Idoloclast Idol-Smasher | Jesus NIKA Fist w/ Sledgehammer on Red Background | Smash Your Passions | Orthodox Christian Accessory | Hardcover Journal

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Avoid making idols either of things or of practices.

+ St. Macarius of Optina

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The passions are uprooted by keeping the commandments.

+ St. Maximus the Confessor, Four Hundred Texts on Love, 2.31

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You cannot pass a day tranquilly unless you mortify the passions.

+ St John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 26: On Discernment

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He who has conquered the passions has conquered nature, but he who is conquered by the passions is a slave, even if he raises the dead.

+ St John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 26: On Discernment

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Blessed is the man who has crucified in himself the world, with all its evil; who has mortified the flesh with its vices and lusts.

+ St. Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on Paradise, Hymn 4

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The soul becomes like God when it is no longer moved by the passions.

+ St. Gregory of Nyssa, On the Soul and the Resurrection

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He who hates his passions has God as his helper.

+ St. Isaac the Syrian, Ascetical Homilies, Homily 18

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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

- Galatians 5:24

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For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

- Romans 8:13

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But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

- 1 Corinthians 9:27- 1 Corinthians 9:27

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For the grace of God has appeared... training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives.

- Titus 2:11–12

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Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

- 1 Peter 2:11

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So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace...

- 2 Timothy 2:22

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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit...

- Galatians 5:16–17

Why Journal?

Do you have a notebook for taking down quotes from Holy Fathers in your reading? Do you always have a book of Holy Fathers that you are reading and can turn to in a moment of gloom? Start now—this is essential!

+ Blessed Seraphim (Rose) of Platina

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Few things will in help in keeping death and the final judgment before one's face as much as journaling. Remembrance of Death Orthodox Christian Hardcover Blank Journals provide a visually-compelling incentive to turn to your journal every day, in order to record both the highlights of your edifying spiritual reading, and to help you maintain nepsis - vigilance - over your heart and mind, the better to fight the passions with vigor and endurance.