"It is necessary to rouse the heart to……" — John of Kronstadt
"It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity."
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75 Quotes by John of Kronstadt
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...people mostly pray as if there were no God with them, or as if He did not heed their prayers.…
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When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire,…
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When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember…
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Christ is our hope, our cleansing and santification, our resurrection, life and repose. He alone is what we all need,…
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Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of…
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The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom…
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Every man on earth is sick with the fever of sin, with the blindness of sin and is overcome with…
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It would seem, after this, that even when living upon earth we must live as if in the heavenly kingdom,…
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Wherefore is this? Because our common enemy, the Devil, endeavours with all his might to oppose the intentions of the…
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Christ wishes to raise men up to heaven, and has given them all the means to attain this; whilst the…
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Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various…
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The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of…
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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be…
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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship,…
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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities,…
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I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount…
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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the…
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Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.
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