Prepare for Temptations

"If you wish to make a right beginning in your spiritual activity, first prepare yourself for the temptations that will befall you. For the devil has the habit of visiting with terrible temptations those whom he sees starting a righteous life with ardent faith. . . Therefore prepare yourself to meet courageously the temptations which will surely assail you, and only then begin to practice them."
St. Isaac of Syria
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