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In order for a Christian to live a Christian life and not to completely extinguish the life of the spirit in him, he needs prayer at home and in public, it is necessary to attend church services with faith, understanding, and zeal, just as it is necessary to add oil to a lamp so that it burns and does not go out; and since sincere, fervent prayer occurs with abstinence, then to maintain Christian life, or the fervor of faith, hope and love, abstinence and fasting are needed. Nothing extinguishes the spirit of faith in us so quickly as intemperance, delicacy and satiety and an absent-minded, riotous life. I fade away, die spiritually when I don’t serve in church for a whole week, and I kindle, come to life in soul and heart when I serve, forcing myself to pray not formally, but really, spiritually, sincerely, passionately (1).
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