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A procession I took part in August 2022 when I was on holiday in Greece.
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Personally I like processions with public roads being cordoned off by the local authority
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Now tell me, this cannot be a mere coincidence
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and from that look how many generations before man was ready for Christ.
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Yes our past was cruel and barbaric, God could have fixed it all instantly with the snap of His fingers but again doing so would remove our free will
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I would not get too caught up in what most of the OT says, many parts of it no longer apply to us under the new covenant, especially as we live in a very different world today than the people of the OT even if there are still many parallels that can be drawn.
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Blessed Sunday to all 🙏 just returned from the most glorious Theophany Liturgy
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I'd like the Bible to back my personal experience... I personally had some experiences when I felt God (the Trinity) but they could have been delusions. For instance, the moment I started to question my atheism I began with a skeptical approach towards the divine nature of Jesus. I randomly found many videos of muslims doing dawa on YouTube and I decided to read the Quran. One day I was in really bad health and prayed Allah to heal me and shortly thereafter I felt well and I took it as a "proof" on the spot. Although, I went on with my reading of the Quran and found a lot of evil and I quitted the reading when I came to the part where Allah says that Muhammad was allowed to have more wives than the other muslims (completely hilarious). That's why I don't want to rely on personal experience, because they are delusions 99% of the time
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Probably a stupid question but does donating to the church count as giving alms?
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And it’s all the proof I need. I don’t need to get into nitpicking debates about details in the Bible or historical records, the Holy Spirit did something for me that I was completely incapable of doing alone
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A revelation may not necessarily be a visual apparition, sometimes it may just be through the work of the Holy Spirit and it’s up to you to notice the patterns and “coincidences”
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I think we did have this, the road we processed was quiet
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Feels much more solemn and enables peace of mind
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Interestingly, I was praying after yesterday's conversations on here and today His Grace gave a sermon about having doubts about God
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Today I had the blessing of leading the choir during Matins and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, celebrated by His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene, Assistant Bishop to the Midlands of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain. Many Years to His Grace on his nameday, the Feast of Saint Maximos the Confessor! Many Years, Master. ☦️
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I would say the important things to take from the OT are:
1. The Ten Commandments
2. The history of the Israelites
3. The select stories, morals and bits of wisdom that do still apply to our modern day
I am happy for you, I will keep asking and knocking for explanation on some verses of the Bible or for a personal experience like yours. There are other verses that are heavily criticised that don't cause me any problem (Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. 16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.)... here it is Moses who is speaking, and Moses is not God
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Personal experiences can indeed be delusions and this is why it’s important not to rely on things like feelings as they come and go and can happen as a result of mere chemical reactions in the brain that have no divine nature to them whatsoever. At least in my personal case my experience to me is impossible to doubt even if everyone in the world told me it was a delusion. I know myself and my own mental capabilities very well, what was done for me could not have been done by me and it was something that goes against the interests of Satan.
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I don't know if it was just a coincidence or Satan has the power to heal sickness if it is useful to deceive
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Although while it is important to give to the church, almsgiving extends to many other areas. Giving money/food and drink to the homeless, donating clothes, volunteering at homeless shelters, prayer, etc all would also come under almsgiving.
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🇺🇦 DRUMMING FOR SALVATION: Breakaway Ukrainian church continues to improvise on rituals, holding a service with unusual musical instruments.
What's next - a DJ booth?
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https://youtu.be/uCrM8-2u2-4?si=ZkuJIouOWu_foi7M
23:45 onwards. This might be the answer you are seeking
I personally believe God revealed Himself to me in this way
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I always hope to have some revelation in dreams as a revelation when awake would freak me out and I am not worthy of it
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