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It is damnable heresy to teach that your religion/church can save you, when only the Saviour can (John 14:6, John 10:1-9), who is Almighty and sinless to do so, and offered His ONE and ALMIGHTY sacrifice on the cross for you to trust over religious clergy and their Traditions of the Elders (Mark 7:8) to save you. "Father" Moses teaches the judaizing heresy of the Galatians. The Apostles rebuked such things, including by saying that water baptism is only for those ALREADY saved (ie, born again) in Acts 10:47.
Father, can you please recommend videos/resources for spiritual practices that helped you to learn to forget? By 'forgetting,' do you approach each interaction with renewed grace? I am struggling with how to nurture one of my children who is prone to intense, tempestuous feelings.
@@theaaron2910 I hate videos that use words like "You" in the title as if they're giving out advice when it's really just talking about niche personal experiences that don't apply to most people watching.
I relate heavily to your story but instead of finding Christ I found the evil of therapy and self help which made me feel like a ghost for a long time. There was no redemption or moving on I was scared to wake up everyday. Then I found Christ on the internet and started my journey from there. God bless all who are healed through Christ from trauma
I just finished a degree in psychology because of my dream to become a therapist. Do you think there is any hope in psychology or therapy to help peopl? I am reconsidering this approach to my career already but I wonder if people who have a bad opinion on therapy can see the possibility of good in it or whether it is bad from the roots/core.
@@dafish691I don’t know. I think only if the therapist is a practising Orthodox Christian and that’s where the problem also arises. How much can you talk about God and point people in His direction without prozelitising until it becomes a problem that takes your practice away? Or if they seem to not be open to God, pray for wisdom that you can at least help the most depressed or desperate cases to come out of it until they hopefuly find God. And being an example of a good Christian and having a tangential talk about it when questioning and probing might make them more open to it. There are problems with psychology in general, because it’s skewed and wordly with ideas like Freud’s for example. But you can make it your own and be in the presence of these people looking for help and, without forcing it, open this window for them to look at life differently. But again, you need to check what is alowed legally in a practice like this in your state/country. There are books on psychology and psychiatry from an Orthodox spiritual perspective, at least translated in my language (romanian). Look up Archbishop Hierotheos Vlachos for an example.
@@dafish691I believe it is very valid , but we have a huge issue of convincing healthy capable people that wanting to change is wrong , that they are sick , and that they need a bunch of support to be barely functional .
@@dafish691I went into therapy with an honest expression that I feel I’m not living up to my capabilities, my therapist spent months trying to convince me that the issue is me WANTING to be better. And that the answer was in being content with anything that felt pleasant in the moment
I use some inquiry tools to uncover buried, repressed anger which I didn't even know I had till I saw it. That is helping me to clear feelings out and surrender and get closer to God esp. when I read Psalms. The typical landing, ie defence mechanism, for anger repressors is to be small, nice, not good enough, anxious, depressed, wounded or feeling like a victim. This is all to stay safe from buried anger and get approval from others. It's a horrible place to be, so when I see the landings I can dismiss it more these days, get to feel the underlying anger, process it and have more space to surrender to Spirit, and express needs/boundaries with others if I need to. It makes for more authentic relating instead of shutting down or pretending. So these tools can really help if they are used correctly and in union with God.
I got high on weed brownies with my dad and uncle at age 12, took acid at age 14, moved on to blow and ecstasy, then heavy alcoholism. Got “ saved” at my granny’s Pentecostal church at age 22. Left because it’s insane. Got a DUI. Lost my drivers licence. Went to college to become an Addiction Counselor. Became one. Got fired because I couldn’t handle it. Met my Russian wife. Found the Orthodox Church. Was baptized as Nicholas in 2015. Wandered away into the occult, astrology, tarot cards, and freemasonry. Realized it was all satanic. Went back to the Orthodox Church. Confessed. Felt something like a heavy weight fly off my back. Now I’m soon to be 41. I have 3 children. I am 7 days without a drink. Still struggling with cigarettes and demonic attack. Please pray for your brother Nicholas here. Thanks ☦️
We're in a time of breaking generational cycles, by the Grace of God!!! My mother broke the cycle of sexual abuse by her parents and escaped their influence. Her, my brother and myself with my husband were baptized into the Church a few years ago. My dad was baptized on his death bed earlier this year thanks be to God and his mercy. I have two small daughters that are cradle Orthodox now. What a joy to see Gods mercies in our lives.
With all of the visible evils seemingly increasing it's hard to miss the good things that are happening. Same story with my family, same story of generational sexual abuse. My mother was able to break the cycle, me and my twin are the last 2 of 7 kids, and we were the 2 lucky enough to born outside of that cycle.
Thanks Fr. Orthodoxy is the only way of life that has tangibly improved me as a man, and I am just starting my journey. Glory to God! Thank you for your counsel, you along with Fr Peter and Fr Josiah are a treasure trove of knowledge. Glad to be living in a time where all of this info is so accessible!
@@YesanshiWe are all called to become Saints! We definitely don’t idolize Saints in Orthodoxy. We love them, honor them as our brothers and sisters who have run the race and been successful! They are our friends, our closest confidants who are helping and praying for those of us still living and struggling to attain the kingdom of heaven ❤
Erasing your past exactly what the monastics do. The only thing I have had trouble with is "living the life I want." Every time I do that I get frustrated and trauma resurfaces. Then I know I'm getting ahead of myself and not trusting God. I've learned to tell myself everday "one day at a time." I think our modern world is so future focused and results driven that it's very damaging. I have to CONSTANTLY remind myself to get out of that mindset. Thank you for your time, Father.
Struggling with this. I was depressed for 22 years because of the narcissistic patterns of my family home and the slow devouring dysfunction left me deceived and my soul was so ill. My childhood was consumed and now I'm struggling to make a living for myself without that foothold of growth and individuation development. I have this anger too Father, please pray for me.
@@privateupdate3747 I get you. You feel like an empty shell. I didn’t know it was my family in the first place. Everything was labeled as anxiety/depression. Now I know that I was just a pawn in the game and I have to find my new life in Christ.
My sweet father Mosses, I cried and then I cried more, I felt your pain in my chest😔, Thank you 🙏🏼 Lord you became orthodox Christian🕯️🙏🏼✝️🕊️ and he granted with beautiful soul matushka Ruth and blessed you an amazing boys🙏🏼. Spiritual mothers are the most pure and powerful like Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary. The Mother of God is intercession and the immovable hope of protection. Please forgive me if I ever volunteer or involuntary done anything wrong to you 🙏🏼 You are in my thoughts and prayers !!!🙏🏼
Amen, Father. My siblings and I went through trauma growing up, and only by the grace of God have I been able to get past it. Now, it's my turn to help them get past theirs. Your videos help out a ton. God bless you and anyone who reads this. 👊
Thank you Father! I’m still healing God’s way after 10 years Orthodox. As a former clinical psychologist I now see the folly in using techniques from Godless teachers!
I am looking for a job to gain experience as a psychologist after finally getting my degree in psychology. I'm really curious to know if this branch of career is right for me as a person entering into the orthodox church. Is it poisonous from the core or can it be saved?
@@dafish691 I am going into psychology as well and I truly believe that it can be used to do Gods work. I plan on joining a Christian practice. Christ is the true medicine but having someone to talk to and work through issues with is tremendously helpful
I needed to hear this today. Thank you for your sincere candor and sharing your journey. That all resonated with me very deeply; even though our stories are respectively different. I also grew up around a lot of yelling, fighting & drinking as a child and teenager. Then I enlisted into the Marines. Got treated like an animal for four years and sent to trashcanistan twice and saw quite enough. Lots of feelings of resentment and anger about the whole experience. Ended up pushing myself through college and dealing with people who are truly privileged telling me that I am (who grew up poor and then wounded in war). Then went on to work jobs I've fcking hated. Bosses and coworkers I'd love to punch in the face. My only constant feeling is anger. I get flashes of being red hot and it can keep me up at night. At the world and people. But yeah, forgiveness and trust in Jesus & God's Will. I'm trying! Thank you, Father Moses.
Romans 11:36…all that you endured proves it…as all things do again and again. Thank you Fr. Moses for such a meaningful video that we all needed to hear.
Romans 4 KJV ♥️ 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ✝️🩸 Romans 3 KJV 🩸 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
I think this is why I’ve been able to heal myself. I forgave all those people that hurt me in all the ways they did. I myself had much anger for a very long time, but realized that like me, they too were broken, they too suffered. And I even have gone as far as thanking God for allowing that suffering because it’s shaped me to be a man capable of forgiving and capable of seeing my own flaws. I only pray they do not perish through me a sinner. God bless you Father.
Thank you father i absolutely needed this. I was groomed when I was 11 years old, and that really fundamentally changed me as a person and how i viewed myself. I thought my entire worth of a person was dependent on how desirable i was to men, and this led me down a really dark path in my teens of doing things i really regret, and things that were really messed up spiritually and probably to a lot of secular people as well. Im an Orthodox Catechumen now at 22, and i thought i overcame lust and my really depraved desires, but when i decided to get off my birth control, i realized that was my crutch, and its been a very active battle every since, but I have been winning. Thank you so much for sharing, i needed this for my soul, God bless all of your work and may you continue to help souls like mine ☦️
Thank you so much for being open like this, Father. It brought tears to my eyes. This video is very much needed, and you going out on a limb to be open like that speaks alot of your character. I was abused as a child for most of my young years by a parent and what you said about the anger resonates so heavily with me. Truly, forgivness and forgetfulness- wiping that slate clean of the rot and moving onward is where its at. God bless you always
I’ve been attending catechism for a couple weeks now thanks to Fathers like you. Thank you for these pearls of wisdom and your help. Thank God for you.
Glory to God for this. I experienced consistent abuse and severe trauma as a boy and was forced to hide it. Never allowed acknowledge it happened. I was out of the church for 35 years. Christ and learning to forgive (it takes time for me) and the church has helped me more than i probably even understand
Thank you Fr. Moses for your testimony and inspiring story of forgiveness, love and hope. I can relate. Glory to God and His Holy Church of the Ages! While the devil and his demons and the broken and lost, mean things for evil, there is nothing the Spirit of Christ can’t repurpose for good! Christ is Lord of lords and King of kings!
Keep the the faith 🩸 Romans 3 KJV 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 2 Timothy 4 KJV 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 1 John 5 KJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Thank you Father Moses, It is as like the Godhand struck you and you made this video right at the best time for me. Thank you for your preaching and for your wise words, which are enriching us.
Thank you Fr. For sharing your story. Forgiveness is so powerful. I got similar advice when I came to the church after growing up in a dysfunctional home (I also self medicated and started drinking at a very young age) then I had a traumatic pregnancy loss and near d.eath experience in my late 20's. I spent years in therapy trying to get over my childhood in my early 20s. I couldn't even speak of the loss without falling apart. I was given the advice to forgive by my priest and eventually I forgave my parents and the medical system that led to the loss of my daughter. Having my boys also made me too busy to dwell; I think that's important too, it forced me to put it behind me though I wasn'tgiven that advice it is very good advice. With that and baptism, I no longer suffer the way I did before, and now I can pray if I flash back and I feel so much comfort. Thank God.
Blimey. What an incredible and profoundly humbling testimony, Father. God bless you in everything that you do, and thank you for ministry of encouragement and guidance for our generations.
"I couldn't let go of the past until I let go of the people"... WOW!! This hit so so hard!.. Thank you! Thank you, father! This is powerful! God bless you and yours, father!
Father, this video made me cry. I admire your strength to see past the evils and channel it into goodness. There's such power in courage. Best wishes ✨
This is describing me exactly right now from the trauma of violation, SA when I was a virgin. Happened 8 years ago and still living in that memory every day instead of living in this life. Every day I want to die and I don't know how to heal the way you have father. I pray but relief never comes.
Thank you for sharing this Father. I saw in your eyes at the end how wonderful the Hand of God was in your heart in healing this event. It really touched you in a powerful way and it’s wonderful to see the victory God brought you in your life! He is a good God!
Another powerful presentation! I still struggle with forgiveness to this day. I have an Uncle who pretended to be a pastor in the community and he's burned every bridge around him. It wasn't until the death of my aunt I truly witnessed his character w/o any pretense or hiding. I honestly wanted to take his life, in front of the family. He's still around, I just have to limit my time around him.
God bless you father. I have been walking in faith for the last few years after being an atheist for most of my life, even though i was baptized as a greek orthodox. I come from a deeply, deeply dysfunctional home, and could not believe that God is real if he is letting things like this happen to children. but i understand now. thank you so much for this, my story is very similar to yours and every word you said resonated in my soul. thank you for showing me the way out. it is difficult since i have no mentor or support system, but i will follow your advice diligently, and i will make it out.
Get yourself a good wake up routine Do some sort exercises plus stretching at least 3 times a week Review each day at night What did I do wrong today? What I could do better Finsh with what you did good and prayer
@@dee-ix3iq thank you! ive been hitting the gym for 12 years, and doing martial arts since i was 3 years old, i recognize the importance of being physically active. i also went to therapy for 2 years. regardless, the only thing that really transformed my life was my faith. ive been fighting for decades, but i finally see light at the end of the tunnel.
I find that returning to the Jesus Prayer whenever my mind and thoughts go to dark places helps anchor me in the present and helps me not to sin in my thoughts or actions toward close relationships…
Wow. What amazing timing. Thank you Fr. for this message. It makes me think of so much of my own life and experiences. After I'd been in recovery for a while, I had struggled deeply with anger/rage. It took both of my parent's passing away before I was able to truly let God and prayer and forgiveness return and I can remember that for so long, addiction numbed the rage, but the rage filled the emptiness and it was something I clung to. Resentment was another. Those feelings still come even many years later, but I give it to God and ask him to forgive me. I have been struggling with a lot of despondency and anxiety these days, so this message really resonated. Thank you so much! God bless you!
I can just feel God's spirit flowing through this man words, i wish everyone could express themselves so freely. It makes other people allow themself to feel and be honest with themselves i think
Thanks for the video. With the grace of God I managed to at least mentally understand why my father neglected me and my brother after our mom died with the amount of loss and grief he went through, and also why his second wife who was abused as a child passed unto us the same evil, and wanted us to suffer just because we were the leftovers of my dad's past life. I have a degree of compassion and I know that hating them will not help me, but I just don't know how I'm supposed to let go when even without thinking about the past, I'm the product of it in the present, and doesn't matter how much I progress on the surface, I'm still extremely paranoid and anxious and just thinking of pursuing marriage and family life terrifies me because I'm scared to death I will not be able to defend my wife and kids like I didn't defend my brother when we were kids. And taking care of myself physically and doing martial arts didn't diminish that. Prayer keeps me from not losing my mind completely, but since coming into the Church this war only got ten times tougher.
Father thank you. I come from such a similar background, but instead of a school it was at the hands of my own father I suffered greatly. I've watched countless videos about forgiveness and it's been so hard for me to wrap my mind around it until now. I need to learn to forgive because 1 I'm not there anymore I'm in the present, and 2 the biggest thing you elucidated was he's also a very damaged person in his own ways. Those people need compassion just as badly as I need it from others who I might have hurt in my life. Thank you. This gives me so much to think about. Honestly my trauma has brought my anxiety disorders to the brink of killing me and that is no exaggeration, I'm very very ill from it physically. Regardless what happens to my body, thank you for helping me learn to forgive. May God bless you and reward you greatly in heaven for guiding many of us who have no other access to a spiritual Father in our lives.
Thank you Father Moses, Everything you spoke about I relate with. You have confirmed to me what I need to do to move on with my life. Praise be to Jesus. Blessings from Australia.
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story Father! I've been praying for a year now to overcome my temptations, which come in a near constant onslaught. But I still feel like I'm drowning and sinking deeper into the pit. I have no one else to blame but myself for allowing my mind to become so corrupted and darkened by sin. So I wonder, do some of us need to forgive ourselves?
Thank you for this video. Perfect timing! Been feeling hurt recently and I really needed this. I’ve been forgiving but I need to forgive more and for everything.
I had a terrible relationship as a young man in high school that was sexually manipulative and by engaging in it, it led to a long and painful addiction to pornography. Even now I still feel the tug and pull of the addiction in the back of my mind and it has been a self-medication for being alone and not having a loving woman in my life. Father Moses, watching this has so strongly impacted me on this. I’ve held so much guilt on this and hearing you share has been so incredibly freeing. Thank you for your videos and God bless you. You are doing wonderful things.
I needed to hear this today. I’ve been struggling greatly as of late and I feel like I’m self destructing because of all the anger I’ve held onto my whole life. I’ve been praying more regardless of how I feel but I didn’t know what I was doing wrong until now. Thank you so much for sharing your story father Moses god bless you!
Because of acts of man my nous was darkened, now that I have survived long enough to understand, the burden I carried can be left at the foot of the cross. Sometimes God will hide you away to work on you but never think that you are alone. Beware the dangers of solitude and find someone who will be sure you don't throw yourself down a well. Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men.
God blees you father moses! Im glad you got over over your trauma and pain. Im so glad that lord jesus has guided you toward the light. God Bless your heart.
Amen I experienced physical abuse in the monastery, maybe you have seen my comments on other videos. In 2019 I was able to forgive, forget, have compassion, with the help of the Panagia.
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It is damnable heresy to teach that your religion/church can save you, when only the Saviour can (John 14:6, John 10:1-9), who is Almighty and sinless to do so, and offered His ONE and ALMIGHTY sacrifice on the cross for you to trust over religious clergy and their Traditions of the Elders (Mark 7:8) to save you.
"Father" Moses teaches the judaizing heresy of the Galatians. The Apostles rebuked such things, including by saying that water baptism is only for those ALREADY saved (ie, born again) in Acts 10:47.
Father, can you please recommend videos/resources for spiritual practices that helped you to learn to forget? By 'forgetting,' do you approach each interaction with renewed grace? I am struggling with how to nurture one of my children who is prone to intense, tempestuous feelings.
Your Holy Mother uses wisdom from Holy Spirit, healing the memory
I have to admit, I like your videos but this one didn't help me at all.
@@theaaron2910
I hate videos that use words like "You" in the title as if they're giving out advice when it's really just talking about niche personal experiences that don't apply to most people watching.
I relate heavily to your story but instead of finding Christ I found the evil of therapy and self help which made me feel like a ghost for a long time. There was no redemption or moving on I was scared to wake up everyday. Then I found Christ on the internet and started my journey from there. God bless all who are healed through Christ from trauma
I just finished a degree in psychology because of my dream to become a therapist. Do you think there is any hope in psychology or therapy to help peopl? I am reconsidering this approach to my career already but I wonder if people who have a bad opinion on therapy can see the possibility of good in it or whether it is bad from the roots/core.
@@dafish691I don’t know. I think only if the therapist is a practising Orthodox Christian and that’s where the problem also arises. How much can you talk about God and point people in His direction without prozelitising until it becomes a problem that takes your practice away? Or if they seem to not be open to God, pray for wisdom that you can at least help the most depressed or desperate cases to come out of it until they hopefuly find God. And being an example of a good Christian and having a tangential talk about it when questioning and probing might make them more open to it. There are problems with psychology in general, because it’s skewed and wordly with ideas like Freud’s for example. But you can make it your own and be in the presence of these people looking for help and, without forcing it, open this window for them to look at life differently. But again, you need to check what is alowed legally in a practice like this in your state/country. There are books on psychology and psychiatry from an Orthodox spiritual perspective, at least translated in my language (romanian). Look up Archbishop Hierotheos Vlachos for an example.
@@dafish691I believe it is very valid , but we have a huge issue of convincing healthy capable people that wanting to change is wrong , that they are sick , and that they need a bunch of support to be barely functional .
@@dafish691I went into therapy with an honest expression that I feel I’m not living up to my capabilities, my therapist spent months trying to convince me that the issue is me WANTING to be better. And that the answer was in being content with anything that felt pleasant in the moment
I use some inquiry tools to uncover buried, repressed anger which I didn't even know I had till I saw it. That is helping me to clear feelings out and surrender and get closer to God esp. when I read Psalms. The typical landing, ie defence mechanism, for anger repressors is to be small, nice, not good enough, anxious, depressed, wounded or feeling like a victim. This is all to stay safe from buried anger and get approval from others. It's a horrible place to be, so when I see the landings I can dismiss it more these days, get to feel the underlying anger, process it and have more space to surrender to Spirit, and express needs/boundaries with others if I need to. It makes for more authentic relating instead of shutting down or pretending. So these tools can really help if they are used correctly and in union with God.
I got high on weed brownies with my dad and uncle at age 12, took acid at age 14, moved on to blow and ecstasy, then heavy alcoholism. Got “ saved” at my granny’s Pentecostal church at age 22. Left because it’s insane. Got a DUI. Lost my drivers licence. Went to college to become an Addiction Counselor. Became one. Got fired because I couldn’t handle it. Met my Russian wife. Found the Orthodox Church. Was baptized as Nicholas in 2015. Wandered away into the occult, astrology, tarot cards, and freemasonry. Realized it was all satanic. Went back to the Orthodox Church. Confessed. Felt something like a heavy weight fly off my back. Now I’m soon to be 41. I have 3 children. I am 7 days without a drink. Still struggling with cigarettes and demonic attack. Please pray for your brother Nicholas here. Thanks ☦️
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Have you seeked deliverance?
What was insane about the Pentecostal church?
@@Mary-dk7mc the fact that it was Pentecostal 😂
@@nathanielpillay7650 what do you mean specifically?
Prayer has helped me stop drinking. I'm determined to repent of my sins. I'm going to my first Devine Liturgy on the 28th of this month.
Let’s gooo!!!!
God Bless you.
i hope to go to my first divine litgury next week, i will pray for you, please pray for me too because i need help discerning something
Amazing, praise the Lord.
You won’t be disappointed. I just went to my first ever Divine Liturgy yesterday, and it was truly an otherworldly experience
We're in a time of breaking generational cycles, by the Grace of God!!! My mother broke the cycle of sexual abuse by her parents and escaped their influence. Her, my brother and myself with my husband were baptized into the Church a few years ago. My dad was baptized on his death bed earlier this year thanks be to God and his mercy. I have two small daughters that are cradle Orthodox now. What a joy to see Gods mercies in our lives.
With all of the visible evils seemingly increasing it's hard to miss the good things that are happening. Same story with my family, same story of generational sexual abuse. My mother was able to break the cycle, me and my twin are the last 2 of 7 kids, and we were the 2 lucky enough to born outside of that cycle.
It seams like your videos come in at just the right time. It’s crazy. Thanks you’ve helped me out a lot.
Me too
For all of us bro
Yep
For all men who need guidance
Forgiving the bad others did to us is a very powerful and difficult thing to do, and most of the time that's what we need to free us from it.
False. Retribution is required.
@@RobertLoftyGod will judge you in the same way that you judge others, be prepared.
God bless you Father Moses.
Thanks Fr. Orthodoxy is the only way of life that has tangibly improved me as a man, and I am just starting my journey. Glory to God! Thank you for your counsel, you along with Fr Peter and Fr Josiah are a treasure trove of knowledge. Glad to be living in a time where all of this info is so accessible!
I'm right there with you. God Bless.
Just curious because no one will answer me on this. Why is it ok to idolize saints in orthodoxy and catholicism?
@@YesanshiWe are all called to become Saints! We definitely don’t idolize Saints in Orthodoxy. We love them, honor them as our brothers and sisters who have run the race and been successful! They are our friends, our closest confidants who are helping and praying for those of us still living and struggling to attain the kingdom of heaven ❤
Erasing your past exactly what the monastics do. The only thing I have had trouble with is "living the life I want." Every time I do that I get frustrated and trauma resurfaces. Then I know I'm getting ahead of myself and not trusting God. I've learned to tell myself everday "one day at a time." I think our modern world is so future focused and results driven that it's very damaging. I have to CONSTANTLY remind myself to get out of that mindset. Thank you for your time, Father.
"Future focus"? Are you sure about that? This generation and the millennial seem to be nostalgia driven.
Struggling with this. I was depressed for 22 years because of the narcissistic patterns of my family home and the slow devouring dysfunction left me deceived and my soul was so ill. My childhood was consumed and now I'm struggling to make a living for myself without that foothold of growth and individuation development. I have this anger too Father, please pray for me.
Will be praying for you. God bless you🙏☦️
@@privateupdate3747 I get you. You feel like an empty shell. I didn’t know it was my family in the first place. Everything was labeled as anxiety/depression. Now I know that I was just a pawn in the game and I have to find my new life in Christ.
Reminds me of that quote, "You can help others with your success, but you can heal them with your scars." Thank you for your testimony Father Moses
Love this!!!
9:39 “I wasn’t a victim because I wasn’t going to let it define me”
My sweet father Mosses, I cried and then I cried more, I felt your pain in my chest😔, Thank you 🙏🏼 Lord you became orthodox Christian🕯️🙏🏼✝️🕊️ and he granted with beautiful soul matushka Ruth and blessed you an amazing boys🙏🏼.
Spiritual mothers are the most pure and powerful like Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary.
The Mother of God is
intercession and the immovable hope of protection.
Please forgive me if I ever volunteer or involuntary done anything wrong to you 🙏🏼
You are in my thoughts and prayers !!!🙏🏼
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Amen, Father. My siblings and I went through trauma growing up, and only by the grace of God have I been able to get past it. Now, it's my turn to help them get past theirs. Your videos help out a ton. God bless you and anyone who reads this. 👊
I tried every perspective I could get my mind and actions on, but it wasn't until I found Orthodoxy that my life improved.
Thank you Father! I’m still healing God’s way after 10 years Orthodox. As a former clinical psychologist I now see the folly in using techniques from Godless teachers!
Love your username haha
@@Jac0bspeaks Hey Jacob, good to see you here
@@cjschweisthal3830 gotta tune in to fr Moses wisdom 🫡
I am looking for a job to gain experience as a psychologist after finally getting my degree in psychology. I'm really curious to know if this branch of career is right for me as a person entering into the orthodox church. Is it poisonous from the core or can it be saved?
@@dafish691 I am going into psychology as well and I truly believe that it can be used to do Gods work. I plan on joining a Christian practice. Christ is the true medicine but having someone to talk to and work through issues with is tremendously helpful
I needed to hear this today. Thank you for your sincere candor and sharing your journey. That all resonated with me very deeply; even though our stories are respectively different. I also grew up around a lot of yelling, fighting & drinking as a child and teenager. Then I enlisted into the Marines. Got treated like an animal for four years and sent to trashcanistan twice and saw quite enough. Lots of feelings of resentment and anger about the whole experience.
Ended up pushing myself through college and dealing with people who are truly privileged telling me that I am (who grew up poor and then wounded in war). Then went on to work jobs I've fcking hated. Bosses and coworkers I'd love to punch in the face.
My only constant feeling is anger. I get flashes of being red hot and it can keep me up at night. At the world and people.
But yeah, forgiveness and trust in Jesus & God's Will. I'm trying! Thank you, Father Moses.
Love you, brother.
Will be praying for you. God bless you🙏☦️
Romans 11:36…all that you endured proves it…as all things do again and again. Thank you Fr. Moses for such a meaningful video that we all needed to hear.
Romans 4 KJV ♥️
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
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Romans 3 KJV 🩸
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
I think this is why I’ve been able to heal myself. I forgave all those people that hurt me in all the ways they did. I myself had much anger for a very long time, but realized that like me, they too were broken, they too suffered. And I even have gone as far as thanking God for allowing that suffering because it’s shaped me to be a man capable of forgiving and capable of seeing my own flaws. I only pray they do not perish through me a sinner. God bless you Father.
Thank you father i absolutely needed this. I was groomed when I was 11 years old, and that really fundamentally changed me as a person and how i viewed myself. I thought my entire worth of a person was dependent on how desirable i was to men, and this led me down a really dark path in my teens of doing things i really regret, and things that were really messed up spiritually and probably to a lot of secular people as well. Im an Orthodox Catechumen now at 22, and i thought i overcame lust and my really depraved desires, but when i decided to get off my birth control, i realized that was my crutch, and its been a very active battle every since, but I have been winning. Thank you so much for sharing, i needed this for my soul, God bless all of your work and may you continue to help souls like mine ☦️
Thank you so much for being open like this, Father. It brought tears to my eyes. This video is very much needed, and you going out on a limb to be open like that speaks alot of your character. I was abused as a child for most of my young years by a parent and what you said about the anger resonates so heavily with me. Truly, forgivness and forgetfulness- wiping that slate clean of the rot and moving onward is where its at. God bless you always
Love you!
@fathermosesmcpherson I love you lots Father, God bless you always
Thank you for sharing your personal experience Father! 🥰🙏🏻☦️
God Bless You Father Moses
God bless you Father Moses!!
Do more of these board explanations about spirituality / psychology
Glad I found you Fr
Wooooo... that's one hell of a message. Well received, father
Best message ever.
God bless you for having the strength to seek the church and to better yourself. And glory be to Christ our God that you are doing so well now.
Glory to God
I had a feeling you were talking about yourself! Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you father. God bless
Father Moses. Thank you for this. So needed !
I’ve been attending catechism for a couple weeks now thanks to Fathers like you. Thank you for these pearls of wisdom and your help. Thank God for you.
Glory to God for this. I experienced consistent abuse and severe trauma as a boy and was forced to hide it. Never allowed acknowledge it happened. I was out of the church for 35 years. Christ and learning to forgive (it takes time for me) and the church has helped me more than i probably even understand
Thank you Fr. Moses for your testimony and inspiring story of forgiveness, love and hope. I can relate. Glory to God and His Holy Church of the Ages! While the devil and his demons and the broken and lost, mean things for evil, there is nothing the Spirit of Christ can’t repurpose for good! Christ is Lord of lords and King of kings!
Keep the the faith 🩸
Romans 3 KJV 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
2 Timothy 4 KJV
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
1 John 5 KJV
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Thanks you, Father! I'm sure you bring a lot of men to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you Father Moses,
It is as like the Godhand struck you and you made this video right at the best time for me.
Thank you for your preaching and for your wise words, which are enriching us.
Amen! God bless you and all of your family and friends!
It is my first time watching your videos. You will be in my proskomidies. God bless you dear Father 🙏
Thank you Father. 🙏
So wonderful to see your vulnerability! So inspiring ☦️
Thank you Fr. For sharing your story. Forgiveness is so powerful. I got similar advice when I came to the church after growing up in a dysfunctional home (I also self medicated and started drinking at a very young age) then I had a traumatic pregnancy loss and near d.eath experience in my late 20's. I spent years in therapy trying to get over my childhood in my early 20s. I couldn't even speak of the loss without falling apart. I was given the advice to forgive by my priest and eventually I forgave my parents and the medical system that led to the loss of my daughter. Having my boys also made me too busy to dwell; I think that's important too, it forced me to put it behind me though I wasn'tgiven that advice it is very good advice. With that and baptism, I no longer suffer the way I did before, and now I can pray if I flash back and I feel so much comfort. Thank God.
What a tremendous testimony. I had no idea. God has truly Blessed you.
Father, thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you so much Father. I have been struggling with this for so long. You have truly helped me focus on being a better man for my family
I came back to leave a comment and say this video and your previous one were what I needed to hear. Thankyou.
Blimey. What an incredible and profoundly humbling testimony, Father. God bless you in everything that you do, and thank you for ministry of encouragement and guidance for our generations.
"I couldn't let go of the past until I let go of the people"... WOW!! This hit so so hard!.. Thank you! Thank you, father! This is powerful! God bless you and yours, father!
Father, this video made me cry. I admire your strength to see past the evils and channel it into goodness. There's such power in courage. Best wishes ✨
thank you for this insightful message, it has come at just at the right time. All praises to the Most High God.
This is describing me exactly right now from the trauma of violation, SA when I was a virgin. Happened 8 years ago and still living in that memory every day instead of living in this life. Every day I want to die and I don't know how to heal the way you have father. I pray but relief never comes.
Thank you for sharing this Father. I saw in your eyes at the end how wonderful the Hand of God was in your heart in healing this event. It really touched you in a powerful way and it’s wonderful to see the victory God brought you in your life! He is a good God!
Very powerful statement! Thank you father!
Thank father. You have no idea what your video has done to my life. Thank you 🙏 glory be to God.
A real remedy your videos provide father Moses.
God bless you.
Another powerful presentation! I still struggle with forgiveness to this day. I have an Uncle who pretended to be a pastor in the community and he's burned every bridge around him. It wasn't until the death of my aunt I truly witnessed his character w/o any pretense or hiding. I honestly wanted to take his life, in front of the family. He's still around, I just have to limit my time around him.
I needed this Father Moses, God bless.
A powerful testimony. Thank you Father for sharing and for your vulnerability.
God bless you, Father Moses.
God bless you father. I have been walking in faith for the last few years after being an atheist for most of my life, even though i was baptized as a greek orthodox. I come from a deeply, deeply dysfunctional home, and could not believe that God is real if he is letting things like this happen to children. but i understand now. thank you so much for this, my story is very similar to yours and every word you said resonated in my soul. thank you for showing me the way out. it is difficult since i have no mentor or support system, but i will follow your advice diligently, and i will make it out.
Get yourself a good wake up routine
Do some sort exercises plus stretching at least 3 times a week
Review each day at night
What did I do wrong today?
What I could do better
Finsh with what you did good and prayer
@@dee-ix3iq thank you! ive been hitting the gym for 12 years, and doing martial arts since i was 3 years old, i recognize the importance of being physically active. i also went to therapy for 2 years. regardless, the only thing that really transformed my life was my faith. ive been fighting for decades, but i finally see light at the end of the tunnel.
I find that returning to the Jesus Prayer whenever my mind and thoughts go to dark places helps anchor me in the present and helps me not to sin in my thoughts or actions toward close relationships…
Wow. What amazing timing. Thank you Fr. for this message. It makes me think of so much of my own life and experiences. After I'd been in recovery for a while, I had struggled deeply with anger/rage. It took both of my parent's passing away before I was able to truly let God and prayer and forgiveness return and I can remember that for so long, addiction numbed the rage, but the rage filled the emptiness and it was something I clung to. Resentment was another. Those feelings still come even many years later, but I give it to God and ask him to forgive me. I have been struggling with a lot of despondency and anxiety these days, so this message really resonated. Thank you so much! God bless you!
I can just feel God's spirit flowing through this man words, i wish everyone could express themselves so freely. It makes other people allow themself to feel and be honest with themselves i think
Very heart felt father Moses … damn …
Thanks for the video. With the grace of God I managed to at least mentally understand why my father neglected me and my brother after our mom died with the amount of loss and grief he went through, and also why his second wife who was abused as a child passed unto us the same evil, and wanted us to suffer just because we were the leftovers of my dad's past life.
I have a degree of compassion and I know that hating them will not help me, but I just don't know how I'm supposed to let go when even without thinking about the past, I'm the product of it in the present, and doesn't matter how much I progress on the surface, I'm still extremely paranoid and anxious and just thinking of pursuing marriage and family life terrifies me because I'm scared to death I will not be able to defend my wife and kids like I didn't defend my brother when we were kids. And taking care of myself physically and doing martial arts didn't diminish that. Prayer keeps me from not losing my mind completely, but since coming into the Church this war only got ten times tougher.
Amen brother! Very similar backstory and I had forgotten how important forgiving and forgetting is! Thank you!
God bless you father Moses, I needed to hear that today, Lord have mercy and save us amen.
Father thank you. I come from such a similar background, but instead of a school it was at the hands of my own father I suffered greatly. I've watched countless videos about forgiveness and it's been so hard for me to wrap my mind around it until now. I need to learn to forgive because 1 I'm not there anymore I'm in the present, and 2 the biggest thing you elucidated was he's also a very damaged person in his own ways. Those people need compassion just as badly as I need it from others who I might have hurt in my life. Thank you. This gives me so much to think about. Honestly my trauma has brought my anxiety disorders to the brink of killing me and that is no exaggeration, I'm very very ill from it physically. Regardless what happens to my body, thank you for helping me learn to forgive. May God bless you and reward you greatly in heaven for guiding many of us who have no other access to a spiritual Father in our lives.
Thank you Father for your confession, you are the great example how our Lord Christ is making strong people, greetings from Serbia
Thank you Father Moses,
Everything you spoke about I relate with.
You have confirmed to me what I need to do to move on with my life.
Praise be to Jesus.
Blessings from Australia.
Not orthodox but heavily resonate with your message and videos. Thank you for unashamedly shining light into the vast darkness of modernity.
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story Father!
I've been praying for a year now to overcome my temptations, which come in a near constant onslaught. But I still feel like I'm drowning and sinking deeper into the pit.
I have no one else to blame but myself for allowing my mind to become so corrupted and darkened by sin. So I wonder, do some of us need to forgive ourselves?
Pain can either make or break you. Its what you do with that energy that matters. Blessings to everyone.
Thank you Father Moses God bless you
Thank you for this video. Perfect timing! Been feeling hurt recently and I really needed this. I’ve been forgiving but I need to forgive more and for everything.
Tank you Father, God bless you!
Father - thank you for sharing this. Glory to God you let go of the past and have now written a better story through forgiveness.
Thank you for sharing your amazing story
This is a very powerful message father. Thank you very much for your strength, courage and vulnerability. ☦️
Thank you Jesus for allowing me to view this video message from you. Thank you father for sharing and opening up to us and giving us hope
Praise The Lord!!
Thank you for your wisdom father! God bless all here! 🙏💕✨
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I had a terrible relationship as a young man in high school that was sexually manipulative and by engaging in it, it led to a long and painful addiction to pornography. Even now I still feel the tug and pull of the addiction in the back of my mind and it has been a self-medication for being alone and not having a loving woman in my life.
Father Moses, watching this has so strongly impacted me on this. I’ve held so much guilt on this and hearing you share has been so incredibly freeing. Thank you for your videos and God bless you. You are doing wonderful things.
I needed to hear this today. I’ve been struggling greatly as of late and I feel like I’m self destructing because of all the anger I’ve held onto my whole life. I’ve been praying more regardless of how I feel but I didn’t know what I was doing wrong until now. Thank you so much for sharing your story father Moses god bless you!
Thanks for sharing, Father!
This touched me, thank you Father Moses
Because of acts of man my nous was darkened, now that I have survived long enough to understand, the burden I carried can be left at the foot of the cross. Sometimes God will hide you away to work on you but never think that you are alone. Beware the dangers of solitude and find someone who will be sure you don't throw yourself down a well. Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men.
Thank you Father Moses, God Bless you.
So happy God found you on my RUclips for me to listen to and watch
God blees you father moses! Im glad you got over over your trauma and pain. Im so glad that lord jesus has guided you toward the light. God Bless your heart.
Powerful stuff Fr Moses! ☦️ Thank you
Amen I experienced physical abuse in the monastery, maybe you have seen my comments on other videos. In 2019 I was able to forgive, forget, have compassion, with the help of the Panagia.
Thank you Father. Very helpful video. Reinforces last weeks homily. Forgiveness has been on my mind
Thank you for your authenticity and your expression of genuine emotion towards the end of the video.
MOSES, you DO NOT understand how much I NEEEDED this right now. Oh my, thank you Lord for providing me with this video
Thank you, needed this, struggling with guilt.
Thank you father for your words in my hour of need. god bless you for sharing.