Eritrean orthodox tewahdo church of St Mary in Chicago
Blessing points
- Growing spiritually and stand firm in your faith, so that you will take the right path and walk the right direction in life.
- Put God first and follow the right way of life. This will give you a peace of mind and successful life.
- Be positive and have a big dream for your lives and studies.
“Don’t forget that success at school is success in life.”
Live with grace
There are hope, pride, peace, and joy in Christian lives. Here are some common points that that can help you live successful lives.
- Fear of God is the wisdom and the right way of a Christian life.
- Seek the lord God from your heart and God will come to you. Therefore you will be saved and your life will be filled with peace of mind and happiness.
- Be a strong believer and live with spirit. Never leave and walk out of your faith. When you graduate from high school it does not mean you leave from God. Stay with God and serve Him forever. He will stay with you wherever you go. There in no limitation with Him.
- Connect with Lord God continuously. Make prayer part of your daily life. Prayer will give you hope, courage, strength, moral, patience, support, peace and joy. Prayer also provides you the right directions and choices for every challenges and decisions you face every day. Thank, praise, and worship the Lord God daily.
- Read the Holy bible daily. The bible is God’s plan and right direction that shows the best way to live.
- Come and attend church services every Sunday as much as possible. You will gain blessing and grace for your life.
“Follow better habits and attitudes”
- Respect your parents, grand parents, elders, your pastor in church and your teacher at school. You will learn many things from their wisdoms, skills and experiences.
- Be a good listener. Listening is a key for wisdom.
- Think before you talk. Do not talk too loud and too fast. Never talk bad words. Bad words hurt other people’s feelings.
- Never yell and scream. Also never shout and raise your voice. Yelling, screaming, and anger may put you into troubles and difficulties.
- Stay calm, be patient, and stay focus in a bad time. Try to control your emotions as best as you can. Never get angry and do not get mad easily.
- Try your best to express yourself clearly, when you talk and discuss things with someone such as your parents, your teachers and your friends etc...
- Always make plans and have dreams. Match your plans and dreams with your action. Remember that hard working and prayer should be part of your dreams.
- Stay away from any problems. Use your common sense to understand what is right and what is wrong. Be alert and smart to know life challenges and risk factor. Prevent them as much as you can so that you will be saved.
- Stay focus on important life needs. Remember you live in a culture, which is filled with a lot of unnecessary and ungodly things. They will lead you to the wrong directions of life and it will be too difficult to come back from those traps. For example if you are a student, take off things that affect your studies and school.
- Finally, discipline yourself and stay on the God’s way. God has a plan for you so that you will understand the value of life. As a result, your life will be smooth and you will achieve your dreams.
God Bless you all.
Prayer and strong support to you.
Happy thanksgiving from all of us, St Mary church members.