... in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. Through the prayers of our
holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen. Glory
to You, our God, Glory to You.
O Heavenly King,
the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill all things,
Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us
from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy
Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the
beginning, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
You choose.
The easy, popular way of happiness, health, and wealth or the
desert. You decide.
And when he had called the people unto him with his
disciples also, he said unto them,
“Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me: for whosoever will save his life shall
lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the
same shall save it: for what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul? Or what
shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
And he said to them,
“Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that
stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of
God come with power.”
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If you don’t follow Him, who will?
If you don’t deny yourself, who will?
If you don’t take up your cross and face your own crucifixion,
putting death to self, daily, who will?
If you don’t emulate Christ, who will?
If you don’t forfeit your life, who will?
If you don’t think your soul more valuable than the Universe,
who does?
If you don’t stand up against wickedness, who will?
If you don’t clothe, feed, and shelter the poor; comfort the
broken hearted; visit the sick; defend the oppressed and weak: who will?
If you don’t tell the world, who will?
If you are ashamed of Christ and what His Bible really
says. If you want to retranslate Scripture
so it’s not so plain and harsh. If you
want to reinterpret the Word to take out the things you don’t like….
If you don’t refuse to be ashamed of Christ in your place,
when the world insists that it’s bad manners to talk about God in public, when
the world decrees that it’s not politically correct to mention the name of
Jesus in society, when many are claiming that God is Dead: who will?
You chose. You
decide. God has already made up His mind
about how to figure out who His friends are.
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