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Today's Early Church Wisdom
'Fear of God is the beginning of virtue; it is the offspring of faith and is sown in the heart, when the mind is withdrawn from worldly distractions in order to collect its wandering thoughts into meditations about the future restoration.'
Abba Isaac of Syria (Nineveh)
Late 6th c.
This week's Psalm is Psalm 30 'Joy Comes With The Morning'

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The Fruit of Heaven on Earth

Applied to the present age, which may be described as marked by uncertainty, crisis, and eschatological anticipation, Jesus’ words to Satan in Matthew 4:7 (“It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God’”) speak with renewed urgency. They call for a daily life of relational fidelity rather than spiritual sensationalism, a walk in which prayer, obedience, and attentiveness to God replace the restless demand for constant proofs. To “walk and talk with God” each day is therefore not passive religiosity but an active refusal to manipulate God into meeting our expectations. Instead, it is a steady trust that chooses obedience even when outcomes are unseen. The fruit of obedience to God is the fruit of Heaven on earth.

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