc I offered to make a contribution to his youtube channel or his ministry..he refused...instead he refer to his books...which is little to no money....Father Spyridon is a class act....and listen to him daily.
In his mercy the Lord is purifying me & it is incredibly difficult for me to endure, I always fall away, pray for me strength & courage, to keep choosing to respond with trust & obedience
I needed to hear this. I have been wanting to run away from my trails ans sufferings. I need to embrace it as Gods gift to me. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me.
Thank you Father, this is the exact message I needed to hear now. I've been struggling horribly, and the only thing getting me through was the Lord Jesus prayer. But after being granted some temporary strength the past week, I felt almost abandoned yesterday. But finding this video first thing in the morning today, I see that I am not abandoned
This is very relatable, and what I needed to hear this evening. Dealing with a wave of depression and despondency, I've been focused on my troubles and how they paint the world around me, rather than trusting God to bear me through. Thank you Father, for helping me to better understand and glimpse some light in the darkness.
Bless you, father. You are speaking directly to my heart recently and I have been struggling for several years now. I felt abandoned by God, I felt so unworthy of God, I scoured my past trying to find the reason why God had forsaken me. I am doing a little better than that today but I am still struggling. And I keep praying for forgiveness and for the lord to show me his will and help me to do his will and then I find your videos of late speaking directly to the sort of inner struggles I have been facing for the last seven years. I’m a sinner, please pray for me friends. I’ve been trying so hard for so many years and I’ve gotten to the place where it feels like I don’t know which way is up. My faith has stayed with me through all of this, in fact, at times it has been all that I have had, which seems beautiful in hindsight but walking that path was another story altogether. Bless you father, and bless all of the viewers of this channel and the world! Praise God!
@@chriskourliourod1651 you got it, brother! Praise the Lord. What’s bothering you? I’m frustrated with work and feel sort of purposeless. I turn to my faith but then feel abandoned by god. I’m making it through though. The pandemic was REALLY hard but I was praying double hard then too. I’ll be thinking of you all day Chris, God be with you. 🙏🙏🙏
I’m in the same situation as you are, but please don’t ever consider yourself purposeless. Due to God and the right people, we are never alone-look how Fr. Spyridon just now helped us and others. I coped with the COVID fiasco by spending more time outdoors foraging, hunting, and practicing overall woodsmanship. What you store in your head can’t be stolen. God bless you, too!
I believe everyone goes through what Job suffered in whatever way, shape, or form. Thank you, Father, for your most timely message. Our Lord Jesus Christ arranged this for us. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.
I thank him for my suffering. Soon the Righteous shall be restored and renewed to the seed of Adam . He worked for 6 and rested on the 7th . This rest IS of the three R’s . Resurrection , Restoration and renewal. We are so close . Rise !!
Father, yesterday I told a friend that I needed some time to focus on my personal struggles and I won't be able to talk to her for a while. I am hoping that she will not come to hate me, and that she will be happy to hear from me again, when I am ready to talk to her again. It will be a struggle for me to not lose hope that we will be friends again. Please pray for me that our friendship will not be destroyed by my absence, and that I will overcome my current struggles. And maybe my soul will be enriched by the end of this struggle. Please Lord. Don't let her become angry with me. Amen.
I appreciate this. I need to consider more but you described something similar to the moment I experienced when I began my life outside decades of substance abuse that had taken me into some serious darkness. At any rate what i experienced was a spiritual experience. That was the difference between then and the many times id tried to get off the junk. I still don't know how I did it other than to say what others have said. I turned my life and my will over to God as I understood him.
In the original 1959 movie Ben-Hur, Judah and Balthazar are witnessing the crucifixion of Christ near the end of the movie and Judah says "...for this death?". Balthazar replies "for this beginning". Suffering and sorrow can lead to a new beginning, as father said it is up to us how to respond. By the way, please watch this movie, one of the best ever made and years ahead of its time. A drama of epic proportions.
I'm too afraid to turn away from God because He has physically, mentally and spiritually helped me out of many situations!!!!! I can clearly see evidence of God's right hand in my life!!!! I see most people are empty whitewashed tombs and I do pray for them! The only thing bothering me about walking the straight path is I'm fatigued, exhausted and overwhelmed with sorrows for the people of this world that are stiff-necked to turn to the lord ,that they may be healed and clothed... My question is when will the lord, the LORD GOD Almighty renew my strength because I'm so tired??????????? I'm waiting, and have been waiting for most of my life for the renewal of my strength but still. I buy a new mattress it doesn't work,I slept on the floor it didn't help because these are the things of the world and not of God!!!! My hope is in God and not in flesh . Amen.
I got sucked into the prosperity gospel movement when I was in my early 20s. I was totally led astray. Thanks be to God, I am now in the Catholic Church and we don't have it here.
I sometimes wonder, why would a good God, the greatest father, mother that loves us beyond we can love ourselves, create all this suffering for human beings which did not even ask to be brought into this world. Tell me, would it be fair and just and loving to put a toddler or even a teen to a UFC ring with a professional UFC top heavy weight fighter with millennial worth of skills on the art of warfare? And if the person that was put in the cage, doesn’t overcome the fight, he or she is sent to an eternal torment? Human beings are sinful beyond words and their heart corrupt that’s for sure, and the devil I m very clear what side he stands on, it’s God that I sometimes question if he’s really on our side or if he really doesn’t care. Why all this suffering for man kind? Why can’t it all just be good and why can’t there be no evil to begin with.
Psalms Chapter 28 1(A Psalm of David.) Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Revelation 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Hey nightingale, so cheerful and sweet sing to me of what once was. I have hastened to the murky hills, I watered the rocks with my tears! Your song heels my wounds for a brief moment... My pain makes mountain tremble and groan... Sweetest of the birds, you keep chirping your nightingale hymn, remove this hollow ache from my heart... Where are you, sisters, my mountain fairies, why are you hiding from me? Hug, take hold of your sister, Hear out my painful song! They took away my father and my mother, wrote them a bloody fairy tale... The grass has covered my darling, without his eyes... quietly, alive... he's sleeping... They ripped heart out of my chest, they took my child, my Sun. An angry demon put terrible torment upon him. My son, forgive to your mother for not rescuing you... O our Saints Glorious martyrs! Children of mine How could a woman forget about you! Little Angels of Jasenovac / Donbass, You are soldiers of Heaven. devoted to Christ, You became Our martyrs! Hey nightingale, so cheerful and sweet sing to me of what once was... Слава им Вечная Память 🇷🇸☦🇷🇺
Were it not for my faith in God, I surely would've taken my own life long ago. In 10th grade, I was bullied relentlessly for my Autism, called and labeled as a "retard" by my own peers. They used my Autism as a scapegoat to gaslight me into thinking I was hallucinating their abuse, and to pin their problems on. Even when they sexually assaulted me, they would often say to the staff, "Oh he doesn't know what he's talking about. He's a retard". To say these kids had serious issues is an understatement; as their psychological abuse often led me to question my judgement, my reality, my identity, and my sanity, of which I feared I was losing a grip of. Some of my peers even used the adult's own mental disabilities to their advantage to earn their favor, like when my art teacher was on maternity leave, they'd take advantage of her mood swings to set me up to get into trouble and blame me. Worse still, the adults failed to live up to their responsibilities. No matter how much I cried to them for help, they neglected to take action, and only asked me what I alone could do to improve the situation; nothing. I could only stay away from my peers. But since I was at a boarding school in the middle of the woods, there was barely any place else to turn to, except to God. Even then, my peers stole my Holy Cross and mocked me for being a sinner. They often said I was beyond salvation because I was a "retard", and that I deserved to burn in hell. People often say that nobody is truly heartless, that anyone can obtain salvation, but my ordeal in tenth grade has greatly tested this personal belief of mine, and sometimes I still question if there really are truly heartless people in the world. It was my faith in him, in Christ, even when I was severely depressed and suicidal, when the world abandoned me, victimized me, abused me, neglected me, I turned to God. All I could do was endure, and pray to him, that it would be over soon. It is often said, "He who endures to the end shall be saved." And sure enough, I was. I am in a better place now. And I'm glad I chose to hang on to Christ.
I have struggled with severe pain from fibromyalgia since November 2000. Only by the grace of God have I endured it. I pray that God will grant you the same grace to endure.
How you choose to respond is correct 😉🌟✊😇💯💖✝️🕊never let the devil snatch the lord out of you with his plots and lies and abuse. Always stay in Christ and fight the struggles they purposely set upon you and do all you can to conquer it with Christ teachings God bless you father Spyridon! Such a positive and powerful Godly message❤
Me thinks God has given me a major break. The 2023 version of Christians will NOT believe me because you incorrectly think God is supposed make everything all nice nice. You could not be more wrong. As a child I was ruthlessly abused by a demonic narcissist. I have been furious about for almost 7 decades. The verbal abuse was even worse. I have no confidence no self esteem, just anger shame guilt depression and anxiety.
Honest question, Father Spyridon you mention all these teachings of our Church Fathers, where can I read up on them or which specific book(s) would you recommend? Anyone else who also knows please tell me.
because of my trust and love in christ im losing friends im slowly being rejected by the world and it feels bad, being mocked losing friends etc.... This video helped me thanks Fr.Spyridon
Bless you father ❤ I know that I am going to be doing great things in Christ I also know that he is and had removed dead fruit from our life and I am thankful He is saving us and I know that we are going to be in glory soon and as my grandmother passed today I’m in full peace
Father, does God allow the enemy to attack my mind because he wants me to be strong and fight off these evil thoughts and overthinking? To truly show God that i am willing to keep fighting and get better ?
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I did say that before father
It is difference between Jesus follower and Christian
God's judgment is coming with no mercy
He will protect his remnant 🙏❤️
@Father Spyridon
Christ has risen!
Father, can you please a tell me why this happens:
For 2 weeks I have had a more stressful time at college, and I get angry easily, and I swear in my thoughts, I cry a lot, and I feel like screaming and punching something.
what to do?
I cant pray anymore, i dont want to pray im furious and i dont want to do it.
And why this happens?
I can take it anymore.
I feel evil, but dont know what to do.
I feel like crying every day, i have problems in the fam, and also have depression
I cant take it , if i cry all day , by depression will get worse, i cant take it i really cant.
I feel so upset so upset
@@M33838 Hey, I am 7 months too late but if you can respond how are you holding up?
Father Spyridon, after going to many churches, and never coming back, I am finally convinced to become orthdox christian. And just last week I have made my way out of a notorious prosperity gospel church
God bless you 🙏🏻🎶 and Welcome!
HOW WONDERFUL! GLORY TO GOD!
Glory to God! Good decision
Amen❤❤❤❤☦️☦️☦️☦️☦️
Welcome home
In Canada there is a huge push for MAID. Assisted suicide. They changed the law, allowing assisted suicide for depression. Homelessness. Even a teenager can apply.
Apparentaly, in Canada, we have advanced beyond depressed poor people.
God have mercy on our wicked souls.
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner.
The scriptures show us what God is going to do to Canada, and nations like it: Canada will be given over to all manner of depravity, perversion, chaos, violence, famine and death.
Lord have mercy, that any one who struggles in depression there will not seek such an option! God have mercy on us all!
God have mercy on those who pushed for that program, they know not what they do…
How sad.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Also I believe one of the most selfish acts a person could perform to hurt those people who truly love them. There is a better way. Develop a relationship with God by following the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Im pretty sure its the same as Belgium, and in Belgium you can’t just waltz in and say “hello my good sir, today I would like to die” you have to get your psychiatrist to sign off on it and they’ll only do that if you’ve been in treatment for YEARS with little to no progress and your life is actually hell.
Oh I remember hearing about that. That's wild ...
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
Thank you for your words Father.
3:20am in South Australia and I’m suffering with sciatica. It’s been like this since 2007. I don’t feel abandoned by ✝️ God. Please ✝️ Jesus give me the strength to deal with this. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
Try rife frequencies for sciatica on y t.
You are loved!
I will pray for you
I'll pray for you Sister! 🙏
I was also suffering once, and what helped me was working not more than 25 min and 5 min walking, the walking part is very important so change your environment which make you incapable of walking a lot
May GOD bless you
Orthodoxy is not for the feint-hearted - but there is no other means of salvation. Thank you.
Amen.
No other means of salvation ? That is a bit hard. If God had killed Mohammed in his mother's womb we would not have Islam and if He had done the same to Joseph Smith we would not have mormonism. I am a heretic. I accuse God for the existence of Islam and mormonism. I am totally unable to believe in a God who is so heartless and cruel that He does not show any kind of mercy to people who unknowingly are members of heretical cults and false religions.
@lukelucas soooo true. I used to think those who authentically struggled as Orthodox Christians were very weak people. I’m still reeling at the extent of my delusion.
@@perttisuorsa4678 Does God not give us the option of free will? We must be able to choose God's grace as an option. With God's grace, those who are lost will come back to Christianity. John 10:11-14, Jesus is our shephard (he brings back the lost flock).
@@Lactosian
Muslims do not come to Christianity because they sincerely believe that Islam is the true religion and not Christianity. They see Christianity as idolatry because Christians worship Jesus. Jehova's Witnesses, Mormons and Catholics do not come to Othodoxy because they sincerely believe that their form of Christianity is more true than Orthodoxy.
Read your book "Orthodoxy and The Kingdom of the Antichrist," found some of the claims incredulous so cross-referenced them and your depth of knowledge of little-known but verifiable facts is astounding! You have helped to open my eyes to the extent of corruption this world faces, and your efforts have helped to inspire me to seek truth in Christ. I accept the Orthodoxy's notion of the filioque as the closest to the truth of Christian teachings as opposed to protestantism and the despiritualized Catholicism which I was brought up in, which I had rejected and turned away from Christ for so many painful years. I appreciate your well researched, written and spoken intellectual labor! I am new to faith and struggle daily, but I am grateful for channels such as this to help to make sense of things. Thank you Father.
You have inspired me to purchase this book. I'm a cradle Serbian orthodox and welcome you to our fold dear brother ❤️🙏🏻
Father bless. Excellent message, thank God. You will not hear these Holy Spirit inspired teachings outside of Eastern Orthodoxy. ☦️
Sensus Fidelium channel has videos like "The Purpose of Suffering" and "Horror of Suffering by Fr Ripperger". This is the traditional Catholic faith.
@@MrTzarBomb i'm catholic so i watched those videos expecting to hear something similar to fr. Spyridon, but those videos seem to have a complete different message. they both talk about suffering as a legalistic punishment imposed by God, and the "purpose of suffering" video specifically talks about how some people in a specific community must suffer to pay for the actions normalised by the community ...
@@n1a316 The wording is different because the theological tradition is different. The Latin Fathers talked like this, so to claim it’s a Latin innovation is a non-start. Same for issues like the Filioque.
The message, however, is fundamentally the same. That is, suffering is present for our benefit, not an abandonment by God. Also, “punishment” by the Latin Fathers is specifically medicinal, not the modern connotation of abuse.
@@n1a316 that said, I’m surprised that’s what you took from it. I went and doubt checked, and the message from both were about rightly ordering ourselves toward’s God.
Are you sure your listen to them?
Thank you Father
This makes me think about the martyrs and how they must have felt God's grace and strength through their martyrdom.
👍
Had a discussion with my daughter this week and I ended up explaining that nothing else works to break the spell of a nightmare, of which you know I have plenty to have nightmares about, and Satan is trying again to subvert, than to kneel in the dream and fervently pray. My fear, terror and anxiety disappear and I sleep peacefully again. Orthodoxy is the One True Faith through which we find our Lord and Saviour.
Thank you Father for your graceful words!
You building our spirits through your speeches! 🙏
I am a sinner, I don’t deserves even to listen to your speeches!
This last days have been particularly tough for me. Today specially I felt close to the breaking point, I’ve gone through exactly everything father is describing here: despair, doubt, fear that God is getting away from me. I have endured and felt that it’s been in vain.
But father’s message is encouraging, God’s love is tough but it’s for our best, at least that’s what I like to believe.
Lord, forgive me for my sins, for doubting you, for my incompetence, for I’m but mere dust. Please lord have mercy on me. 😢
Amen and thank you Fr. Spyridon. The Cross is a ladder to Heaven. Lord have mercy.
My husband left me for another woman after 31 years. I've now had a CT scan for potential pancreatic cancer. I feel the Lord might be using me but its hell on earth.
🙏
So so sorry @donnaroberts9199
Keeping you in my prayers as you continue to persevere on this very difficult road.
Jesus is standing beside you and holding you in His arms.
God’s grace and peace be with you 🕊️ ❤
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Praying for you! Keep strong, I can only imagine how much the lord grieves for you, but keep in your faith no matter the time, and for your endurance you shall be raised to glory in heaven. Many prayers.
The Orthodox church the one True Church. Glory to thee oh God Glory to thee. Thank you Father for another beautiful video.
Im in chronic life long pain from a failed lumbar fusion in 2018. Im in alot of pain 24/7 and im still giving the last of my energy to the Lord and the church.
Thank you for posting this, Father. I am struggling with my suffering, and I needed to hear this. I have explored my humility during Lent, and I must now explore my trust in God after be laid off. Thank you!
Father Spyridon practice what he preaches...so when he mentions prosperity preachers.....he means it....I know...bc I offered to make a contribution to his youtube channel or his ministry..he refused...instead he refer to his books...which is little to no money....Father Spyridon is a class act....and listen to him daily.
In his mercy the Lord is purifying me & it is incredibly difficult for me to endure, I always fall away, pray for me strength & courage, to keep choosing to respond with trust & obedience
Amen
Thank you, Fr. Spyridon for this encouraging message. It was exactly what I needed to hear. Blessings from Florida.
I needed to hear this. I have been wanting to run away from my trails ans sufferings. I need to embrace it as Gods gift to me. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me.
Jesus I love you. All I have is yours. Yours I am yours I want to be. Do with me whatever you will.
Thank you Father, this is the exact message I needed to hear now. I've been struggling horribly, and the only thing getting me through was the Lord Jesus prayer. But after being granted some temporary strength the past week, I felt almost abandoned yesterday. But finding this video first thing in the morning today, I see that I am not abandoned
We're never alone ❤
Anyone notice at 7:48 on, the sun absolutely shined on Father Spyridon? Chills!
This is very relatable, and what I needed to hear this evening. Dealing with a wave of depression and despondency, I've been focused on my troubles and how they paint the world around me, rather than trusting God to bear me through.
Thank you Father, for helping me to better understand and glimpse some light in the darkness.
Bless you, father. You are speaking directly to my heart recently and I have been struggling for several years now. I felt abandoned by God, I felt so unworthy of God, I scoured my past trying to find the reason why God had forsaken me. I am doing a little better than that today but I am still struggling. And I keep praying for forgiveness and for the lord to show me his will and help me to do his will and then I find your videos of late speaking directly to the sort of inner struggles I have been facing for the last seven years. I’m a sinner, please pray for me friends. I’ve been trying so hard for so many years and I’ve gotten to the place where it feels like I don’t know which way is up. My faith has stayed with me through all of this, in fact, at times it has been all that I have had, which seems beautiful in hindsight but walking that path was another story altogether. Bless you father, and bless all of the viewers of this channel and the world! Praise God!
You’re not alone. I’m suffering too. Let’s pray for each other as well as others.
@@chriskourliourod1651 you got it, brother! Praise the Lord. What’s bothering you? I’m frustrated with work and feel sort of purposeless. I turn to my faith but then feel abandoned by god. I’m making it through though. The pandemic was REALLY hard but I was praying double hard then too. I’ll be thinking of you all day Chris, God be with you. 🙏🙏🙏
I’m in the same situation as you are, but please don’t ever consider yourself purposeless. Due to God and the right people, we are never alone-look how Fr. Spyridon just now helped us and others. I coped with the COVID fiasco by spending more time outdoors foraging, hunting, and practicing overall woodsmanship. What you store in your head can’t be stolen. God bless you, too!
I believe everyone goes through what Job suffered in whatever way, shape, or form. Thank you, Father, for your most timely message. Our Lord Jesus Christ arranged this for us.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.
This came at just the right time for me. I don't want to share anything besides that, but thank you so much.
Thank you Father, a much needed message.
Thank you father, I needed to hear this please keep doing gods work. You don’t know how much you’re helping people
Praise God forever.
Your messages are always on time. Thank you, father.
I thank him for my suffering. Soon the Righteous shall be restored and renewed to the seed of Adam . He worked for 6 and rested on the 7th . This rest IS of the three R’s . Resurrection , Restoration and renewal. We are so close . Rise !!
Father, yesterday I told a friend that I needed some time to focus on my personal struggles and I won't be able to talk to her for a while. I am hoping that she will not come to hate me, and that she will be happy to hear from me again, when I am ready to talk to her again. It will be a struggle for me to not lose hope that we will be friends again. Please pray for me that our friendship will not be destroyed by my absence, and that I will overcome my current struggles. And maybe my soul will be enriched by the end of this struggle. Please Lord. Don't let her become angry with me. Amen.
Great massage father, we need to remember that we get wisdom from failure more than from success. God bless you all!
Thank you so much! This came just in the right time.
I appreciate this. I need to consider more but you described something similar to the moment I experienced when I began my life outside decades of substance abuse that had taken me into some serious darkness.
At any rate what i experienced was a spiritual experience. That was the difference between then and the many times id tried to get off the junk. I still don't know how I did it other than to say what others have said. I turned my life and my will over to God as I understood him.
I needed to hear this today ☦️
Thank you Father ♥️
Your words of edifying wisdom are always so timely.
Thank you! Just what I needed to hear today.
Thank you Father. ☦❤
Right on time, glory be to God🙏🏿
Thank you for this video! 🙏🏻
' You cannot ressurect without getting crucified'
In the original 1959 movie Ben-Hur, Judah and Balthazar are witnessing the crucifixion of Christ near the end of the movie and Judah says "...for this death?". Balthazar replies "for this beginning". Suffering and sorrow can lead to a new beginning, as father said it is up to us how to respond. By the way, please watch this movie, one of the best ever made and years ahead of its time. A drama of epic proportions.
Brilliant movie.
A very beautiful movie.
Моћна беседа!!! Хвала за охрабрење! Господ са Вама!
This is what I needed to hear.
Thank you so much Father may God bless you always and keep you happy in your Christianity Path ✝️
leave this world behind and in doing so you will find what is not of this world do not engage in this world or you will become one of it
Your messages are always very insightful and very helpful. God bless.
This came at a great time for me. Thank you Father for this encouragement to endure.
I'm too afraid to turn away from God because He has physically, mentally and spiritually helped me out of many situations!!!!!
I can clearly see evidence of God's right hand in my life!!!!
I see most people are empty whitewashed tombs and I do pray for them!
The only thing bothering me about walking the straight path is I'm fatigued, exhausted and overwhelmed with sorrows for the people of this world that are stiff-necked to turn to the lord ,that they may be healed and clothed...
My question is when will the lord, the LORD GOD Almighty renew my strength because I'm so tired???????????
I'm waiting, and have been waiting for most of my life for the renewal of my strength but still.
I buy a new mattress it doesn't work,I slept on the floor it didn't help because these are the things of the world and not of God!!!!
My hope is in God and not in flesh . Amen.
Thank you so much father you have genuinely made me want to fine and receive Gods grace
Uplifting message
I got sucked into the prosperity gospel movement when I was in my early 20s. I was totally led astray. Thanks be to God, I am now in the Catholic Church and we don't have it here.
The Roman Catholic church is of the Devil. Being a true believer in Christ is right.
This puts it all in perspective
Thank you Father, very much needed to hear this blessing today.
Lord have mercy
You are graced with great spiritual gifts. May this fact humble you. Thank you, Father.
Excellent teaching Father Spyridon
God bless you
I sometimes wonder, why would a good God, the greatest father, mother that loves us beyond we can love ourselves, create all this suffering for human beings which did not even ask to be brought into this world. Tell me, would it be fair and just and loving to put a toddler or even a teen to a UFC ring with a professional UFC top heavy weight fighter with millennial worth of skills on the art of warfare? And if the person that was put in the cage, doesn’t overcome the fight, he or she is sent to an eternal torment? Human beings are sinful beyond words and their heart corrupt that’s for sure, and the devil I m very clear what side he stands on, it’s God that I sometimes question if he’s really on our side or if he really doesn’t care. Why all this suffering for man kind? Why can’t it all just be good and why can’t there be no evil to begin with.
We departed from God and alowed sin, sufering and death în our life
I needed to hear this teaching. Thank you
Psalms Chapter 28
1(A Psalm of David.) Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Revelation 2:22
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, have mercy on me a weak sinner.
May the Lord bless you, Father Spyridon. ✝️✝️
Dear Father pls pray for my child Diana Anastasia Rose ,am from Singapore Nancy
our trials are not a curse.
i needed to hear this. thank you.
Thank you for the lesson.
I am not even Christian...But, all I can say is....what an amazing teaching! Profound and beautiful.
Hey nightingale, so cheerful and sweet
sing to me of what once was.
I have hastened to the murky hills,
I watered the rocks with my tears!
Your song heels my wounds
for a brief moment...
My pain makes mountain tremble and groan...
Sweetest of the birds, you keep chirping your nightingale hymn,
remove this hollow ache from my heart...
Where are you, sisters, my mountain fairies,
why are you hiding from me?
Hug, take hold of your sister,
Hear out my painful song!
They took away my father and my mother,
wrote them a bloody fairy tale...
The grass has covered my darling,
without his eyes... quietly, alive... he's sleeping...
They ripped heart out of my chest,
they took my child, my Sun.
An angry demon put terrible torment upon him.
My son, forgive to your mother for not rescuing you...
O our Saints
Glorious martyrs!
Children of mine
How could a woman forget about you!
Little Angels of Jasenovac / Donbass,
You are soldiers of Heaven.
devoted to Christ,
You became Our martyrs!
Hey nightingale, so cheerful and sweet
sing to me of what once was...
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Pray for me as my suffering is great.
Were it not for my faith in God, I surely would've taken my own life long ago.
In 10th grade, I was bullied relentlessly for my Autism, called and labeled as a "retard" by my own peers. They used my Autism as a scapegoat to gaslight me into thinking I was hallucinating their abuse, and to pin their problems on. Even when they sexually assaulted me, they would often say to the staff, "Oh he doesn't know what he's talking about. He's a retard". To say these kids had serious issues is an understatement; as their psychological abuse often led me to question my judgement, my reality, my identity, and my sanity, of which I feared I was losing a grip of. Some of my peers even used the adult's own mental disabilities to their advantage to earn their favor, like when my art teacher was on maternity leave, they'd take advantage of her mood swings to set me up to get into trouble and blame me.
Worse still, the adults failed to live up to their responsibilities. No matter how much I cried to them for help, they neglected to take action, and only asked me what I alone could do to improve the situation; nothing. I could only stay away from my peers. But since I was at a boarding school in the middle of the woods, there was barely any place else to turn to, except to God. Even then, my peers stole my Holy Cross and mocked me for being a sinner. They often said I was beyond salvation because I was a "retard", and that I deserved to burn in hell.
People often say that nobody is truly heartless, that anyone can obtain salvation, but my ordeal in tenth grade has greatly tested this personal belief of mine, and sometimes I still question if there really are truly heartless people in the world.
It was my faith in him, in Christ, even when I was severely depressed and suicidal, when the world abandoned me, victimized me, abused me, neglected me, I turned to God. All I could do was endure, and pray to him, that it would be over soon. It is often said, "He who endures to the end shall be saved."
And sure enough, I was. I am in a better place now. And I'm glad I chose to hang on to Christ.
Thank you Father. 🙏🏼
Thank you
Good on YOU FATHER BLESSED !!!
I loved YOUR message !!!❤❤❤
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Where is this beautiful place
12 long. painful. years. :'C
I have struggled with severe pain from fibromyalgia since November 2000. Only by the grace of God have I endured it. I pray that God will grant you the same grace to endure.
Thank you Father for your wisdom and teachings.
How you choose to respond is correct 😉🌟✊😇💯💖✝️🕊never let the devil snatch the lord out of you with his plots and lies and abuse. Always stay in Christ and fight the struggles they purposely set upon you and do all you can to conquer it with Christ teachings God bless you father Spyridon! Such a positive and powerful Godly message❤
Thank you Fr.Spyridon for your Wisdom and Guidance
Very encouraging, thank you.
Christ is risen
Me thinks God has given me a major break. The 2023 version of Christians will NOT believe me because you incorrectly think God is supposed make everything all nice nice. You could not be more wrong. As a child I was ruthlessly abused by a demonic narcissist. I have been furious about for almost 7 decades. The verbal abuse was even worse. I have no confidence no self esteem, just anger shame guilt depression and anxiety.
Honest question, Father Spyridon you mention all these teachings of our Church Fathers, where can I read up on them or which specific book(s) would you recommend? Anyone else who also knows please tell me.
because of my trust and love in christ im losing friends im slowly being rejected by the world and it feels bad, being mocked losing friends etc.... This video helped me thanks Fr.Spyridon
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Bless you father ❤ I know that I am going to be doing great things in Christ I also know that he is and had removed dead fruit from our life and I am thankful He is saving us and I know that we are going to be in glory soon and as my grandmother passed today I’m in full peace
Father Spyridon, how can we discern whether our sufferings are for our salvation OR are due to God's justice and wrath against our sins?
Father, does God allow the enemy to attack my mind because he wants me to be strong and fight off these evil thoughts and overthinking? To truly show God that i am willing to keep fighting and get better ?
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Why dont you teach people how it is that you received the radiance and light of God on your face?
Literally me
I am a catholic and enjoy your great messages , look forward to reading your book too , thank s God
Thank you father ....
Thank you Father. Bless you for speaking truth.
Please pray for me to be guided to the Orthodox Church
Nice to know that I can keep "no privacy" on my list of torments.