My joy, acquire the Holy Spirit and thousands will be saved around you.

The Kingdom of God can be contained in the human heart. If only we ourselves loved Him, our Heavenly Father, truly, in a filial way. The Lord listens equally to both a monk and a layman, a simple Christian, as long as they are Orthodox and love God from the depths of their souls, and have faith in Him even the size of a mustard seed.

The Lord Himself says: “Everything is possible believer!” Whatever you ask the Lord God for, accept everything, as long as it is for the glory of God or for the benefit of your neighbor.

But even if something is for your own need or benefit if it was necessary, then the Lord God will deign to send you all this just as quickly and benevolently, if only the extreme need and necessity were urgent. For the Lord loves those who love Him, the Lord is good, the Lord is kind to everyone, and He will fulfill the requests of those who fear and honor Him, and He will hear their prayer.

Reverend Seraphim of Sarov