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    Lesson
    2/17/2023

    5 Regarding Prayer if We

    Have Time Apart From the Daily

    (Continued) 👇 5) Regarding prayer, if we have time apart from The Daily Prayer and Praise of Mary, which we pray in the morning and at night, we should have a prayer that we pray on a regular basis according to the level of our spiritual knowledge. For example, you can read and pray the Psalms, Homily of Archangel Michael, John's Gospel, Homilies, other prayer books and books on repentance. 6) Concerning prostration, it is possible to fight evil spirits by prostrating more. When we prostrate, we should put a cross or holy pictures or the gospel in front of us while crossing our bodies in the sign of the holy cross, with our knees and foreheads touching the ground. 7) If we surround our spaces, our room, in our house, and around our bed with the cross, it can be a shield that prevents demons from approaching. The demons will be completely destroyed because it weakens their power, burn them, and they will not be able to approach this holy place. Prayer is a fence, the cross is a fence, the holy books and our prayer books are a fence. 8) Mainly as Christians, we must not despair! Don't give up!!! The enemy, the devil, will try to pull us back again by giving us no rest in order that we don't escape from his hands. In fact, we should say, giving spiritual praise or singing testimony, "I have truly defeated my enemy, the evil spirit, and with this, I know that God the Holy Spirit is with me; God is my shield and protection, no one will defeat me", not despair and delay our salvation. As God told us through the Prophet, He says: I do not like the death of the sinner, but that he returns to Me. Therefore, God will bear with us even with our sins. He is not patient with us so that our duration of sin is prolonged but gives us time to repent. Even though he hates the sin of fornication that we have entered into, God is waiting for us to listen to His word and return in repentance. So, how can we give up hope? (Continues) 👇
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