. Meditation on Phil. 1:19 (Prayer And Help Of The Spirit)

Subscribe: Support: Meditation on Scripture: Phil. 1:19 “Prayer And Help Of The Spirit“ Excerpt from the Russian book “Day by Day“ for January 18 (31), translated and presented by Dimitry Zarechnak Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Washington, DC October 15, 2023 “For I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will serve for my deliverance” (Phil. 1:19 ) Meditation: When St. Paul wrote these words he was in a very difficult situation: he was in prison and perhaps on the brink of a martyr’s death. Many of the brothers had betrayed him, “supposing to add affliction to his chains” (Phil. 1:16), and concern for all the churches he had established constantly oppressed him. But all this Paul sees in a clear light, and he sees something good in everything. “I know”, he says, “that this will serve for my deliverance