Try to hangout with them more...set more dates as a group hangout somehwere and also visit them one by one. That really helps coming from a youth like me =]
Also, try to make fun trips with them. I noticed that if u make overnight trips, they start …
ya i rly need that answer too...i think im gonna ask my priest about it.
But remember Matthew ch.11 it says something like come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. =]
Once u have sinned, get down on your knees and ask for forgiveness.
Dont just do the sin again because u know you are weak...dont give the devil more room to dwell in you...u have to fight and be strong.
Thats what my father of confession told me …
Christ seemed like a failure on the cross, but after He ressurected He was a success.
Through His weakness He became strong.
Same with you...Although your life seems like a failure, it will be a success in the end. God will raise you up just like h…
Look what Anba Youssef said on abortion
"Life of a baby starts at conception. Any abortion is considered a murder."
http://www.suscopts.org/q&a/index.php?qid=993&catid=414
you should believe in what the Bible says about these subjects.
The bible strictly goes against them and so does our church...if u want me to show you some proof i can.
Believing in gay rights or abortion doesn't mean you are better than those who
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maybe this http://old.orthodoxsermons.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=87&Itemid=26
or this http://old.orthodoxsermons.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=261&Itemid=26 ?
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You either go all for the Bible or for none of it at all.
As Christ said, "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of …
Go to this website
http://old.orthodoxsermons.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=26&Itemid=26
and click on the lonely or depressed links and there are many sermons for it!!
The coping with lonliness one is very helpful.
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http://www.suscopts.org/resources/literature/youth-corner/
scroll down on the bottom and click on the alcohol power point
i understand that it is addicting and very tempting...but u have to live by the spirit and not by the flesh.
Focus on God...pra…