Unmanly Cowardice
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- čas přidán 18. 04. 2024
- Father Josiah Trenham
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It took me decades to realize my greatest weakness is my baseless fears. I've done battle with them for as long, and at one point even began to think I had won, but now I know I still have a long way to go, and can not do it without the Lord.
I'm Catholic and I love the wisdom of my Orthodox brothers
Come
it's just scratching the surface to see it from the outside. come and live it!
@@firstnamelastname2197 Catholics already live it within the Catholic Church. If they feel called to the Eastern phronema they can attain it through the Byzantine rite Catholic Churches that inherit and live the same eastern tradition as our separated Orthodox brethren.
Orthodox don’t view you as their brother.
@@LNR65 a good Christian ought to view every man as their brother, that is the goal. in terms of being brothers in the Church, no, but even many converts literal "brothers" aren't either, so there's no reason to believe that means any animosity
“Half the victory is won over fear when we can identify the object of our fear ,when we know what it is that is troubling us, you have em half whipped…” AW Tozer
This is why deliverance is important! There is a spirit of fear! Many unhealthy emotions have a demonic root to them.
God, I will face my anxiety.
We live in a time of perpetual infantilism. It’s remarkable. And horrifying.
Gospodi pomiluj ☦️
It is true. Anytime I feel I ‘conquered’ some Passion by God’s grace temporarily, something unforeseen and terribly difficult happens within my family or to me. Pray for strength! And mercy. ‘’Be still and know that I AM’’
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This was so perfectly timed for me... Wow
There’s no power but Gods power to overcome all we fear ✝️🙏🏼
LORD JESUS CHRIST SON OF GOD HAVE MERCY on me a sinner ✝️
AMIN✝️
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Glory to God
No one was more manly than our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Just sayin.
Finish strong, my brothers and sisters!
God speed amen
I always knew there was a god. I wasn't baptized as a child in the church because my mother lost her faith. It doesn't matter how weak you are. I was stuck in the middle of a burning apt building at 2am. I was the manager and was terrified and frozen in the hallway as everything burned while people were sleeping.
The guy next door was a bad alcoholic and fell asleep with a cigarette. when i opened his door with my key the heat. smoke and flames came rolling out. I could see him stumbling through smoke and the orange glow off the wall. i knew then everyone was gonna die. there was no time to alert and get them out, I couldn't get him out.
People always talked about how brave I was in the industry I grew up in, all the people and sometimes dangerous situations I dealt with over the years. but I was drunk most of the time in those days.
I couldn't run because I knew I couldn't live with myself if anyone died. I was supposed to lead them out, but there was no time, and I was afraid and frozen.
I called on our father and told him what I was....like he didn't know....a voice said to call "him" to intercede. Why would God tell me to call on him, I just did. The flames were crawling up the hallway walls now, and the entire ceiling was on fire. The smoke and heat were so bad. The building was very old. It went up like an old tinderbox.
I heard my voice calling out for St Micheal the Archangel to intercede. Now two minutes had passed and I could still see the old guy in the room coughing and sputtering as he finally fell down.
Suddenly something entered me. I believe it was him, or someone under his command. I was strong and without blemish. I felt pure, but, I wasn't me. He used my body and mind is the only way I can describe it. I walked through the fire into the drunk guys apartment. He tried to fight but I knocked him out gently and dragged him on the hallway floor, down the stairs and out the front door and threw him on a bench.
He was the first out. The summer air was so cool and beautiful after all that heat. But the Angel wasn't done with me yet. I ran back in and got the other guy and his cat out. I ran down the hall to the back of the building but couldn't get through the flames, and the roof was just a tarpit so it was leaking down into the hallway.
I ran around the block to the back while the second guy sat on the bench and called 911. He got all those people out too. I can;t yell that loud with that kind of authority. Everyone heard my voice and came out. No one questioned me. They all folowed his orders. No one looked me in the eye that night. People said after how scary I looked. All covered in grime and sweat, yelling at them like a drill sergeant. They said I looked different, thicker, stronger, younger.
I talked to the fire chief that night. He told me to stick around for his report and the fire investigator. I did. All those feelings of pureness and strenght dissapated as the hours wore on and they fought that fire and all that burning tar. The next afternoon when he came looking for me people pointed to me sitting on the bench. He came over but said he didn't recognize me from the night before. I assured him it was me he spoke to. You looked younger in the dark he laughed.
I will spend the rest of my life studying and following God. One day I'll feel that again, maybe not in this life, but I don't care.
Everything happened in 8 minutes. It was impossible, the fire investigator said so. As we sat in his truck and talked he told me what a big hero I was. I laughed and said "Really?" "You think this old worn out body did that?"
I told him the story. He shrugged and said he needed a few of those guys in the department.
No one believed me. Yes it's annoying when people give you someone elses credit.
God doesn't care how weak and cowardly I am. He'll show up 100% if I'm honest with him.
Father, as a fellow Orthodox Priest, I truly admire your work and presentation. Glory to God! Blessed Lent!
Hello from Orthodox Greece!
Us greeks have lived so close to those saints and yet we are sinners up to the neck
I knew in person the spiritual "grandson" of St Joseph, also a man who wrestled with demons... And still I am full of fear. May the Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me
Do not yield, never give in! What a blessed word! Listening to this multiple times and will continue to do so over the next few weeks until Pascha. Funny how the enemy focuses his hatred upon us during this time. Glory to God, thank you! ☦️🙏🏼
Thank you Father. My fears are self imposed and I truly hate them! May the Lord heal our fears and bring us everlasting peace. And may God protect all Orthodox Christians from our evil politicians and bureaucrats in Washington. Amen!
Hunt your fears with merciless intent
I developed from a family of mentally ill parents who divorced when I was young.
To say the least my vision and understanding is severely distorted towards God. Even after been baptized I struggle to know God loves me.
My disbelief has definitely been cooped by cowardice.
God have mercy.
Are you Orthodox? Do you partake of the Holy Mysteries?
I understand. My family was fraught with mental illness and abuse. The Earthly feelings of self are hard to wrestle with and might never go away. This is your spiritual battle, as it is mine. I will pray for you, brother. God bless you and know you have others going through the same that want nothing but the best for you. Do not fear your worst self, you have had courage to seek out the truth.
Same. Abusive poor family, then orphanage, adoption then less abusive richer family.
For the longest time I didn't even consider myself a person, i was hurt and then neglected.
I didn't even feel like i existed and did outlandish things to get reactions, testing whether i even made an impact in the world, or if i was really just a ghost.
I've struggled immeasurebly and have even cursed at God, thinking that he's just like my parents (both sets).
Im a father now and i feel like im failing horribly. I have been overwhelmed by anger numerous times and have even hurt the ones im supposed to love and protect.
I feel like a shattered man and I can only count on one person to put me back together.
There is only one person that can do it.
Your will be done God
This was God’s timing. I needed this.
Thank you Father☦️
oh boy, i feel called out 😂
Amen❤
Beautiful
Thank you 🙏 ❤
needed this.
Thank you Father!
SAINT JOSEPH WOW! such strong fearless feelings,and compleat trust in our Father our LORD JESUS CHRIST ✝️
Thank you so much 🙏☦️❤️
I can do that. Let’s do this man he’s got me. He is greater that lives in me then he who lives in the world. Thanks 🙏 🙇
Thank you for this
Very grateful for videos like these during lent, as well as the comments section.
Can’t thank you enough for bringing this content.
Great speech Father thank you it helps alot! Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on me a sinner! Most holy Theotokos save us!
💯 Truth ✝️🌟Thank you for this teaching
In a person's life there's being born, getting married, *baptizing their own children,* then going away to the Pure Land :)
thank you for this video Father, and for all your work of Faith. this is a timely video for me, been pondering how terribly i have captured this passion and how to overcome it. thanks be to God for all things 🙏
This is solid advice.
Thank you for your words of encouragement and strength. It spoke to my soul and helped me with the spiritual warfare I was dealing with… blessings to you.
Very spiritually nourishing, Father! Thank you and Thank God! ❤☦️🙏
God Bless you Father Josiah.✝️
Fear of God, beginning of Wisdom! Thank you Father!
based ☦
Wow fr Josiah you always put fire up on my butt to be more and more a prayer warrior
This one shook me. I really feel like I've been called out.
Very interesting video 👍
Thank you, Reverend for this renewal of courage, led by the greatest of all mankind, Jesus Christ ✝️
🙏 Amen
That was sooo amazing!!
Thank you! Jesus I trust in you!!!
Thank you, Father, for this perfect advice and perfect timing.
Yes, emulating the actions, virtues, and examples performed by saints is definitely a powerful way and guide to be a disciple of Christ.
Father please pray for me
Thank you. Wishing you all a blessed rest of great lent ☦️
The ladder of divine assent was and still is one of my favorite spiritual books. I'd say however knowing what I know now from spiritual warfare is that the quickest way to overcome cowardice, is to be prepared to die. Fear of suffering, fear of death can be masked by the sin of impurity or gluttony. Sexual and/or dietary discipline often reveals fears that were otherwise masked by the obviously fleshly sins of overindulgence in that individual soul's life.
I think it's why most people fail in the monastic life, and even fail as a mere lay faithful, they thought they were better people than they were and when put to the test.... mene, tekel, peres.
Just adding on to to what Father Josiah said, something I try to live by is facing one's fears because if you don't, then when will you? One big thing on this is that I forget to seek God's help on such occasions. Taking initiative on things is also another big one that one should strive for!
Lord jesus christ son of god have mercy on me, a sinner.
The small things matter to God. Try and have time and courage enough to write out God with a capital G. In the Word lower case god is used for false gods or idols
What if my fear is not being able to interact with other Christians? I can’t really talk to people. I feel like my story is just for me and God. I long for fellowship but don’t feel like I can interact with people.
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Father I have a question, I have gone through many trials in my life and I trust myself through experience, but I also believe that God nad Christ has always been with me through every journey. The good and the bad, I wonder if it is a sin to take all of those experiences and memory along with me throughout my journey through God's blessed gift of life?
ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΝΙΚΑ !
Wow, I just read Mark 9 earlier today before finding this video.
I have been regularly watching for awhile and this is the first time you jave been interrupted by an ad. Great talk besides this
Exodus 15:3
God has our backs!!!
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I don’t know if I have a relationship with Jesus. He doesn’t answer my prayers towards wanting a relationship with me. How can I brave with risking my life when I don’t know I have a relationship with Jesus.
My brother, Jesus has died for you, for all of us. Without ever meeting you, he knows everything about you. If you are hesitant, he will be hesitant, if you push him away he will push you away.
If you believe truly with all your heart, in Christ , in God , the holy spirit will enter you. Everyone’s experience is different but alas, Jesus is always there for you with his arms stretched.
Be patient. One of the things I’ve learned is that God’s timing is impeccable. Those moments where he seems far from you are the moments where he is most working in your life.
You’re defining yourself by secular labels instead of the one label that truly matters - you’re a CHILD OF GOD.
If you don’t mind me asking, for me I turned my prayer into purposeful motion. I knew god from being brought up in a Christian household but left the church because of the lack of masculinity and fear of not being the strongest if I need to be which I saw in many Christian men just not the leader that would crawl in the trenches with you. After that I became filthy until my soul literally started to hurt. I would wake up in the middle of the night and would feel unbearable pain until I become so vulnerable to the belief that there is something bigger and that was when my life started. It was like I all the shit was burnt from me. Since then I’ve been isolated, hurt, ground and with god i keep learning that he will let you get to the point where you think it’s done. My question then is it really possible to know god or even recognize that there is something bigger without true suffering?
Gigacoward here. Cowardice is why I paused my catechism. I am a terrible influence to the great people of the church and can't go there in my current state. I should not be around them or near them.
I’d say your humility and self deprecation is courageous. Build from that strong foundation. What’s wrong?
East meets West. One North.
If Dolph Lundgren was an Orthodox priest.
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I don't need to be physically strong or gigantically tall to be fair and honest and all good things. Jesus didn't need to raise his voice to rebuke legions on demons.
Which text are you reading from?
Matthew 18:3-5 New International Version (NIV)And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Maybe give the KJV or Geneva Bible a chance.
dang
There are terrible words against cowardice found in Revelation 21:8: "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
That said, I would exercise utter discretion regarding going late at night to certain places; manly courage is one thing, beastly recklessness is quite another.
Jesus' response is from Deuteronomy 6:16-25. He says, "again it is written, 'do not put the LORD your God to the test.'" In its context in Deuteronomy, Moses is reminding the people of the time they demanded a miracle from God and threatened to return to Egypt if He would not perform it.
I got a ton of bear around here but I love to hike in the dark. I still get cautious
Please address Dr Ammon Hill
The wolf eats the sheep
The owl sees the unseen
The hawk brings darkness
All the rodents hide
Do as thou wilt, and thou wilt perish. Get behind me, Satan.
【O Lord Jesus Christ, set the hearts of your priests in fire wet zealous love for You, that they may seek Your Glory; give them strength the they may labor unceasingly in Your earthly vineyard for salvation of our souls and for the glory of your All-Honorable and Majestic name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever unto she's of she's. Amen】
Suppose, I do, sharing such prayer again online, saves me more than a dime to a dollar. "Screeching demons" does sound like an epic metal band name, though. 😅 I believe in God, I strive to serve Him better, to void the wickedness about my being. To wit, late into the night, just over an hour before the clock turns over to the next day, I stay awake, vigilant, looking for things misplaced within my studio. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner. 🙏🏻
Saint Anthony and Joseph the Hesychast, pray for me. Anyone else reading my write, answer please, is it psalm 83 which I need to read for finding lost things? 🤔
For finding lost things, I would say the Psalm the Church uses most is Psalm 50 (51 in western numbering). Otherwise, the Jesus prayer. We always begin best by asking God to help us find our lost soul.
But how can we get to that point of having so much trust in Christ as Saint Anthony the Great or Saint Joseph the Hesichast?
I am very proud and very coward. I was also abused physically and sexually in my childhood.
My pride comes from my own lack of self esteem and always feeling not good enough to receive the love I hunger for.
Also, it is really hard for me to have this trust in God (against my own cowardice) even though He has a strong presence in my life. But because I wasn't protected in those weak moments as a child, I'm confused and I would say that my body rejects trusting God.
It is not something I can ignore. And I see that my life is a constant run from reality. I can't find a solution to my problems.
Simply yield to God in your prayers and trust in Him, understand that these thoughts are interjected in your mind since the spiritual enemy loves to exploits our weaknesses. I hope this can help you
talk to your spiritual father, he knows you better than we do. God be with you and protect you from sin.
Talk to your priest about it. Schedule an appointment with him.
Wait, what? I thought the Gutenberg bible was first...
He says the book he mentioned was first “in the West, in the America’s”.
I am 22 btw
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Is explicitly seeking out your fears like this the best advice for lay people? Some of us _are_ children after all...
You're an adult.
@LadyMaria no, I'm not.This protestant assertion that everyone is an individual-an adult- that can handle any piece of information equally and maturely is exhausting to see in the Orthodox church.
@@ethanb2554 You are an adult. Any Priest will tell you that. It doesn't matter what you think, you're an adult man, not a child. In Orthodoxy, we take responsibility for our actions. Men are to be men, women are to be women. That's the Orthodox way. Our Saints would not agree with you.
This is why the Church runs background checks on those who want to work around children. Identifying as a child doesn't make you one.
"Unmanly Cowardice" is displayed by the End Times doom-and-gloomers who figured out that it is too hard to live as "salt and light" in the world, for the salvation of the world, too hard to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling that is, prepare for their own personal apocalypse - their own death. These "elders" and internet gurus reveal their own despair - a sin in our Church - and spiritual sloth - all of which adds up "unmanly cowardice."
east-ing?
Turning yourself to the East, i.e. the direction from which Christ comes and towards which we pray.
I have a question here and please someone with biblical knowledge answer. Why doesn’t the Greek Orthodox Church in Montreal and Laval Canada doesn’t allow my nephew who was baptized in a Orthodox Church isn’t allowed to Baptize his Nephew because he was married in a Catholic Church so ridiculous and such hypocrisy on behalf of the Greek Orthodox Churches please answer this question thank you in Jesus name
His marriage isn't recognized by the Orthodox Church. It's not ridiculous or hypocritical at all. Orthodox Christians marry in the Orthodox Church. It's part of our theology. If people don't want to adhere to the Faith then they can't expect to have these privileges. Being a godparent requires one to be able to commune and if married, married in the Church.
These people don`t seem to understand that courage is something a person is born with. Courage can`t be acquired through practice or prayer. We`re born brave.
Those vigils don't sound very healthy.
God lies !
1st of all children are fearless. Jesus said: only little children will inherit the kingdom of God.
You are mixing things up and teaching false gospel through contradictions?
Be wise as serpents, but innocent as doves. ❤
East?
There is only one North
And only one East.
Judgement will come from the East.
@@makingsmokesince76 Ok. And what does that mean to you?
Hey man in this world I am only afraid of women
Your name plus the comment suggests its more an obsession with them than fear
Not a very Christian name man
@@podvizhnikband2775 i know but its a funny haha name
@@chadvagbuster6580More like immature.
@@LadyMaria ur 147yo u would not get it
Roman reef on your emblem hmm. Sunday the pagan Roman sun god worship day. Saturday is the sabbath
Orthodoxy would be great if they didn't call the teachers father. Jesus said not to call men father in a spiritual sense
1:40 I can’t believe you don’t know how to pronounce “puerile”. It’s part of the Latin sequence: puerile / juvenile/senile. Puerile /pyu:-ra-il/. Here I have used the phonemic profile of / i:/ whst younhave been erroneously taught by school teachers to call “ long” I when it’s really diphthingized I with the profile /a-i/. But what do school teachers know about anything? In “ puerile” the “ u” is commonly pronounced as “ yoo” rather than its phonemic value as /oo/ with extended IOS Interval of Sonority or “ vowel quantity” in phonology. This is like the /oo/ in “moon” compared to /oo/ in “book” or” look” or “ cook”. So the ue” in “puerile” is not like in the word “ clue” where the “ ue “ is not “ palatalized” like the “u” in “usual”. This is the simple explanation. I know it sounds like finicky mumbo jumbo to the uninitiated but it’s about how pronunciation is encoded into spelling a perfect subject to put you to sleep in less than a minute.
I don’t give a shit
Fr you’re body language is so tense, you seem full of anger.
Maybe worry less about the devil and explore more of your own wounds and healing
All those fallible books. You really think you're studied
Jung Puer/puella Aternus. Eternal boy/girl. He actually uses Genesis to make allusions to their case