“Why do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do not find it. This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.” Has BeensHelpingLightChristianGivenGrowsDarkWasteIncreasePursuitThis LifeVainOrthodoxRepentance Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“In all things that you find in the Holy Scriptures, seek out the purpose of the words, that you may enter into the depth of the thoughts of the saints and understand them with greater exactness. Do not approach the reading of the Divine Scriptures without prayer and asking the help of God. Consider prayer to be the key to the true understanding of that which is said in the Holy Scriptures.” InspirationalMaySaidHelpingChristianPurposeReadingUnderstandingReligiousPrayerGreaterDivineKeysHolyApproachAll ThingsAskingDepthSaintScriptureOrthodoxHoly ScripturesExactnessTrue Understanding Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“No one can sense his own weakness is at least a small temptation is not allowed to afflict either his body or his soul. Then, comparing his weakness to the help of God, a man comes to know its magnitude. But whoever does not know that he needs God's help, let him make many prayers. Insofar as he multiplies them, in that measure will he be humbled.” KnowsMenInspirationalNeedsDoeSoulHelpingBodyChristianReligiousPrayerWeaknessTemptationCompareOrthodoxMagnitudeNeed God Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“There is no man who will not be grieved at the time of his chastisement; and there is not man who will not endure a bitter time, when he must drink the poison of temptations. Without them, it is not possible to obtain a strong will. When he has often experienced the help of God in temptations, a man also obtains strong faith.” MenInspirationalHelpingChristianStrongReligiousDrinkEndureBitterTemptationPoisonOrthodoxStrong WillChastisementStrong Faith Author:Isaac of Nineveh