Author of quotes: Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

God has no predestination for man, but man is certainly a co-creator of his life with the Lord. And the Lord, looking over our lives, sees whether prolonging our lives is useful for us, whether we are living our days for good, is there still hope for repentance? There is no arbitrariness in life. And the state of our soul affects the timing of our earthly life.

Faith will become for us an ark of salvation, where the Lord Himself will be the pilot, who will lead us to the gates of righteousness. And the fear with which we look at tomorrow will disappear, for what is it, this tomorrow, if eternity is promised to those who believe in God and live in God... Do not make any plans or assumptions for the future in advance and prematurely. May the will of the Lord be done for everything! For He said: Whom

Live not as you want, but as God commands. And you see your powerlessness so well in all this, self-reproach arises so easily, and humility follows closely behind it. And the only hope remains in the Grace of God. And this is exactly what is needed.

Walk before God daily and do your work, controlling yourself by the light of the Law of God. Everything that is supposed to be done, do it, and everything that comes after it, endure. This is the path to salvation. Live by faith and hope in God...

The Russian people will become a sacred people, a morning star among nations.

The mother begins to pray, she asks God for help, but does not receive it. Why? Yes, because, my dears, it is impossible to entrust to God what we are obliged to do ourselves ... we need work, we need spiritual tension, we must remember about children and our responsibility for them before God. Fathers and mothers! alone without your children you cannot be saved - and this must be remembered.

It is impossible to live thoughtlessly at all times. And the choice to live according to the commandments of God and follow the path of life to salvation or live according to the elements of this world is before everyone.

Live where God has led, and do nothing else. And in the monastery not everyone is saved, and in the world not everyone perishes. So live with compassion for one another and bear the weaknesses of your own and those of your loved ones.

God has no forgotten people, and God's Providence sees everyone. And the world is ruled by God, only God.

Learn to love others, learn to feel sorry for others, and joy will settle in the mind and heart.

In the dispute peacefully cede a hundred demons to drown.

Since the fall of the forefathers, thanks to bogodarovka freedom, people make choices. And only God is always waiting, helps, leaves in society and in the life of every their tracks. People just need to see and make a choice of light, warmth, kindness - which means the path of God or to revel in the self in sin. This is the main thing. Human freedom nobody can take away, even and his Creator.

It is not the number of prayers, the case of live conversion to the living God. The belief that the Lord is closer to you than any of the ones that He hears no rustling of thy mouth, but he hears the prayer the beating of your heart and how it filled in the moment of your conversion to God. Live in peace, pray to God and trust Him.

Do not be offended that your husband does not believe in God, do not judge him. Better about your spouse - pray. It is you the Lord has given - in order that your faith in God has strengthened and you have to pray truly, for our neighbors has learned.