I invite you to take a look at my books here: www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AFather+Spyridon+Bailey&s=relevancerank&text=Father+Spyridon+Bailey&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Would people videotaping themselves giving money to the poor or to the homeless and posting these videos on social media be an example of a right hand sin? I would never do this, I was just curious
"You fast, but Satan does not eat. You labour fervently, but Satan never sleeps. The only dimension with which you can outperform Satan is by acquiring humility, for Satan has no humility." St. Moses the Ethiopian
May the love of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those persecuting believers in Ethiopia and around the world; and may the love and forgiveness of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those being persecuted.
@@JesusisaMuslim May the love of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those persecuting believers in Ethiopia and around the world; and may the love and forgiveness of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those being persecuted.
It would be absolutely wonderful if God did something to help the suffering people in Ethiopia but the sad truth is that He will not do anything because if He did something everybody could see that God exists and people would no longer have to BELIEVE that He exists. They would KNOW that He exists. For some strange reason God does not want people to KNOW that He exists.
Battle with the "Pharisee in us" is a life long neverending battle... and he is back over and over again just like the bad guy in a typical horror movie.
Every-time I watch a Father Spyridon video, it feels as if the spiritual journey gets harder. I appreciate the brutally honest and accurate advice though, it is such a serious problem for me, almost everything mentioned in this video. Pray for me.
The Truth does hurt sometimes, and I assure you that you are not alone. Generally, the shedding of sin is ongoing, life-long process, and there’s no need to feel overwhelmed-imagine how things would be now if Christ didn’t come when He did for what He did. “I can do all things through Christ, Who strengthens me.” And two of the best words ever are “Fear not.”
I need to listen to this over and over again just as a reminder to "work out" my own salvation "with much fear and trembling" as "he who endures to the end shall be saved." Thanks father!
This video has made my heart joyful. I had surgery two years ago that almost caused brain damage. I was so close to losing my mind. I've worked as a trader full-time for roughly 12 years. My email address is on my profile since I've previously been contacted for investing advice. Despite my passion for what I do, life suddenly slowed down and got monotonous. Even now, I'm not sure how I recovered. One day I thought I saw a brilliant light and when I looked back at my husband I saw he was crying. I'm back at work and proud as ever. People seek guidance on how to assist on a daily basis.
Thank you Father spyridon for this lesson. I do remember in a previous teaching you saying something about the root of pride is always of a demonic origin. I carried it with me the rest of the week to remind myself when i started to feel too pleased with myself. I struggle but i know in my heart you are right.
🙏 In aura mediocritas is salvation, moderation and humility will sprout roots of hardness against temptation. Thank you for this wonderful discourse of heart. 🙏
I am reminded of St.Paul explaining the difference between being childlike versus being childish. We must be a child to God our Father at all times. St. Teresa Avila would wait outside of the confessional for the sisters and as they would come out she would hug them and say,"Begin Again!"
Excellent message, Father Spyridon. This very much resonated with me and was edifying. My first thought was that, "We must repent for the Pharisee in us." I struggle much with Pride. It always seems to come back to Pride. Timely and important message in this video, again, thank you.
Bless the Lord of my soul and all that it is with in me bless His Holy Name. The word of God is the sword of our spirit we must not forget. If Gods words are always fresh from our hearts minds and from our lips we will find safety
"We must always remember that we are beginners in our prayer, beginners in our spiritual life " This is truly a very wise teaching that can help us greatly to not fall to either extreme that will end up in death 🙏 Let us stay humble and thank God for his gifts to us
when I am confronted by demons always and everyday with temptation, prayer and fasting as the lord tells us, closes the window that evil can not pass through. we can always pray continually by setting our mind on the lord and focusing on both our daily work ... nothing is impossible with the holy spirt and angels protecting us, we are not able to defend against evil by ourselves.
“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” “The righteous shall live by faith.” Thank you, this was something I needed to hear. I am not an orthodox Christian, but I see you have wisdom given to you by God.
When I feel insufficient, I try to remind myself to the words of Jesus to St. Paul: "let my grace be enough for you". We must believe, it will be enough. He promised. Do not be discouraged, that can be also from the devil. Have faith.
Your sermons speak to me so deeply Father, I hope you’re living blessedly, in good health and good spirits. May you continue to serve as a light in the dark. I often fear for my generation and their godlessness. So many youth are quick to laugh at the word of god, the strength of prayer and faith, far more accepting of new age spirituality- be it from Tarot and crystals with supposed healing properties, to astrology and everything else between, anything of course but Christ. God Bless, stay well.
Your fears are real my brother! The growing godlessness in the world is staggering. Remember, we are IN the world but not OF it. God is in control. We must trust in Him. We must all pray for each other and lift each other up. May God Almighty bless those who read my heart felt words of love.
@@baskinbol8936 Amen. I’ve made myself practice prayer especially for those that are lost in their faith, for that they may one day find their way to the word of God. I also am beginning to learn to forgive those I feel have wronged me, or caused pain- I try my hardest to forgive. I ask God to watch over them, to bless them. I recognize that perhaps god put these people in my path for that reason, to begin exercising forgiveness and understanding.
May God be with all of us! I’ve been walking around for nearly half a century, and I can assure you that it’s been the same old song and dance for as long as I can remember. It really started getting bad in the 1990’s. Older people like to look down on younger people, but they forget that they themselves were once young. God bless all faithful “zoomers,” and may He have mercy on us all!
Doing things as a show for other people is the danger, I agree for certain. It is that which is done in faith for God and his creations that is the only path for a Christain. God Bless You Father Spyridon.
Not sure if it's related, but the verses from Ecclesiastes 7 came to mind: "Do not be overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself? Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time? It is good that you grasp this, And also not remove your hand from the other; For he who fears God will escape them all."
I keep believing and being so negative by how I am... That I have failed in faith and love of God so much and even "can't" past any of the "test" now 😔 because I was believeing but also so ignorant to my sins and sinning but also become so self focused and absorbed in them. Also become so stubborn and judgment on all wrongs in people and how evil has effected everything and especially my heart 😔 That keeps wanting to give up but also at the same time wanting Christ to save and that he Has done it all for us. And where I have been so destructive to my soul and others from not really being able to "choose" to do what is right all the time or really listen to follow God or Christ with a loving and willing heart. And all my issues of not really living and loving life as I should be and truly helping or forgiving or having a real changed heart etc. Where I'm the one also constantly asking for forgiveness but just don't "change". Wanted to all just depend on God/Jesus to take control of my heart in a loving way instead of the evil spirits ways that effects our hearts to be evil 😔
I’ve found that the most evident sin of all is pride. Here’s how the trap works in my experience: “I’m the humblest man before the Lord in all of the world. There’s none like me.” There are actually TWO sins here: pride and exceptionalism. Sure, we’re individuals, but we must not make the mistake of thinking that we’re truly unique. As I look back at my life, I can easily see how God guided me, even in the worst moments.
Pharisees are best represented by Grand Inquisitor in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Brothers Karamazov', he sits upon Hierophant, intermediary throne of illusion and pseudo duality.
Please do excuse the profanity that my username holds within it.. ... Father your videos have helped me immensely in my journey towards becoming closer to Christ. In strengthening my faith and my relationship to God. I don't have much of anything to say. I just wanted to thank you. From the depths of my heart I'm grateful that these videos exist.. so thank you, again Father Spyridon. And I need to give thanks to Christ as well. My life has turned around completely since I made the decision to devote myself to him.
Thank You All Powerful Lord Jesus Christ for Paying for All my Sins Thank You Jesus For Shedding Every Last Drop of Your Perfect Redeeming Innocent Blood For The Forgiveness Full Remission of All my Sins Thank You Jesus For Dying in my place on The Cross as The Perfect Sacrifice because You Have No Sin Thank You for Being Buried Thank You Jesus For COMING BACK ALIVE 3 Days After Your Death because You Are The Son of God and God At The Same Time!!! I LOVE You Heavenly Father ABBA I LOVE You Jesus I LOVE You Holy Spirit Not 3 Different Gods But The 1 The Only True Living GOD Most High Revealed to us in 3 Ways ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤she who is Forgiven Much LOVES Much!!!
father I'm about 1000% certain that I want to become a deacon. Currently I'm a subdeacon. I just got promoted to subdeacon about a year ago. Do you have any suggestions about what I should do or how I should pray about this circumstance. I wish I could live at church. I look forward to every Sunday. Serving God. Serving his holy house. I pray that I don't fall into deception and start to think how holy i am. I can sin with the best of them. I am the chief sinner. I know this. Any advice from you would be greatly appreciated? Subdeacon Christopher
From my observations of clergy and my own game of trying to avoid being the cantor while being in a choir. I would suggest serve where you are and trust that God will work in his own time and way. Just when you think you will be where you are forever the church will call you to the next stage. Do not push for it or flee from it as God alone knows when where and in what circumstances. It would not harm however to work on any academic training you diocese requires it's clergy to have and if you can find some which is not anti-Christian doing a course in listing skills, it is useful anyway but a skill which should be looked on favorably like being able to sing at least reasonably.
I invite you to take a look at my books here: www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AFather+Spyridon+Bailey&s=relevancerank&text=Father+Spyridon+Bailey&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Would people videotaping themselves giving money to the poor or to the homeless and posting these videos on social media be an example of a right hand sin? I would never do this, I was just curious
"You fast, but Satan does not eat. You labour fervently, but Satan never sleeps. The only dimension with which you can outperform Satan is by acquiring humility, for Satan has no humility." St. Moses the Ethiopian
Ahh, humility if only we would seek to humble ourselves
That’s not scripture, and is not accurate to scripture either.
@@ChristDiedForYou_liveforhim Saint Moses was a black monk from Africa who died in 400 AD. Luciphers first sin was pride.
@@ChristDiedForYou_liveforhim AM 100% SURE YOU ARE A PROTESTANT
That is profound
Pray for the Orthodox Church and monastic communities in the Ukraine which are under heavy persecution.
Please pray for the Antioch church in Syria , father
Amen
Pray for Ethiopian orthodox Christians they are suffering...
May the love of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those persecuting believers in Ethiopia and around the world; and may the love and forgiveness of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those being persecuted.
@@JesusisaMuslim May the love of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those persecuting believers in Ethiopia and around the world; and may the love and forgiveness of the Holy Spirit fill the hearts of those being persecuted.
Serbian Orthodox are talking about Ethiopia every day, we pray for you ☦️
It would be absolutely wonderful if God did something to help the suffering people in Ethiopia but the sad truth is that He will not do anything because if He did something everybody could see that God exists and people would no longer have to BELIEVE that He exists. They would KNOW that He exists. For some strange reason God does not want people to KNOW that He exists.
I haven't heard about what is going on in Ethiopia, can anyone brief or point to good articles?
Battle with the "Pharisee in us" is a life long neverending battle... and he is back over and over again just like the bad guy in a typical horror movie.
Father Spyridon as a Catholic I have read all your books and so have my children.
Thank You!
If you liked those books, read Father Seraphim Rose. Both are wonderful. Father Seraphim will not disappoint.
Thanks be to God for Orthodoxy
Father please pray for my Ethiopian Church. We are being murdered, jailed. Please pray for us. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us.
Ethiopians are not Orthodox
@@seraphim3TN they are oriental correct, but he didn't state that they were orthodox, just asking for prayers as they are being wronged.
I will certainly pray for you and yours brother
I pray for you
That’s me “a desire to make quicker progress.” Thank you for this very timely message
me too, I am so impatient!
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
Thank you for your words Father.
Pray for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church fathers and followers 🙏🏾
I haven't been aware of what they are going through, but I will pray for them.
🙏☦️
Amin
Every-time I watch a Father Spyridon video, it feels as if the spiritual journey gets harder. I appreciate the brutally honest and accurate advice though, it is such a serious problem for me, almost everything mentioned in this video. Pray for me.
Aaahh yes, this is me too. Easy to begin to feel overwhelmed and downcast.
The Truth does hurt sometimes, and I assure you that you are not alone. Generally, the shedding of sin is ongoing, life-long process, and there’s no need to feel overwhelmed-imagine how things would be now if Christ didn’t come when He did for what He did. “I can do all things through Christ, Who strengthens me.” And two of the best words ever are “Fear not.”
@@chriskourliourod1651 ..blessings and thank you for your wise counsel. All glory to God.
I am a Catholic and I have watched a lot of your videos. There is an incredible amount of wisdom in your words. Thank you Father.
HALLELUJAH JESUS I TRUST IN YOU FROM LEBANON BEIRUT BIG LARGE HOLYSPIRIT LEBANESE LOVE ♥️🌲♥️🇱🇧
This is very helpful before Lent
I need to listen to this over and over again just as a reminder to "work out" my own salvation "with much fear and trembling" as "he who endures to the end shall be saved." Thanks father!
I was completely oblivious to the fact that the demons are much much more experienced than I am. Thank you father
demons are manipulative so they dont want you to know this
Thank you Father
Thank you father. "Convert zeal" is real and it can be very dangerous.
10000% agreed. Lord have mercy.
This video has made my heart joyful. I had surgery two years ago that almost caused brain damage. I was so close to losing my mind. I've worked as a trader full-time for roughly 12 years. My email address is on my profile since I've previously been contacted for investing advice. Despite my passion for what I do, life suddenly slowed down and got monotonous. Even now, I'm not sure how I recovered. One day I thought I saw a brilliant light and when I looked back at my husband I saw he was crying. I'm back at work and proud as ever. People seek guidance on how to assist on a daily basis.
Scam
And the woods looked peaceful and it was good to see you in such a nice setting. Thank you.
Thank you Father Spyridon.
I needed to hear this teaching. Thank you.
Father bless. Thank God for your continued edification in the spiritual life. Really helps.
please pray for ethiopian orthodx christians
Thank you Father spyridon for this lesson. I do remember in a previous teaching you saying something about the root of pride is always of a demonic origin. I carried it with me the rest of the week to remind myself when i started to feel too pleased with myself. I struggle but i know in my heart you are right.
Praise God 🙏🌿🌻✨
Excellent video, father! The divine liturgy that you led today at St John of Shanghai was wonderful. I felt very blessed to have attended.
These teachings are a source of great hope.
Oh Lord i’m so guilty of this, thanks God He always helps me to realize my errors. Lord have mercy🙏
🙏 In aura mediocritas is salvation, moderation and humility will sprout roots of hardness against temptation. Thank you for this wonderful discourse of heart. 🙏
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a weak sinner. ☦✝️
God bless you, Father Spyridon.
Thank you, father.
Thank you Fr.Spyridon for your guidance
Bless all that hear Father Spyridon's messages 🙏
I am reminded of St.Paul explaining the difference between being childlike versus being childish. We must be a child to God our Father at all times. St. Teresa Avila would wait outside of the confessional for the sisters and as they would come out she would hug them and say,"Begin Again!"
Excellent message, Father Spyridon. This very much resonated with me and was edifying. My first thought was that, "We must repent for the Pharisee in us." I struggle much with Pride. It always seems to come back to Pride. Timely and important message in this video, again, thank you.
Thank you Father.. this talk will be listened to more in order to feel what you say !
I have been tempted to fall back into deception so this is an encouragement brother Spyridon thank you, and I’m sure it’s the same for others.
Thank you Father for your teachings; they light our path toward our Lord Jesus. May God bless you.
Convert zeal is very dangerous. Super correctness. Over zealous can lead to leaving the Church faster than one entered. Lord have mercy.
Bless the Lord of my soul and all that it is with in me bless His Holy Name.
The word of God is the sword of our spirit we must not forget. If Gods words are always fresh from our hearts minds and from our lips we will find safety
Nice background....
Pray for us Father Spyridon, that the Lord Jesus would have great mercy upon us
Thank you!
Thank you Father, really needed to hear this one today. God bless you.
This is for me, a modern Pharisee, over righteous and judgemental of others
Father Spyridon, this video knocked on my door just when I needed it. Thank you for your service.
"We must always remember that we are beginners in our prayer, beginners in our spiritual life "
This is truly a very wise teaching that can help us greatly to not fall to either extreme that will end up in death 🙏
Let us stay humble and thank God for his gifts to us
when I am confronted by demons always and everyday with temptation, prayer and fasting as the lord tells us, closes the window that evil can not pass through. we can always pray continually by setting our mind on the lord and focusing on both our daily work ... nothing is impossible with the holy spirt and angels protecting us, we are not able to defend against evil by ourselves.
“Without faith it is impossible to please God.”
“The righteous shall live by faith.”
Thank you, this was something I needed to hear. I am not an orthodox Christian, but I see you have wisdom given to you by God.
When I feel insufficient, I try to remind myself to the words of Jesus to St. Paul: "let my grace be enough for you". We must believe, it will be enough. He promised. Do not be discouraged, that can be also from the devil. Have faith.
Your sermons speak to me so deeply Father, I hope you’re living blessedly, in good health and good spirits.
May you continue to serve as a light in the dark.
I often fear for my generation and their godlessness.
So many youth are quick to laugh at the word of god, the strength of prayer and faith, far more accepting of new age spirituality- be it from Tarot and crystals with supposed healing properties, to astrology and everything else between, anything of course but Christ.
God Bless, stay well.
Your fears are real my brother! The growing godlessness in the world is staggering. Remember, we are IN the world but not OF it. God is in control. We must trust in Him. We must all pray for each other and lift each other up. May God Almighty bless those who read my heart felt words of love.
Fellow Zoomer?
Pray for them as we pray for all. Love them, don’t hate them for it. Lord have mercy on us, for we all fall short in the glory of God
@@baskinbol8936 Amen.
I’ve made myself practice prayer especially for those that are lost in their faith, for that they may one day find their way to the word of God.
I also am beginning to learn to forgive those I feel have wronged me, or caused pain- I try my hardest to forgive. I ask God to watch over them, to bless them.
I recognize that perhaps god put these people in my path for that reason, to begin exercising forgiveness and understanding.
May God be with all of us! I’ve been walking around for nearly half a century, and I can assure you that it’s been the same old song and dance for as long as I can remember. It really started getting bad in the 1990’s. Older people like to look down on younger people, but they forget that they themselves were once young. God bless all faithful “zoomers,” and may He have mercy on us all!
The end quote by St. Isaac the Syrian really resonates with me.
demons manifest from within us, when our thoughts and actions don't adhere to God's teachings, when we stray away from the light
Greetings from the Russian church in Singapore. May God grant you many years!
Doing things as a show for other people is the danger, I agree for certain. It is that which is done in faith for God and his creations that is the only path for a Christain.
God Bless You Father Spyridon.
Father bless thank you. I must keep my soul ready for the day.
Thank you so much, Father!
Thanks be to God! Amen!
need prayers God bless
Not sure if it's related, but the verses from Ecclesiastes 7 came to mind: "Do not be overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself? Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time? It is good that you grasp this, And also not remove your hand from the other; For he who fears God will escape them all."
I needed this today.
Thank You Father
So true, so profound ! ❤thank you
That is why Our Faith is not of the World, scorned by the World ☦
I needed to hear this.
Thank you for your wisdom
Thank you, Father
This really helped! What an insight!
Great message! -Sincerely, a "protty". 🙏
Amen. Thank you, Father Spyridon.
I enjoyed this. Very understandable.
I keep believing and being so negative by how I am... That I have failed in faith and love of God so much and even "can't" past any of the "test" now 😔 because I was believeing but also so ignorant to my sins and sinning but also become so self focused and absorbed in them. Also become so stubborn and judgment on all wrongs in people and how evil has effected everything and especially my heart 😔
That keeps wanting to give up but also at the same time wanting Christ to save and that he Has done it all for us. And where I have been so destructive to my soul and others from not really being able to "choose" to do what is right all the time or really listen to follow God or Christ with a loving and willing heart. And all my issues of not really living and loving life as I should be and truly helping or forgiving or having a real changed heart etc. Where I'm the one also constantly asking for forgiveness but just don't "change". Wanted to all just depend on God/Jesus to take control of my heart in a loving way instead of the evil spirits ways that effects our hearts to be evil 😔
May you hear the word of life Father.
Holy Spirit speaks through you brother, praise the Lord. Keep seeking Him ❤
God loves all of you!
I may have stepped beyond my expectations by sharing this with you Father Spyridon
Inspiring.
thank you very much, from México, Im catholic, but the Orthodoxy is my way, I need a spiritual guide
Amin
Thank boss's
I’ve found that the most evident sin of all is pride. Here’s how the trap works in my experience: “I’m the humblest man before the Lord in all of the world. There’s none like me.” There are actually TWO sins here: pride and exceptionalism. Sure, we’re individuals, but we must not make the mistake of thinking that we’re truly unique. As I look back at my life, I can easily see how God guided me, even in the worst moments.
I think that, ‘Lean not on your own understanding …’ ( Proverbs ch3, verses 5-8 ) and Jeremiah ch17 verses 5 and 7, are very apt for this video.
I feel as if I'm turning into a Pharisee Father. God have mercy
Pharisees are best represented by Grand Inquisitor in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Brothers Karamazov', he sits upon Hierophant, intermediary throne of illusion and pseudo duality.
Please do excuse the profanity that my username holds within it..
... Father your videos have helped me immensely in my journey towards becoming closer to Christ. In strengthening my faith and my relationship to God.
I don't have much of anything to say.
I just wanted to thank you. From the depths of my heart I'm grateful that these videos exist.. so thank you, again Father Spyridon.
And I need to give thanks to Christ as well.
My life has turned around completely since I made the decision to devote myself to him.
Thank You All Powerful Lord Jesus Christ for Paying for All my Sins Thank You Jesus For Shedding Every Last Drop of Your Perfect Redeeming Innocent Blood For The Forgiveness Full Remission of All my Sins Thank You Jesus For Dying in my place on The Cross as The Perfect Sacrifice because You Have No Sin Thank You for Being Buried Thank You Jesus For COMING BACK ALIVE 3 Days After Your Death because You Are The Son of God and God At The Same Time!!! I LOVE You Heavenly Father ABBA I LOVE You Jesus I LOVE You Holy Spirit Not 3 Different Gods But The 1 The Only True Living GOD Most High Revealed to us in 3 Ways ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤she who is Forgiven Much LOVES Much!!!
Amen!
"WE ARE ALWAYS TO BE BEGINNERS"❗❗❗
Wow
Father Please pray for Ethiopian Orthodox church. Our gov is trying to make us disappear
Yes, self-reliance is an illusion.
Not true at all.
🙏✒️📚
father I'm about 1000% certain that I want to become a deacon. Currently I'm a subdeacon. I just got promoted to subdeacon about a year ago. Do you have any suggestions about what I should do or how I should pray about this circumstance. I wish I could live at church. I look forward to every Sunday. Serving God. Serving his holy house. I pray that I don't fall into deception and start to think how holy i am. I can sin with the best of them. I am the chief sinner. I know this. Any advice from you would be greatly appreciated?
Subdeacon Christopher
From my observations of clergy and my own game of trying to avoid being the cantor while being in a choir. I would suggest serve where you are and trust that God will work in his own time and way. Just when you think you will be where you are forever the church will call you to the next stage. Do not push for it or flee from it as God alone knows when where and in what circumstances.
It would not harm however to work on any academic training you diocese requires it's clergy to have and if you can find some which is not anti-Christian doing a course in listing skills, it is useful anyway but a skill which should be looked on favorably like being able to sing at least reasonably.
How is it posssible to talk to Father Spyridon?
✨❇🌷❇✨
Hello
Father how can I become an orthodox Christian? I’ve been trying to convert Into orthodox Christianity but I have no idea on what to do
You can go to your nearest Orthodox Church and make an appointment with the priest.