{"product_id":"book-nj1a","title":"The Battle Within: How to Defeat Duality, Hypocrisy, and Fear to Become One with God","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever felt like you're not one person… but two?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike something inside you is pulling you toward God, but something else is pulling you toward sin?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis inner conflict isn’t strange — it’s real. It’s spiritual. And it’s universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply personal and powerful sermon, \u003cstrong\u003ePope Shenouda III\u003c\/strong\u003e speaks directly to the divided heart — the inner war every soul fights:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚔️ Between desire and conscience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚔️ Between the flesh and the spirit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚔️ Between fear and love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚔️ Between the world and God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs St. Paul writes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other.” (Galatians 5:17) “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” (Romans 8:1)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd as one author once said:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I struggled with myself so fiercely, I felt as if I were two people inside one body — one pulling me forward, one holding me back.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis battle leaves many feeling lost, guilty, and confused. But if the good inside you wins… you’ll finally find peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePope Shenouda explains that fear isn’t from God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFear comes when we leave a door open for sin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re afraid… check your heart. Are you living too much for the world and too little for eternity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Perfect love casts out fear.” (1 John 4:18) “Walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise.” (Ephesians 5:15)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🕊️ Fear binds you… but the Holy Spirit sets you free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs St. Augustine once said:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I sat above the world when I found that I no longer desired anything, and I feared nothing.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49804338561328,"sku":"BDnj1a","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/nj1a-cover.jpg?v=1758174466","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-nj1a","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}