St Paisios on Anxiety and Simplifying Life 

Protestant here. Starting my orthodox journey over the last few months. The part where he talks about wanting to be crippled so that he wouldn’t have to do prostrations really resonates with me. I’ve worked at a church for 10 years and I’ve gone through seasons of great depression and every time I would go through these seasons, I would have thoughts of cutting hands and fingers off so that I would be useless to the ministry. The work of the gospel is hard work, but it is rewarding work.

I took a nap and I remembered a license plate in my dream. To make a long story, I needed to hear this message. ❤ Thank you for sharing!

The segment on temptation toward an excess in prostrations hit home, St Paisios pray for us all.

This made me think so much. I was working 7 days a week and still could not feel comfortable relaxing at home. I kept feeling bad and lazy. It was wearing me down and even if I had time to get to church on a Sunday I couldn't get there. I was too tired. But then I would feel guilty. Definitely a spiritual attack. I know that now.

St. Paisios please ask God to have mercy on us.

St Paisios is quickly becoming one of my guiding lights! I just ordered Vol 1 of his Spiritual Counsels. Such love & wisdom poured out of this holy man.

I needed this. Sometimes I feel so blessed to live in an age with RU-vid.

If someone is treating you bad, narcissist sociopath abuse , don’t keep giving good, they will destroy you.🥵😭🙏🙏run even if it’s a spouse they are demon possessed Please pray for me panic anxiety, devil been attacking me many years

Thank you Saint Paisios. I really needed this m.

I want to visit Mt Athos in my lifetime !

boy I needed to hear that this morning. thank you

المجد لك يارب المجد لك يارب المجد لك يارب بصلوات وشفاعة والدة الاله تي ثيؤطوكوس والقديس باييسيوس الاثوسي يا مخلص خلصنا امين

Well done well said ,,,,we are blind to sin ,,,,,God help us all 😢😢😢

St. Paisios, pray for me! Thank you, Father, for posting this most helpful reading. I often also listen to your Pre-communion prayers in the car on the way to Divine Liturgy. This is another of St. Paisios’ works I think I need to add to my library. Again, I’m so grateful for your work.

10:27 I've heard from so many people that when we are tired or don't feel like doing something spiritual that it is good to continue on with what we're doing for our spiritual edification. Like instead of falling asleep we should be waking ourselves up to do more reading or praying or prostrations, etc. so on one hand it is easy to believe we are not doing enough and on the other hand it is also easy to see how this could be a temptation coming from a bad place. I always feel like I'm never doing enough and I'm lazy and I end up burning myself out but if I don't do that I'm being lazy or so I'm told.

Thank you Father, Bless. I am grateful to hear this Holy Saint. It blesses my walk in the Way. Thank you Father

Amin

Lord have mercy, this is difficult for me.

Amazing sermon

blessed idea.I am from Ethiopian Orthodox church.much love❤

Wow the passage on hypersensibility strucks me.

You can’t cling out of being. Every knee will bow…

This was such a helpful video-thank you!

Amen!

What a great guidance and strong belief

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Is there one like this with Arabic or Arabic subtitles. I want to send it to a friend but his English isn’t that good.

Can we control the minds and actions of others? What does God say when mother-in-law will be against daughter- in- law? Should anxiety arise?God's plan is Good, having people around you in your own household who doesn't follow this not so Good.

Any relationship between fr.Lillie and Bill Lillie of Salonika?

I had a couple of million dollars and no job. Miserable. Nothing is much better.