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"Oh, my dear woman, bless you! God might perform such a miracle. We will pray for one, but I cannot recall ever experiencing His provision as received by Jesus with the loaves and fishes. The miracle might be at your hearths instead of the merchant’s storehouse. We cannot dictate how God multiplies His blessings. Just like the widow and the oil. You will be blessed, of that I do not doubt, but sometimes God wants us to work through the natural. He blessed another so you might have help in your time of need. This teaches us charity and giving. Someday, you may be the one blessed with plenty so
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"You see, young Reimar, the body is corporeal and will die someday. It is the longhouse of your soul, and you must defend it. Bar the door from things that wish to steal and destroy what good you keep there. If you are not careful, something might get inside and join you in your soul's home. Something dangerous."
"I think you have some false guilt running around on your shoulders. It is a fairly common trick devils use to condemn you and steal away your peace. They make you think you did something wrong when you are innocent. They whisper lies and get you thinking the way they want."
To believe in reform does not mean rebellion against legitimate authority. I disagree on key points of ecclesiastical rules, teaching of scripture and abuses of authority, not on the authority of the Kyrkja and my part in it!"
"No one is without a master," Brother Finn said. "We all belong to God or Satan whether we know it, or like it."
"You will not remain free for long. A man cannot stand against a manitou. God will not force Himself upon you, but devils will.
The nets of roots from the tumbled trees stood in crazy ashen tangles. They were morbidly beautiful in their death.
"The book from Father Vidkunn. Is that a sin because I took it or the demon gave it?" he asked. "That is the sin you need to be aware of. You touched an accursed object at the command of a demon. There is its claim on you," Daniel said with a grim smile.
"Satan lies, or tries to misrepresent his rights and authority at times. Particularly about our sin. Of course, if we do not pray that our advocate, Jesus, speak for us, those petitions might be allowed for no one refuted them."
It was in these moments of normalcy that the world began to trick Reimar and Brother Finn. They began to forget their extraordinary experiences thanks to the steady roll of the ordinary.
"The One True God is greater than that. Your demon masters treat you like a hunter with a deer. You are something to be slain for its benefit. God sees you as His child. Someone to be loved, cared for and groomed to be at his side and walk in his ways."
"To remind man and woman of their place under Him, God gave them one rule: they were not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for if they did, they would surely die. Lucifer disguised himself as a serpent, tricking the woman to eat of that tree and, by disobeying God's rule, she sinned. Ashamed and not wishing to be alone in sin, she tricked the man. By doing this, man and woman sinned against God."
I had to go somewhere I did not want, but the light of God's wisdom destroys even the most hidden of lies."
“The Azhikwe cannot harm you unless you invite it back. Before, you were unclaimed. Unprotected. Innocent. All of us start life that way and it is a dangerous, wondrous time. In Latin it is called tabula rasa. A blank slate. Now you are no longer a blank slate, for God has claimed you. All you have to do is accept and follow Him. Be on guard for those who try to fool you and say you are untouchable for you are saved. Salvation will not prevent devils from tormenting you. Father Vidkunn should be proof of that. Nor should you presume innocence protects you, for that did not save Eve when the
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"Thank you for your honesty. I miss you already, but at least I have hope. That is more than what I had before."
