Are You Increasing Daily?
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- Father Josiah Trenham
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This for me is the hardest thing. Just those small little increments each day where I refine my spirit. It’s a lot harder than I first thought. But the Lord is merciful.
I understand. You are definitely not alone
Brother you aren’t alone. Prayers for all my brothers going through the same trials.
I am not increasing daily. But, by the mercy of Christ, I have seen increase over time. I am not the same man I was when I was Baptised. Not outwardly, but in my prayer life and repentance.
There are days of decrease. There are times of stumbling and "returning to the vomit".
However, Holy Orthodoxy and the life of the Church has given me so many ways to grow in faith and repentance where even a little effort still produces results.
I am trying father . Trying to make my prayers more focused. Trying to sin less. Trying to learn more. Trying to love more, trying to be better trying to donate more . Trying to help the colleges, trying to help more ppl in need . I am so far away from a saint and I feel and know I am not worthy of the gift of orthodoxy he has blessed me. But I want to continue trying to please God and show him he didn’t waste his energy in creating me. Pray for me . The demons are picking up their attacks on me especially in my sleep. Lord have mercy on me. Glory to God. Christos anesti
You can use Information from neuroscience that are helpful in our fight against evil.❤
You would not yearn for holiness if you were destined for wrath. The peace of God is contentment. Be still and know that He is God.
@@katiejo1095 thank you
In the same place my brother! Christ will win after all.
@@katiejo1095beautifully said. That one sentence gave me so much peace. God bless you 🙏
All Christians should pray daily. Great way to finish and/or start the day.
Greetings from Mumbai, India!
I enjoy your sermons. I am a Roman Catholic. 13:29 ✝️
Yes, my family currently resides here in Pennsylvania - and as Orthodox Christians, we would LOVE to see a larger number of Orthodox Monasteries built and Spiritually utilized in our State! ☦️🙏🏻❤️
You have several in Southwestern PA alone; St Tikhons, Holy Protection, Nativity of the Theotokos near Pittsburg. Not far from eastern PA you have St Nectarios Monastery.
The words that come out of Eastern Orthodoxy on UA-cam is nothing short of profound. The Gospel, messages and deeds from the UA-cam Orthodoxy community has impacted my worldview and deepened my relationship with Christ. I'm ready to move from Catholicism to Orthodoxy. I'm blessed to have two Orthodox churches within ten minutes of my house. Thank you for your message Father Trenham. It's time to increase. It's a new season.
❤✝CHRIST IS RISEN ☦❤
❤🕊🙏✝GOD GIVES US STRENGTH AGAINST EVIL AND TEMPTATIONS ☦🙏⛪💪
Truly He is Risen!
Thank you for speaking so nicely about Romania. God bless us all!
Thank you Father Josiah for your presence on UA-cam, you are making an impact on me here in Costa Rica 🤍
Let’s get an Orthodox Church going in Costa Rica
That would be incredible! ☦️🔥❤️
I am not orthodox Christian, but I am Christian. I have really grown to appreciate and understand these videos posted. I don't get to hear the Truth spoken so plainly. My denomination has a very pale teaching. Very very good Father, I feel my understanding of Christ and my relationship growing from the teaching. Thank You.
I pray you find your way fo the true Church
0:01 Truly He is Risen!
Greetings from Romania! I love your sermons and i was very glad that you came to our country. God bless you and give you strength and inspiration for your wonderfull work.
Very encouraging, thank you. My daughter just graduated Hope College in Holland, Michigan. It's ecumenical, so maybe that's not a kind of college you mean. But the school is excellent, and has a very Christian "Hope Forward" payment program, parents may look into. We were able to pay for her with no debt, glory to God, and she is now applying to medical schools to enter that field, a strong woman with a beautiful faith. Anyway, increase. That's a good thing to meditate upon🙏
Воистину Воскресе! Indeed he is risen. Thank you for your online presentations! So well delivered 😊🙏
Adevarat a Inviat! God Blessuren you! Amin!
I'm RC and know in my heart I'm to covert to Orthodoxy. I don't know if I will be welcome in any of the churches in my area. I'm a 54 year old recovered addict I was homeless for three years starting at 49 and I'm afraid the churches will think badly of me. I live in Knoxville any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I will be praying for you! God is waiting for you!
Get after it my man
Becoming Orthodox you will be homeless no more, brother!
there's an OCA church in Oak Ridge, St. Anne Orthodox Church. I'm sure they will rejoice that you join them. Fear not.
I was homeless many years ago and on drugs. Going to orthodoxy is the best thing. Don’t worry about what other thinks or don’t. Worry about what God thinks and doesn’t . Pray to God with your soul that he will lead you to the right Orthodox church and then trust God and Go. He will prepare the way for you. He will send his holy angels to assist you. I promise .
Pray for our life Father!
These are words of a real priest!
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It’s like trying to sharpen a dull blade of hard steel…it takes effort but with focused effort gradually the sharpness emerges!
Game plan. Acknowledging and running towards God, always at the center. Amen.
As a catholic I always enjoy listening to orthodox points of view on issues, always beautiful and inspiring. God bless ❤
I am not increasing daily, i am decreasing. May the Lord Jesus forgive me and help me. Amen
I pray that in WV we could get more churches and monasteries
Yes sir st tikhons is growing every week hardly a place to stand I prayed it was joyous
I love the Catholic Church. I’m not sure the relationship between your religion and mine, but I do know that the Mass and the lives and teachings of the saints have greatly helped my relationship with the Godhead.
Yay I'm early to my favorite channel!
Truly he is risen!
I always look forward to hearing from you
How about Orthodox Holistic Medical Hospitals?
There is a big drive for Holistic hospitals and medical schools that return to medicine.
May God bless you. It's a delight to hear the way you speak. I'm roumanian and I'm very pleased you bring light to our dark world.
Beautiful message
Thank you for coming in Romania! Bless us father! You became our friend.
Thank you for this powerful encouragement!
I want to know how we can influence people who live in different sins to think more about Jesus & start accepting him more as time persists hoping they have a magnificent change in their life
Bless you, Father from Romania. Bucovina is magical.
So happy you have visited our lands.
Thank you Father for your teaching. May God continue to bless your channel.
Yes i do . And each day i come closer to the realization that death is the greatest relief, our exodus . And i come to realization how weak of a christian i am . Although i did learn that as long as i love , i will be on the side of christ
It is both our greatest relief and something we need to be utterly prepared for. Do not hope for death to come even a moment too soon. We are all so weak but we must struggle and find joy and a way to love others in the little moments while we still live and breathe. Do not despair over the hardships of this life.
@@spikestoyou No i dont but i thank you for the words of hope ! Each day Jesus is continuously helping me in loving and loving more! Without him id be a shallow flesh, with him i feel like I actually love! I THANK you from the bottom of my heart for the words of encouragement. God bless your day my dear brother in Christ!
I am a Protestant but more importantly I am a Christian. I have accepted Christ and I have been baptized and confirmed. I do not think that I am more shallow than an Orthodox. Christian. I believe we are brothers and I see no need to vilify my Christian Brothers.
@@guvnc1 Nobody is villifying you. There is truth in protestant sects of Christianity. We love you and don’t doubt that there are sincere people doing their best to live godly lives and follow Christ in many protestant churches. But no protestant church has the fullness of the faith like Orthodoxy does. And in order to best preserve the church and keep people from falling into error and sin we must remain distinct and keep people from thinking we are keeping to the same faith because we simply are not.
@guvnc1 I was a devout Presbyterian and Calvinist for 33 years. I am now Orthodox and it was the best decision I ever made. Everything Spike said is exactly why I became Orthodox.
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Yes Father increasing everyday Father painful transformation it’s been nothing but decreasing with evil doers🥰🥰🌺Thank you
Please pray for my healing from trauma🙏🥰🌺be wise as a serpent gentle as a dove
May God bless you Father! I am from Wisconsin, raised Lutheran, did my Bachelor's in Bucharest, and I have converted to Orthodox in Piatra Neamț.
Listening to your reflections with gratitude and love, from Romania, father Josiah! Glad you've had a blessed and beautiful trip here. 🙏🙏
Hoc est verum - Αυτή είναι η αλήθεια. Thank you Father.
"They've lost their salt and as a result, are no longer a light to anyone." That is a wonderful quote as well as very accurate!
I was just thinking about this the other day. I felt like my ascent towards God had stalled as of late. I've been a catechumen for about a year now and have had my ups and downs. Great Lent and Holy Week (my first) were amazing and I really felt myself growing closer to God. But a couple of days ago I felt an odd lack of zeal and last night, I had a very carnal dream. It actually shocked me awake and I was able to jump right into prayer. But I do think I've gotten too comfortable lately and need to turn up the heat.
Keep up the good work
In Romania, the politicians can give you a quick and uncalled for bath into humility...for starters. The Grace of God, that comes from the monasteries, from the holy relics, from monks with holy lives, from the land blessed with so many martirs, from people with pure hearts, the countless blessings of milenia of church services and sacraments, all that Grace fills up your soul that starts longing for God...
Fr. Josiah, hope you’re doing well. Would you consider doing an episode of Torahistic Christianity? It’s a relatively new group, but their numbers are growing. From what I gather, they follow Mosaic laws, but reject Talmudic dialogue on those laws. They have used this to argue that Christ is in fact not God, but instead just a prophet and solely our Lord. Would be very helpful as this movement is starting to really gain traction.
Fancy dancy indeed, abouna
It would be so great to have Christian schools. I was looking for my children at the time and there are two or three in entire NYC. While many Catholic with incredible high tuition. I am aware of only one Christian Orthodox college in San Diego. It was not accredited when my older son was admitting.
Few years ago I was looking for Christian Orthodox psychologist for my younger son and there are none. They are listed on some Greek Orthodox site but in reality they do not exist. Here in New York there are plenty of great psychologists but when looking dipper on them some are propagating pure Buddhism, reiki etc. Now my older son is taking his master in psychology with religion orientation. Unfortunately it is only available in Fordham university which is religious university but doesn’t offer pure Christian orthodox view. When you are speaking of numbers, it would be great to understand how many Orthodox Christians are in America and that would give great perspective for forming the schools and health care in future. But I guess it is something that Bishops suppose to approve if there is initiative.
i knew a very good Greek Orthodox Psychologist, he was in NY, he has just moved to NJ though
@@Whiskey40k would you be able to send me info.
All good, except the part that you said that Acts is merely historical
Happy you liked Romania! 🇷🇴🙏
PS: Communism didn't affect the Orthodox Church, but mainly the Greek-Catholic Church.
They did not replace your bishops in Romania with KGB ones? Did your bishops change their ecclesiastical calendar to the Masonic/Papist one?
If we replaced money with Jesus that is the way Jesus wanted us to live. We are motivated to get to work for our love for Christ, we should not make any decisions or make any actions to earn money but to earn Christ. We are to be his liking. Jesus comes first, everything else comes second. That is how we should live our lives, to be as motivated to keep on living for the seeking and loving of Christ as people today are to seek money and materlialism. If you put this in your mind, Jesus comes first everything else comes second you will start to think differently
Please someone pray for me, I am losing my mind.
Read beautiful healing scripture. Look to how God is all knowing, all seeing. He makes straight your path, he is the light in the darkness, he comforts your soul. Seek him and not your fears. He will guide you, strengthen you and heal you. Give him your mind, renew your mind with his thoughts, shut the door to the dark thoughts. He is the light that shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Brendan Marsh, I will pray for you ❤.
@katiejo1095 I thank you. I have a sleep disorder. I regularly go days without sleep. I become ill due to lack of sleep. Its horrific, and has been happening since March 2019 when my wife passed from cancer age 41. There seems to be no end.
@@brendanmarsh4523 I have long had sleep disorders, including apnea, and have been ill from the effects of lack of sleep. It is a serious condition. And it can indeed induce a sense of insanity, of inability to function.
Yet, take hope. You still do have a right mind that seeks help from others, for allowing the condition to isolate you is a downward path. Seek the Orthodox Church; stay in contact if you are already Orthodox. Go to as many services as you are able, for prayer is indeed powerful to heal, especially among those who can pray with you. Medicos may have some help for bodily disarray, but the Church has help for body and soul. I have the help of both, but the Church is holistic, and Christ is the Great Physician.
You have my prayers for your complete health. Personal loss can bring destructive traumas that can attack sleep. But being with others who care can give help that reaches the deepest wounds. God bless you always. He is Pure Love, all Love, all the time, and seeks our healing. Seek Him. He is the Only Good One.
You need medical help not prayer. You have a medical condition not a religious one. Get a doctor not sleeping for days is not normal.
Don't listen to LemonJuice516, who is not a doctor. By all means, see a doctor if you have a mind to, and if you haven't already. But doctors can do only so much for medical conditions. I have gone years with poor sleep, and the doctors have done what they can for me, and the condition is improved but not cured. But Christ is the Great Healer of All. With a doctor or not, you should continue to pray. I have, and what doctors have not done, Christ can heal. He has helped me beyond the reach of medicine.
Romanian Churches are open daily!
Here is an honest question: If we are not to have anything to do with schools that ban the name of Jesus how are we able to teach them the ways of Jesus? For example, my wife works for a Christian non profit that works with a lot of public schools in the area. They have a community center where they welcome the students and show Jesus to them. Many of the schools are aware of this and the programs that are offered to these students. But perhaps you mean something different? I would not say Jesus's name is ban at those schools necessarily, but they are not Christian schools. I'm trying to understand., thank you.
No because I stick to a strict diet. So not increasing daily
I know it's not related to this video but does anyone have advice for my dad on how to refuse his job making him raise a gay pride flag above his school he works at starting in June. We live in norcal and he's a custodian at an adult education school. God bless.
Is there no other custodian who can do it?
@@chance2756 He's the only one at his school and it's his job to raise the flags in the morning. Hypothetically, some other custodian from another school in the town could come over and do it or someone else who works at his school but that's not very logistically agreeable to them. All the other custodians have there own routines at their own schools ya know?
@@ts925yo I understand. Maybe there's a less secular school in the area he could transfer to?
@@chance2756 Possibly but I don't know if they're are any openings. Thanks for the recommendation though.
"Whoops, I forgot"
No I'm not
The Law enforces a Quartodecimin Passover; but your Arian Constantine conflated Passover with Firstfruits and changed the date, based on the lie that Peter and Paul delivered a different date to Rome... which was just as valid as the "Donation of Constantine."
So true king, praise God for Pastor Jimmy Bob who hid the true unadulterated King James Bible in the ground before Constantine and his goons got to him for us to find and finally get it right in the 21st Century 😱🙏
@@nox567😂😂😂
Πίσω μου σ´εχω σατανά
Ποιος είσαι εσύ καί ποια εις το
βλαστημο σου στόμα τον Άγιο Κωσταντίνο
Υιό της μεγάλης μας Αγίας Ελένης
Χωρίς Αυτούς δεν θα υπήρχε Ορθοδοξία καί Χριστιανισμός
Χριστός Ανέστη
@@nox567 Is this a response to me? How does it answer anything I said. I'm not a KJV only guy, but I do believe that the difference between the Textus Receptus and the Eclectic text is significant in Romans 8:1, and elsewhere. I believe the Jews corrupted the Masoretic, and that greatly explains why, in many places where Paul quotes the Septuagint, the Masoretic differs where Paul quotes the TaNaK.
Look, sir. You disparage the reputation of St. Constantine and immediately alienate almost every person who might otherwise have engaged you on your ideas. But your rhetoric telegraphs to us that we'd be wasting our breath.