Followers of the Way .. Stories of the Desert Fathers Volume 1 (e-Book)
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The lives of the desert fathers are unique not only because of the miracles that accompanied them (in our own day we often witness miracles wrought through faith), but they lived a truly supernatural life, not merely led by the Spirit but in the very flow of the Spirit where the supernatural life of God was as normal to them as it was to Him...
St. Ephrem had a vision in which he saw a large city with only one devil sitting on the wall half asleep guarding its inhabitants. The thousands of souls were all safely in his clutches either through bondage to sin or sufficiently distracted to ensure they never entered into the real purpose of their lives; to know, love and serve the Lord. He had them where he wanted them and expended little effort to keep them there. Then Ephrem’s vision changed and he saw a hermit in his cell in the desert, hands, heart and mind lifted to God in prayer where a multitude of devils attacked him relentlessly as he interceded for the world.
Even though they were solitaries, the anchorites & hermits in the deserts of the Middle East and the communities of monks that came after them were part of a much bigger story. As they fought valiantly in their cells they were like shields locked together in an enormous phalanx that pushed against the forces of darkness, expanding the kingdom of God on earth and compressing the enemy’s territory into an ever decreasing space. Eph. 6:12 for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
A compilation of stories of the 3rd century Desert Fathers in the Middle East from public domain sources with a new introduction by Stephen Clark
Available as a pdf file ONLY.... A Link will be Delivered to your e-mail inbox.
Even though they were solitaries, the anchorites & hermits in the deserts of the Middle East and the communities of monks that came after them were part of a much bigger story. As they fought valiantly in their cells they were like shields locked together in an enormous phalanx that pushed against the forces of darkness, expanding the kingdom of God on earth and compressing the enemy’s territory into an ever decreasing space. Eph. 6:12 for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
A compilation of stories of the 3rd century Desert Fathers in the Middle East from public domain sources with a new introduction by Stephen Clark
Available as a pdf file ONLY.... A Link will be Delivered to your e-mail inbox.