+ Both of these cause us to lose our salvation: placing our courage in our [own] goodness and losing our hope when we fall in wickedness. This is why Paul, to protect those who remain in goodness, said, “Let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed in fear that...

+ Abba John the Dwarf prayed to God to take his passions away from him so that he might become free from temptation. He went and told an old man, “I find myself in peace, without an enemy.” The old man said to him, “Go beseech God to stir up...

+ “What king does not furnish the provisions owed to his soldiers? What master does not serve the rations due to those who are loyal to him? What father does not give bread to his children? Therefore, if God is our King, Master, and Father, what will He ever refuse...