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  Dear readers, I suggest you to take part in the marathon. We have two weeks in April to prepare our souls for the celebration of Easter. I want to come on Easter to the temple with my soul being changed, sanctified, illuminated. The gospel can do this to us. Therefore - a marathon for April: choose one Gospel and read it in full in 14 days so that in the last days before the holiday we have already read about the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the resurrection. I choose the Gospel of Matthew for myself and once a week I will publish reflections on the verses I have read. I will begin today with the Our Father prayer in the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus taught people, “Pray, 'Our Father who art in heaven! Hallowed be thy name; let thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliv...

We read in Matthew 6th chapter : “ 5. And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.  6 But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly.  7 But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  8 Be not you therefore like to them: for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him.” Our prayer should promote the integrity of the soul. Therefore, if we have any other motives in our souls, such as:  I pray, because everyone does so; because I was asked to do it; from habit; by tradition, etc., then all these motives must be rejected. You need to pray only because you want...

  I want to share with you couple ideas I’ve learned from the book of Bruce Wilkinson ‘Jabez’s Prayer’. He teaches in this book how to pray a daring prayer that God always answers. This book is a testimony about what happens when ordinary Christians decide to reach for an extraordinary life which is exactly the kind God promises. If you want to have a bigger vision for your life, be a gimper for God. Gimper always does a little more than what’s required or expected.   In the 1 Chronicles 4:9 we read the briefest of the Bible biographies: ‘ Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers’. Jabez wanted to be more and do more for God and God granted his request. Why? let's read his story in the 1 Chronicles 4 chapter. ‘’ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand mig...

Today I want to share with you couple thoughts about Prayer. Every born again believer is Able to communicate with God through Jesus Christ. In the Gospel of John 3:8 we read: “ The wind blows where it listen, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell whence it comes, and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit". Communication contains two parts: talking with God (or how we used to call it - a prayer), and listening, what the Holy Spirit is saying. As prayers differ, so do listening. We read in Bible, that God is saying: " Cal l to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3. “ And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing....