Author: Makala Doulos

Beware of hindering yourselves with any weight of earthly cares. Examine your hearts most closely, and purge out each besetting sin with a godly prayerful jealousy. Remember that blessed …

I tell you, if you are serious about wanting to be like Christ, God is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become …

  Have plenty of courage. God is stronger than the devil. We are on the winning side. ~John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for …

Our enemy is more aware than we are of the spiritual possibilities that depend upon obedience. We should never be surprised that he seeks by assault and, if that …

Henri Nouwen wrote of the spiritual work of gratitude: To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all …

I have often, myself, sat in darkness, and cried aloud for the Holy Spirit to deliver me from the fantasies that gather round a parched soul like flies round …

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ~ CS Lewis   He drove into my kidneys the arrows …

In time of trouble go not out of yourself to seek for aid; for the whole benefit of trial consists in silence, patience, rest, and resignation. In this condition …