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It is written by the Apostle: Look, brethren, who you are who are called: not many of you are wise according to the flesh, not many of you are strong, not many of you are noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the strong things; And God chose the base things of the world and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, so that no flesh should boast before God (1 Cor. 1:26-29). The poor and needy, the lowly, and the despised of this world are more willing to listen to the calling voice of the Lord and go to His supper, for they have little of the blessings of this world. Love for honor, glory, wealth, sweets and luxury of this world blinds the eyes of the soul and does not allow us to see eternal blessings. But what a person does not see, he does not want. The knowledge of poverty teaches a person to get rid of poverty. The lack of bread teaches us to seek bread so as not to die of hunger; lack of drink convinces one to seek something to drink so as not to die of thirst; the lack of clothing forces one to look for clothing so as not to walk naked; weakness convinces you to look for a doctor and so on. So it is in the Christian cause. When we recognize the poverty and poverty of our souls, we will seek our bliss. It is bad to be a Christian without prayer, without love, without humility, without meekness and other Christian virtues and not to seek them. Obvious trouble follows from this. We must look for them diligently. Thus, a known misfortune convinces a person to seek his own bliss. Know, Christian, corruption, poverty, damnation, misery and wretchedness of your heart - and this very knowledge will teach you prayer and Christian virtues.