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The Gospel shows how strong a person can be by faith in the Lord, so strong that he can move mountains; and how weak, powerless and pitiful a non-believer is, for he becomes a pitiful playground of demons and the passions of his own and others; it also shows the great power of prayer and fasting when they go hand in hand, mutually reinforcing each other (9).
If you begin to be overcome by a feeling of confusion and fear caused by the devil, read with intense attention a particularly comforting chapter from the Gospel or the Apostle Paul, it will inspire you and the confusion will run away from you; the joy of faith will penetrate your heart. The devil strives to humiliate us in our own eyes and often achieves through his dark influences on our soul that a person is embarrassed and trembles before everyone, even his inferior in all respects. Meanwhile, reading the Gospel and the Apostolic Epistles, on the contrary, elevates us in our own eyes, imparts majestic importance and tranquility to our spirit, drives away passions and improves our spiritual life (10).
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