«...Иисус Наставник, помилуй нас!»
to say to yourself more often: "Thou art sorrowful, O soul
Trust in God, that we may worship Him, the salvation of my countenance and my God.
Temptations of the devil against the reading of divine books. When I came to borrow a book, I was in such a
like a man going to touch the
Beast. When I forced myself, God helped me
And I'm used to it.
Attachment to anything in the world gives
a reason for the tempter to occupy the thought of the ascetic of piety not with the afterlife, but with the present life (St. Theophan For the Creator).
In order to hate sin, think more often, and especially when you are tempted, about the harmful consequences of sin – about the harm that can
come from it for you for all eternity, if not
repent.
You should always move away from the causes that excite
enemy warfare, and not to approach things that can harm the soul. And I'm not talking about baits
but also about everything desirable with which it can
to be tempted by the freedom of good will.
When a person tempts God. There is false hope
a reckless, daring hope in God. For example, they subject their bodily or mental life to
great danger in the hope that God will miraculously save her; confidently await a miracle from God
to prove someone's innocence; in need
and the poor are idle in anticipation of God's help; in illness they do not want to go to the doctor, leaving the whole matter to God. Then man tempts God. More
False hope is expressed in too much confidence in one's own eternal salvation.
For salvation, one must avoid temptations – temptations
and excessive friendship with everyone.
One should not throw oneself into temptations (suffer
for the faith) before the time, before God's permission to do so, but on the contrary, one must pray so as not to fall into temptations (St. Basil the Great).
Do not be hard-hearted to him who is subjected to
temptation, but try to comfort him as you would
they themselves wished to be comforted.