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Thank you, I've been struggling with my addiction with marijuana, I have a tough time sleeping and the withdrawals are super bad once I lay down to sleep and I feel like I feel the dark presence come as soon as it knows I lay down. I relapsed and I knew it was wrong but it felt like the weight of my addiction was all I could see and feel around me and I escaped by sinning. I felt remorse and I still feel guilty for it but this video gave me hope. I love you and everyone that sees this, remember that Jesus loves you and cares for you as well Amen.
I needed this. I almost gave up because I didn't became a "good person" overnight so I thought my repentance was totally fake (or just a feeling). Thank you for encouraging me to go on trying my best as a sinner. Have a blessed Christmas dear father! (You looks having so much peace after your travel to Romania :) )
Hello, Father. It’s a great point that Christ came into the world to save sinners. The Orthodox Church is a hospital. Please pray for my family and me; my name is Demitrios. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners. For whom I am the worse of sinners. ❤☦️❤️
God uses you countless amounts of times in my life to get ideas across and understand things in a heavenly perspective. You shine with Christ. Thankyou father. You are a blessing on this earth for many of us
I've come to truly love the Jesus prayer for this very reason - its ending reminds me that I'm a sinner. It's a wonderful means of dispelling pride on a daily basis.
Thank you father Seraphim. These were the right words in the right time for me! Blessed Christmas for you and your brothers and sisters. With love from the south of Germany Susanne
Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us we are sinners , Im in iraq .. pray for me brother he have heart problem i pray for him in Jesus name even he dos now know Jesus because he is Muslim at berth.
Thank you Father for your comforting and strong words. In Danish 'repent' is translated to 'around turn'. At sixty-two I still find the need to 'turn around' every day. When I get lazy in this practice I become despondent and discouraged and then I 'turn around' again. I certainly don't have the patience Jesus must have, for I become irritated with my self when I am lazy. Have a lovely day you all. ❤
Thank you, Father. It is a blessing by God's timing that I see this video today. It was very needed for me in my current struggles in dealing with my stumbles. I began to listen to the Devil telling me I will never make it to Heaven because of my failings. God bless you, Father. ☦️
Greetings from Orthodox Greece! Metania is the word! Amen Also my spiritual father always said that Christ came for the "apololos" that means the one that is lost (the "apololos provaton" that is in the gospel and means the lost sheep) Evlogite (pray for us)!
Thank you father We were talking in our church about the 10 virgins and the parable of the talents and my heart could barely receive the message of the judgment of Christ .. overwhelmed by my own shortcomings and failures , I can barely grasp that Christ will judge me according to my deeds. For now I pray for Christ to help me to return to my first love and lead me to an inner repentance 🙏✝️🥰
Just the title by itself. If you guys don't have a lot of time to study this video, just take that title to heart. And consider this. You don't have to grit your teeth and bear down to try and stop sinning, small efforts are all it takes. Then what sins get through, confess them and then offer up your sufferings in reparation for other sinners. Amen and God love you. Good morning.
A deeply encouraging message. Thank you Fr Seraphim, I pray with faith to this infinite loving God, that He give you releif from all your physical pains and even greater measures of His communion. Nothing in the world is worth keeping, Christ is worth turning 180° to from every other thing. The night the call of Christ compelled me to repent, there was a distinct moment where the Holy Spirit filled my mind with verses of Christ, the thoughts that impacted me the most was the story in the old testament when the arc of the covenant was being transported on a ox wagon, and got trapped in the mud, and the Arc started to slide towards the mud, and Uza reached out to grab the Arc to keep it from falling in the mud, and God struck him dead instantly in wrath. Then He filled me with the images of the upper room of the last passover. Where it says that "the disciple that Christ loved was leaning on Jesus"...... The thought that the same God who judged Uza for daring to touch an icon of the Presence of God, is letting a man lean on Jesus's chest, physically touching directly the Infinite Supreme King of the Universe... The depth of this compassion and love, then the thought that this same eternal God who created all by simply Speaking, would humble Himself and endure the blasphemy the same night, and sweat drops of blood in fear of the wrath of the Father....and He who is all knowing, saw every single one of my sins, and still said Not My will but thine be done, and continued to the Cross . This love is powerful, I was transformed, and given faith to believe it is real. ...Turn 180degrees to the cross. Look, and behold such wrath we deserve, behold such love .. And all your lusts of the world will fade away into nothingness as you are swallowed by the excellency of Christ... It spawns full confessing that our sins and idols as worthless. ....and the life of repentance is never stop looking....brothers never stop looking at our Christ suffering, that images will cause us such shame for even entertaining a thought of temptation. "If I do this sin, it is one more measure of wrath upon the Son of God". Look to Christ, and pray "command me to walk " as St Peter said to Christ walking on water. Peter didn't just jump out and start walking, he would have fallen immediately. He humbly asked Christ first, knowing the only way to walk forward is if Christ, who is all powerful, commands with authority. The reason we fall into despondency or worldly things and temptations, is when we stop looking at Christ, and look down and around at our surroundings. We see the wind and waves of the world and our powerless nature collapses. Just like St Peter looked around and began to sink. But remember beloved, all he had to do was call out to Christ to save him, and Christ immediately rescued him. So don't give in , dont look away, the waves of temptation will not drown us if we look to Christ. I'm not worthy to say any such words, I know this truth yet still turn away and sin. but where else can I Go, Christ has the words of eternal life. Let us keep the faith, He is faithful, He loves us, even when we sin 7 times a day. The beauty of the command of Christ to forgive our brothers 7 times a day, is that Christ's ultimate command us to be like Him, which means He himself forgives us 7 times and even 70x7 times a day. He who began a good work in you will complete it. Blessed are they who's hope is in the Lord. Christ has conquered sin and death, He that is in you is greater than all the powers of hell. Love Him, Trust Him, and share the love with others always encouraging eachothers faith Grace and love and faith immeasurably abound to all of us and to the world, To God be the glory forever Amen
I'm plagued with guilt over two sins of my past (thankfully, not repeatable) that I can find no peace. I committed them as a Christian and I am so ashamed. The people I have hurt and my hypocrisy burn my soul to the core.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, father. I can't even begin to express how valuable your videos are. Truly, I find myself growing stronger in my faith each time I click on one! 🙏
Thank you so much for your videos Father Seraphim, I've been applying spiritual discipline in my life for a year, and every message you give is helping me to carry my cross each day a bit lighter even though I naturally add more weight because I'm a sinner, much love Father Seraphim 🙏🖤☦️
May we all be blessed by Christ, my dear one, and may we all learn from each other, because there is something to be learnt from every single person. A blessed, beautiful Feast of the Nativity, my dear one!
God Bless You Father! You are an Angel & you are very comforting… Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ is our only door, HE IS LOVE! … we must repent for our sins and yes, be transformed 🙏
Your words are truly beautiful and comforting in this message and much appreciated dear Father. May the holiness of our Savior envelope each of our hearts in this season. I send love and light and peace to you and to all of the people in your communities. May Christ give each of you a little kiss for your faithfulness and love to the world.
Crăciun binecuvântat părinte! Aș vrea să vă întreb ce credeți despre sfinții închisorilor? Cum să înțelegem suferință lor? A fost o lupta intre forțele binelui și forțele răului in acele inchisori? Imi este greu să înțeleg de ce a fost nevoie de așa de multă suferință și cruntă brutalitate.
Craciun binecuvantat! Nu indraznesc sa ma intreb lucrurile astea, sa va spun sincer. Sunt lucruri care tin de intimitatea luptei lor de mucenici, cu care eu nu am nimic in comun - nici credinta lor, nici puterea lor, nici dragostea lor. Inteleg aceste lucruri in modul simplu: nu cred ca era 'nevoie' sa se intampla toate astea, dar rautatea noastra a generat suferinta lor. Cruzimea noastra, rautatea noastra fara de semeni nu sunt necesare, nu sunt intentia lui Dumnezeu. Sunt pur si simplu realitatea mizeriei firii noastre cazute.
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Be blessed too, father! Thanks so much for your videos. They're always a refreshing source of inspiration, even for me as a catholic.
Thank you, I've been struggling with my addiction with marijuana, I have a tough time sleeping and the withdrawals are super bad once I lay down to sleep and I feel like I feel the dark presence come as soon as it knows I lay down. I relapsed and I knew it was wrong but it felt like the weight of my addiction was all I could see and feel around me and I escaped by sinning. I felt remorse and I still feel guilty for it but this video gave me hope. I love you and everyone that sees this, remember that Jesus loves you and cares for you as well Amen.
❤
I feel love so strong and deep when I watch your videos. Your sincerity touches my heart so deeply. Thank you for making these videos for us!
Luke 5:32
"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
I needed this. I almost gave up because I didn't became a "good person" overnight so I thought my repentance was totally fake (or just a feeling). Thank you for encouraging me to go on trying my best as a sinner. Have a blessed Christmas dear father! (You looks having so much peace after your travel to Romania :) )
Hello, Father. It’s a great point that Christ came into the world to save sinners. The Orthodox Church is a hospital. Please pray for my family and me; my name is Demitrios. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners. For whom I am the worse of sinners. ❤☦️❤️
God uses you countless amounts of times in my life to get ideas across and understand things in a heavenly perspective. You shine with Christ. Thankyou father. You are a blessing on this earth for many of us
Father, incredible speach, so true, so simple, so profound... Thank You 🙏
I've come to truly love the Jesus prayer for this very reason - its ending reminds me that I'm a sinner. It's a wonderful means of dispelling pride on a daily basis.
Thank you Father Aldea 🙏🏼❤️
God bless you, Fr. Seraphim. I needed to hear these words this morning.🥹 ❤
Thank you father Seraphim.
These were the right words in the right time
for me! Blessed Christmas for you and your brothers and sisters.
With love from the south of Germany
Susanne
What a blessing your talks are to me. I listen to your talks every morning while drinking my coffee ❤
Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us we are sinners , Im in iraq .. pray for me brother he have heart problem i pray for him in Jesus name even he dos now know Jesus because he is Muslim at berth.
Thank you Father for your comforting and strong words. In Danish 'repent' is translated to 'around turn'. At sixty-two I still find the need to 'turn around' every day. When I get lazy in this practice I become despondent and discouraged and then I 'turn around' again. I certainly don't have the patience Jesus must have, for I become irritated with my self when I am lazy.
Have a lovely day you all. ❤
Thank you, Father. It is a blessing by God's timing that I see this video today. It was very needed for me in my current struggles in dealing with my stumbles. I began to listen to the Devil telling me I will never make it to Heaven because of my failings. God bless you, Father. ☦️
AMEN AMEN AMEN
We are the broken ones and He is the Master Mender.
Thank you for this encouragement. It is a timely one. God be with you.
Have a blessed Feast of the Nativity, my dear one! May Christ be with us all!
Greetings from Orthodox Greece!
Metania is the word! Amen
Also my spiritual father always said that Christ came for the "apololos" that means the one that is lost (the "apololos provaton" that is in the gospel and means the lost sheep)
Evlogite (pray for us)!
Thank you father
We were talking in our church about the 10 virgins and the parable of the talents and my heart could barely receive the message of the judgment of Christ .. overwhelmed by my own shortcomings and failures , I can barely grasp that Christ will judge me according to my deeds. For now I pray for Christ to help me to return to my first love and lead me to an inner repentance 🙏✝️🥰
Just the title by itself. If you guys don't have a lot of time to study this video, just take that title to heart. And consider this. You don't have to grit your teeth and bear down to try and stop sinning, small efforts are all it takes. Then what sins get through, confess them and then offer up your sufferings in reparation for other sinners. Amen and God love you. Good morning.
Mulțumim din suflet,dragul nostru Părinte!
Nașterea Domnului să ne umple sufletul cu binecuvântări cerești!
Doamne, ajută!
A deeply encouraging message. Thank you Fr Seraphim, I pray with faith to this infinite loving God, that He give you releif from all your physical pains and even greater measures of His communion.
Nothing in the world is worth keeping, Christ is worth turning 180° to from every other thing.
The night the call of Christ compelled me to repent, there was a distinct moment where the Holy Spirit filled my mind with verses of Christ, the thoughts that impacted me the most was the story in the old testament when the arc of the covenant was being transported on a ox wagon, and got trapped in the mud, and the Arc started to slide towards the mud, and Uza reached out to grab the Arc to keep it from falling in the mud, and God struck him dead instantly in wrath.
Then He filled me with the images of the upper room of the last passover. Where it says that "the disciple that Christ loved was leaning on Jesus"......
The thought that the same God who judged Uza for daring to touch an icon of the Presence of God, is letting a man lean on Jesus's chest, physically touching directly the Infinite Supreme King of the Universe...
The depth of this compassion and love, then the thought that this same eternal God who created all by simply Speaking, would humble Himself and endure the blasphemy the same night, and sweat drops of blood in fear of the wrath of the Father....and He who is all knowing, saw every single one of my sins, and still said Not My will but thine be done, and continued to the Cross . This love is powerful, I was transformed, and given faith to believe it is real.
...Turn 180degrees to the cross. Look, and behold such wrath we deserve, behold such love ..
And all your lusts of the world will fade away into nothingness as you are swallowed by the excellency of Christ...
It spawns full confessing that our sins and idols as worthless.
....and the life of repentance is never stop looking....brothers never stop looking at our Christ suffering, that images will cause us such shame for even entertaining a thought of temptation. "If I do this sin, it is one more measure of wrath upon the Son of God".
Look to Christ, and pray "command me to walk " as St Peter said to Christ walking on water. Peter didn't just jump out and start walking, he would have fallen immediately. He humbly asked Christ first, knowing the only way to walk forward is if Christ, who is all powerful, commands with authority.
The reason we fall into despondency or worldly things and temptations, is when we stop looking at Christ, and look down and around at our surroundings. We see the wind and waves of the world and our powerless nature collapses. Just like St Peter looked around and began to sink. But remember beloved, all he had to do was call out to Christ to save him, and Christ immediately rescued him. So don't give in , dont look away, the waves of temptation will not drown us if we look to Christ.
I'm not worthy to say any such words, I know this truth yet still turn away and sin. but where else can I Go, Christ has the words of eternal life. Let us keep the faith, He is faithful, He loves us, even when we sin 7 times a day. The beauty of the command of Christ to forgive our brothers 7 times a day, is that Christ's ultimate command us to be like Him, which means He himself forgives us 7 times and even 70x7 times a day.
He who began a good work in you will complete it. Blessed are they who's hope is in the Lord. Christ has conquered sin and death, He that is in you is greater than all the powers of hell. Love Him, Trust Him, and share the love with others always encouraging eachothers faith
Grace and love and faith immeasurably abound to all of us and to the world, To God be the glory forever Amen
This is the most important video I have ever watched on UA-cam.
I understand repend now , I must every day & night follow Jesus compass needle, not change direction every second day, not even a little 🙏🏼
I'm plagued with guilt over two sins of my past (thankfully, not repeatable) that I can find no peace. I committed them as a Christian and I am so ashamed. The people I have hurt and my hypocrisy burn my soul to the core.
God bless you brother ✨🙏🏼✝️🛐☦️💟♾️
Follow Jesus , walk his way, he will help you & me when we honestly are willing in our hearts 🥰
May we all be blessed and may we all find the Way to His Peace and Love, my dear one.
He is Love Himself!🥹The Love is born!Glorify Him!May You have a sacred,Lightful Nativity,Dear Fr.!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤ God bless you 🙏
Thank you Father, for helping to reorient my focus back to Christ.
I love you. God bless you and the entire monastery ❤
Lord have mercy ☦️
Thank you so much for these messages, they bring us closer to our FATHER. Thank you for your efforts in spiritual growth.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, father. I can't even begin to express how valuable your videos are. Truly, I find myself growing stronger in my faith each time I click on one! 🙏
Thank you so much for your videos Father Seraphim, I've been applying spiritual discipline in my life for a year, and every message you give is helping me to carry my cross each day a bit lighter even though I naturally add more weight because I'm a sinner, much love Father Seraphim 🙏🖤☦️
Love and gratitude ♥️🙏
Father your videos are a balm for the soul.
Thank you Father, you don't know how much I needed to hear this. God bless you. Thank God for his wonderful people 🕊️✝️♥️
your spiritual guidance is an outpouring of the spirit for all who hear and do what you teach! Viva christo Rey ❤
May we all be blessed by Christ, my dear one, and may we all learn from each other, because there is something to be learnt from every single person. A blessed, beautiful Feast of the Nativity, my dear one!
What a message of hope. It doesn't contradict my Catholic understanding but i have never heard it expressed this way. Such mercy!
God Bless You Father! You are an Angel & you are very comforting… Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ is our only door, HE IS LOVE! … we must repent for our sins and yes, be transformed 🙏
Your words are truly beautiful and comforting in this message and much appreciated dear Father. May the holiness of our Savior envelope each of our hearts in this season. I send love and light and peace to you and to all of the people in your communities. May Christ give each of you a little kiss for your faithfulness and love to the world.
May Christ set your heart alight with His Love, my dear one. Have a blessed Feast of the Nativity!
Never once have I felt that a camera stands between us. Listening to you is no different than listening to the priests at my local church.
❤🧡💚🤎💚💜💛🧡
May Christ bless you and your monastery!
And please keep this sinner in your prayers 🙏
Peace and love from the Netherlands 🙏❤️🌹
May Christ bless you and increase the love you have in your heart, my dear one.
Multumim!
Amen
Thank you father. I really needed to hear this message.
Thank you brother, a wonderful reminder praise Yeshua
Glory be to God, my dear one!
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Crăciun binecuvântat părinte! Aș vrea să vă întreb ce credeți despre sfinții închisorilor? Cum să înțelegem suferință lor? A fost o lupta intre forțele binelui și forțele răului in acele inchisori? Imi este greu să înțeleg de ce a fost nevoie de așa de multă suferință și cruntă brutalitate.
Craciun binecuvantat! Nu indraznesc sa ma intreb lucrurile astea, sa va spun sincer. Sunt lucruri care tin de intimitatea luptei lor de mucenici, cu care eu nu am nimic in comun - nici credinta lor, nici puterea lor, nici dragostea lor. Inteleg aceste lucruri in modul simplu: nu cred ca era 'nevoie' sa se intampla toate astea, dar rautatea noastra a generat suferinta lor. Cruzimea noastra, rautatea noastra fara de semeni nu sunt necesare, nu sunt intentia lui Dumnezeu. Sunt pur si simplu realitatea mizeriei firii noastre cazute.
Thank you Father
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can you guys mention me in your prayers my name is Hector
to repentants
metanea not metanoia my brother