The Prayer Team Archives

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Permanent Love and Loving the Unlovable

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Matthew 5:46 Many/most people enjoy beautiful marriages, are thrilled to be parents of…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Sometimes Love Requires a Rebuilding

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Stop Obsessing about Credit

And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. “If you love those who love you, what credit is that…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Cheerful Giving

The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Staying Faithful Even When You Don’t Get the Desired Outcome

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “O…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

A Prayer Hidden in Scripture

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 And so, from the day we heard of…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Lots of Advice on Love from St. Paul—Part Two

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil,…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Lots of Advice on Love from St. Paul—Part One

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil,…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

God’s Love Reflected in Talents Given to Each of Us

“For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave…

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis In The Prayer Team

Called to Be Disciples

While the people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. And He saw two boats…

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