THE FIERY SPIRIT - Coptic Orthodox Electronic Publishing
THE FIERY SPIRIT - Coptic Orthodox Electronic Publishing
THE FIERY SPIRIT - Coptic Orthodox Electronic Publishing
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A New Year And A New Heart<br />
<strong>THE</strong> WORK OF <strong>THE</strong> HOLY <strong>SPIRIT</strong><br />
IN YOUR LIFE<br />
YOU ARE GOD’S BEAUTIFUL WORLD!<br />
From time to time a person feels that his life is empty<br />
and meaningless, similar to the rugged land “without form,”<br />
void of splendor and beauty, a useless life, surrounded by<br />
“darkness” (Gen. 1:2). Or like a debased life which deserves to<br />
fall under God’s wrath, such as in the time of the flood, from<br />
which no one was saved, except Noah and his family in the ark,<br />
and when the dove found no resting place (Gen. 8:9).<br />
This is exactly the feeling of many youth today,<br />
especially when they find themselves enslaved to their lustful<br />
desires, their bodies captivated by sensual pleasure, and their<br />
hearts become tombs full of filth!<br />
Will God leave us in such a state? Certainly not! God’s<br />
Holy Spirit, who “hovered over the face of the waters” to create<br />
a beautiful world out of desolation (Gen. 1:2), is still working in<br />
the waters of Baptism to create out of those baptized a glorious<br />
spiritual world!<br />
My dear youth, the Spirit of God is still hovering in your<br />
heart and mine, through the tears of repentance (the second<br />
baptism) in order to renew within us a heavenly world. He is<br />
always occupied thinking of you, as you are His beautiful world!<br />
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