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StMarina303ad
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True, time and tested, methods of Spiritual Warfare are only found in the Orthodox Church.
It requires vigilance over thoughts as that is primarily how demons attack - through thoughts.
Our thoughts can come from 3 sources: ourselves, God/Angels or demons. Unless we know that, we simply assume all thoughts are ours. For example, women who kill their children because they kept “thinking” they had to, don’t even realize those thoughts were not there and so when they had these thoughts, rather than fight them, they failed to fight them and eventually gave in and did unspeakable acts.
Once we realize that our thoughts may not be our own, then we use discernment so we can be able to determine the source and act accordingly. We must “be transformed by the renewal of your minds” as Sacred Scripture says.
Spiritual Warfare is a deep subject and but maybe we will be able to scratch the surface here.
It is every important that everyone, literally every single person, has an Orthodox Spiritual Father or Mother for assistance in our Spiritual Battles.
Fr. Ephraim of St. Anthony’s Monastery in AZ is a great one. At the very least an Orthodox Book on Spiritual Warfare can certainly come in handy.
It requires vigilance over thoughts as that is primarily how demons attack - through thoughts.
Our thoughts can come from 3 sources: ourselves, God/Angels or demons. Unless we know that, we simply assume all thoughts are ours. For example, women who kill their children because they kept “thinking” they had to, don’t even realize those thoughts were not there and so when they had these thoughts, rather than fight them, they failed to fight them and eventually gave in and did unspeakable acts.
Once we realize that our thoughts may not be our own, then we use discernment so we can be able to determine the source and act accordingly. We must “be transformed by the renewal of your minds” as Sacred Scripture says.
Spiritual Warfare is a deep subject and but maybe we will be able to scratch the surface here.
It is every important that everyone, literally every single person, has an Orthodox Spiritual Father or Mother for assistance in our Spiritual Battles.
Fr. Ephraim of St. Anthony’s Monastery in AZ is a great one. At the very least an Orthodox Book on Spiritual Warfare can certainly come in handy.