How to ask for help from God and Higher Powers? Practical advice. Sunday gospel reading

What can you ask God for? Do I have to apply many times for the same reason or do I only have to ask once? How do I know if the Lord heard my words?

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov) answers:

According to the definition of the Monk John of Damascus, “prayer is the ascent of the mind to God or asking God for what is appropriate” (Exact summary Orthodox faith. Book. 3. Chap. XXIV). We can ask in prayers for everything good - heavenly and earthly, but in the first place in our prayer requests should be salvation.

It is necessary to develop the habit of constant prayer appeal to God. The Lord Himself gives us an image of tireless and persistent prayer in the parable of the widow. “In the same city there was a widow, and she, coming to him [the judge], said: protect me from my rival. But he didn't want to for a long time. And then he said to himself: although I am not afraid of God and I am not ashamed of people, but, as this widow does not give me peace, I will protect her so that she does not come to bother me anymore. And the Lord said, Do you hear what the unjust judge says? Will not God protect His chosen ones who cry out to Him day and night, although He is slow to defend them? (Luke 18:3-7).

Our prayer is especially exalted by constant thanksgiving to God. We must do this not only by receiving what is asked for. The very possibility of communion with one's Heavenly Parent is a great blessing. If a child is deprived of the opportunity to communicate with his father and mother, then he is sad and suffers.

The Lord hears all our words of prayer, and fulfills petitions according to His Wisdom. We must pray and believe. We learn that the Lord accepted our petitions by the fruits of our prayer. Even if they didn’t get what they asked for, but found inner peace and peace of mind, which means that prayer has not remained fruitless.

Every person at some point in his life turns to God for help or advice. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone to know how to pray at home correctly so that God hears your words. Today, perhaps, the vast majority of people are unsure that they are praying correctly, but sometimes you really want to hear the answer to the question posed.

How to pray at home so that God hears?

Behind every twist of fate we may face insurmountable difficulties or dangers:

• terrible diseases;
• a lack of money;
• uncertainty about the future;
• fear for family and friends.

Few people manage to avoid such turns. All that remains for us is to pray to God, tell him about our hardships and ask for help. If you want to hear the answer and feel a helping hand, then the request must be sincere and come from the depths of your heart.

Unfortunately, in modern times, prayer is resorted to only in the most extreme circumstances, in desperate need of support, protection or help. But it is worth remembering that prayer is not just a collection of interconnected words, a conversation with God, so the monologue must come from the heart. Prayer is the only way to communicate with the Creator, which is why every person should know how to pray correctly.

In order to be heard, it is not at all necessary to conquer mountain peaks, travel to holy places or walk through caves, it is enough to believe strongly and sincerely. If God sees everything, then why should we go somewhere in order to turn to him?

But how to read prayers in order to be heard? What can you ask the Creator? You can ask the Almighty about everything. The exceptions are requests that bring grief, sadness and tears to other people.

Divine Prayer Book today it keeps in itself just an incredible number of prayers that cover various life situations of a believer. These are the prayers:

As we said earlier, these prayers simply have no number. There are no number of words with which you can turn to our Savior, praying for help. Remember only that the Lord is condescending towards you, understand all the seriousness of your appeal, appreciating your unworthiness.

Even if you do not know the words of the prayer, but approached the conversion with all sincerity and seriousness, then The Lord will not leave you and will surely guide you on the right path..

I would also like to add that turning to the Almighty is not a panacea for all diseases and is not among the magical rituals. Therefore, treat the appeal accordingly. Remember that God himself knows who deserves what in this life. You should not ask him to harm or punish someone, this is a sin! Never ask him to do injustice.

When exactly can prayers be read?

At modern man there is no opportunity to read prayers all day, therefore should allocate some time for this. Waking up in the morning, even the busiest person in life can stand in front of the icons for a few minutes and ask God for blessings for the coming day. Throughout the day, a person can silently repeat prayers to his Guardian Angel, the Lord or the Mother of God. You can turn to them silently so that the people around you do not notice.

It is worth noting that a special time is the time before bedtime. It is at this hour that you can reflect on how spiritual this day was, what you have sinned about. Turning to the Lord before going to bed calms, allows you to forget the fuss of the past day, tuning in to a calm and quiet sleep. Do not forget to thank the Lord for everything that happened to you during the day, and that he lived it with you.

There are many ways to ask the Lord for help., regardless of where you are - at home or in the temple. The icon will always have a positive effect.

How to ask for help in front of an icon? Which image is better to give preference? If you have no idea how to read the prayer correctly and in front of which icon, then it is best to pray in front of the images Holy Mother of God and Jesus Christ. These prayers can be called "universal" because they help in any business and request.

The main components of home prayer books are the beginning and end. It is necessary to turn to the Saints and ask for help correctly, following the steps below simple advice:

Prayer will be heard by the Lord if the following rules are observed:

What is the difference between church and home prayer?

An Orthodox Christian is called to pray constantly, doing it anywhere. Today, many have a well-founded question, why go to church to pray? There are certain differences between home and church prayer.. Let's take a look at them.

The Church was founded by our Jesus Christ, so thousands of years ago Orthodox Christians gathered in communities to glorify the Lord. Church prayer has incredible power and there are many confirmations of believers about grace-filled help after a church service.

Church fellowship provides and obligatory participation in worship services. How to pray for the Lord to hear? First of all, you need to visit the church and delve into the essence of worship. At the very beginning, everything will seem incredibly difficult, almost incomprehensible, but after a while, everything will become clear in your heads. It is also worth noting that special literature is published to help every novice Christian, which clarifies everything that happens in the church. You can buy them in any icon shop.

Prayer by agreement - what is it?

In addition to home and church prayers, in practice Orthodox Church there is. Their essence lies in the fact that at the same time people read the same appeal to the Lord or the Saint. However, it is worth noting that these people do not have to be around at all, they can be in different parts light, it doesn't matter.

In most cases, such acts are committed to help loved ones in extremely difficult situations. life situations. For example, when a person is seriously ill, his relatives gather and pray to the Lord to heal the afflicted. The power of this appeal is very great, because, according to God himself, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them."

But you should not consider this appeal as a kind of ritual that will fulfill all your desires. We have already said earlier that The Lord knows all our needs therefore, turning to him for help, we must do it, trusting in his holy will. Sometimes it happens that prayers do not bring the desired fruit, but this does not mean that they do not hear you, the reason is very simple - you are asking for something that will become extremely unprofitable for the state of your soul.

Summing up all of the above, I would like to note that the main thing is not just to pray, but to be a truly sincere and believing person with pure thoughts and heart. We strongly encourage you to pray every day so that you will be heard by God sooner. If you decide to start a righteous life, then you first need to be cleansed of all sins by taking communion and confessing. Before the start of prayers, it is recommended to lead exactly nine days not only spiritual, but also physical, refusing meat.

When do people turn to God? In difficult life situations, when hope gradually gives way to despair. That's when people remember that there is a God. Not all, of course, but many people are believers "in the soul." Until a certain point.

How to turn to God and ask for help from him?

One gate play?

Before you learn how to ask God for help so that He hears the petitioner, it is worth answering the question: does God help people in life? Silly to ask, of course, helps. Do people often thank Him for His help before turning again? And here comes an awkward moment, because usually a request for help looks like this: they asked (sometimes tearfully), they got what they wanted, they forgot about God until the next right moment. There was no place for thanks. And this is wrong.

People from childhood are taught to say "thank you" to their parents. God is the Father, why not thank Him for fulfilling the request?

How to give thanks?

How to ask God for help? And how to thank the Savior for help? It's very simple. You can go to church and order, put a candle in front of the icon of Jesus Christ.

If it is not possible to visit the church (precisely because of weakness, and not because of laziness and eternal fussiness), you can read an akathist at home. Or thank God in your own words, standing in front of the home iconostasis.

People don't know how to ask

How to ask God for help in love, for example? Don't be shy, first of all. For some reason, people are ashamed to ask their neighbors for help. Well, if they are not ashamed to turn to the Savior with their requests.

You don't need to be afraid of it. After all, this is your Father. Is it when a person loves his dad, he is embarrassed to contact him? Of course no. Same here. God loves everyone and responds to all requests.

Difficult situation

Caught in difficult situation, often a person doubts whether it is necessary to do so. People get nervous, enter a state of stress, try to consult with loved ones or make a decision on their own. Weighing all the pros and cons, they become even more nervous. And what to do? How to solve the issue? Ask God for help? Yes, without any hesitation. Pray to the Savior, trust Him with the decision difficult question. Who but God knows what is best for your good? Only He leads people through life, helping in everything and protecting them.

Never hesitate to ask God for help in a difficult situation, just like turning to God in general.

Pupils and students

Students and pupils are a separate issue. Are there many among them who turn to God for help? Unlikely. Most often, mothers and grandmothers pray for their students. The students themselves either do not want to, or do not believe, or do not understand why this is necessary.

How to ask God for help in studying for a son or daughter? Pray for your student and ask God to help him on the path to acquiring knowledge. And even better - the schoolboy or student himself should ask the Creator for help.

When you ask God for help, it’s somehow not very scary to go to a difficult exam or go out to answer in front of a large audience and a strict professor.

Problems at work

It also happens like this: a person works, tries. And the bosses are dissatisfied and do not even try to answer the question of what is wrong in the work.

Or the boss gives subordinates a task. They perform it out of the ordinary badly, failing it with a bang. How can you not get angry? How not to yell at subordinates? How can a subordinate endure the boss's chicanery from scratch?

Turn to God for help. How to ask God for help in work? Pray for the softening of the boss's heart and for help for yourself. It will be useful to pray like this: "Lord, remember King David and all his meekness." This short prayer helps if the boss is already very harsh. By the way, this also applies to students. The professor is mad and sends everyone to re-examination? Say these more often simple words.

Oh love, love

How to ask God for help in love? Pray that the Lord would give a soul mate, if we are talking about a lonely prayer.

If the one asking is married, and for some reason he cracks, then pray for the preservation of the marriage. Not once stand in front of the icons, but regularly ask, persistently. No wonder it is said: "Ask, and it will be given to you." So ask and knock on the Lord.

Why is it not given?

It happens like this: a person asks, asks, but is not given. Here already begins to grumble - why? The request seems to be good, it's not asking for something bad.

How to ask God for help so that this help comes? More precisely, how else to ask? Why doesn't He always help? For several reasons:

Example one. The mother asks God to take her son away from the sin of drunkenness. Prays, prays, and the son continues to drink. Why is that? Because he's not interested in quitting alcohol. And of course, he does not ask the Lord to help him stop drinking. When a person asks for someone, it is important that both the petitioner and the person being asked for are interested in the same end result.



His request is not good for a man. How so? For example, a person wants to buy a car for a long time, saves money. And all the time this money goes to more significant needs: for example, the neighbors from above flooded, repairs need to be done. Or an elderly mother fell ill, and medicines and a high-quality medical examination are needed. You have to get into the stash. Maybe this car is just not needed? Who knows what God protects the supplicant from, preventing him from saving money for his own car? Perhaps He saves a person from a fatal accident? The ways of the Lord, as they say, are inscrutable.

The request will be fulfilled a little later. It happens that a person asks for something, but it is not fulfilled. It is only worth reconciling, and suddenly the request is heard. This is because only God knows whether a person needs what he asks for, and at what point it is better to give it to the one asking.

How does one ask?

Having chosen a moment among the daily bustle, humbly standing in front of the home iconostasis and mentally voicing your request - or out loud. Once, usually. And then the one who asks waits for his request to be fulfilled. When the Lord does not respond, the person asks again - this time more insistently. And again there is no answer. Then he stops asking at all, believing that it is pointless.

This is fundamentally wrong. How, then, to ask God for help correctly?

How should you ask?

This must be done, first of all, with an open heart, not embarrassed to resort to God's help. Ask not once, but every day when you pray (if you pray). Literally cry inwardly to God. How does a child ask for something from a parent? Persistently and obviously more than once, especially when something really wants. So every person should ask in the same way as children ask - persistently and constantly.

Where to ask?

You can turn to the Savior for help at home or in church. In general, it is not a shame to resort to Him everywhere: on the way to work, walking with a child, going shopping. Nobody forbids this.

Most often, people ask for help either in the temple or in front of the home iconostasis. Those who regularly go to the temple know that it is possible to cry out for help here and there.

Ask at home

How to ask God for help at home? If it is not possible to get to the temple - due to illness, for example, do not be shy to pray at home.

When a person, waking up from a dream, goes to the icons to pray, it will not be superfluous after morning rule add to the prayers and your request. Just before you do this, do not forget to thank God for waking you up and giving you a new day.

On the way to work, instead of listening to music, you can mentally turn to the Savior, disturb Him again with your request.

In the evening, after prayers for the coming dream, thank God for the day you lived and ask again.



Ask in the temple

It often happens like this: a person enters a church, lights candles, asks for something and leaves, being confident that his request will be immediately fulfilled. That doesn't happen.

To get anything in life, you have to work hard. Likewise, we must work hard before God. Go to church on Sundays, defend the liturgy, ideally confess and take communion. But to do this is not in order to "bribe" God, you need to do it from the heart. And ask, ask, ask again. Knock and it will be opened to you.



Ask the saints

Saints are man's helpers before God. Now, while people are walking the earthly path and praying to them, they help. How to ask for help from a saint?

For example, there is a desire to prayerfully turn to the Matrona of Moscow. Do not be lazy to read the akathist to the saint, then ask in your own words. Read the akathist for a while, and after you have received what you want, order a prayer service in the temple and read the akathist in gratitude to Matrona.

If there is an opportunity to go to the relics of the saint, use it. Bow to the honest remains of God's servant, ask her for help. Saints have boldness before God and ask for people living on earth.



A Little About Communion and Confession

As mentioned above, ideally - when a person took communion and confessed. How to achieve the ideal? It's not that difficult really.

Confession is repentance for your sins. Sincere, but not for show. People must not only understand that they have sinned, but also get rid of this sin in the future. For example, what is the point of repenting of smoking if you do not think to improve. It is clear that one cannot get rid of this sin so immediately, especially for experienced smokers. Everything is done gradually. At first they smoked a pack of cigarettes a day. After the first confession, they began to smoke five less. And slowly come to complete victory over sin with God's help.

There are everyday sins in which people repent, reading the rule for the coming dream. His last prayer is daily repentance. People "carry" stronger sins to the church.

What kind of prayer is it to ask God for help? You can pray in your own words, they are sincere and come from the heart.

What about confession? What sins especially disturb the soul? Those should be confessed first. As the soul is cleansed, sins will emerge from memory on their own. Just don’t be shy about telling them to the priest, he also didn’t hear that.

You need to go to the temple (preferably on Saturday evening or Sunday morning) and confess to the priest.

As for the sacrament, they proceed to it in case of proper preparation. This is a post for three days (minimum). It is bodily, as for the fasting of the soul, it is abstinence from various entertainment events, computer games, watching movies, listening to music. For spouses, this means abstaining from intimacy for the three days before communion.

On Saturday evening, you need to read three canons: Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos and the Guardian Angel. You also need to subtract the akathist to Jesus the Sweetest and the following to Holy Communion. All these prayers are in prayer books, at worst, if there is no prayer book at home and there is no way to buy at the moment, you can find it on the Internet and print it out.

If a person has gone through three days of bodily and spiritual fasting, confession is passed. Then you need to take a blessing from the priest for communion. How to do it? Just say: "Father, bless me to take communion." And if he asks if they are ready, list how they prepared: they fasted and read everything that was supposed to.



Conclusion

So how do you ask God for help? Here are the main aspects to be aware of:

You can ask at home and in the temple.

At home, after reading the morning and evening rule, first you should thank God for allowing you to see a new day, and for allowing you to live another day. Then add your request.

You can turn to the saints with a request. To do this, it is worth reading the akathist to the chosen saint and annoying with a request.

In the temple, you need to ask more than once, but go to services and offer prayers along with a request for help.

1. And most importantly - do not forget to thank for what you get.

A loving God constantly cares for us. She is able to fulfill all our desires and dreams. She is always ready to help us in the implementation of our plans. The main thing is that we declare it. Concentrating on something, we send a signal of a certain frequency to the Universe, it is received by it, and we get into our lives what we think about.

Accepting our signals sent with the help of thoughts, God fulfills our order in the form in which we ourselves wanted.

• God cannot determine what is good and what is bad for a person. She sends him what he thinks.
• First of all, renounce everything extraneous, calm down and relax. The moment you are completely relaxed, your mind is at the border between consciousness and subconsciousness. Therefore, everything that you imagine or inspire yourself at this moment penetrates deep inside and begins work there, invisible to outsiders.
• Feel how hot blood pulsates in the tips of your fingers and toes - this means that the muscles and blood vessels have relaxed well.

Now focus and mentally say the following words:

“Powers of heaven and earth!
I need this amount of money (name it)!
Please give it to me
I will gratefully accept it!
Powers of heaven and earth!
Hurry up to fulfill my "order"!
Give me this money (name the amount)!
Finally, I hold them in my hands,
I buy what I have long dreamed of!
I enjoy it!
I enjoy life!
Let it be so!"

The Bible says:
“And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 21:22)
“Therefore I say to you: whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you will receive it, and it will be for you.”
Gospel of Mark (Mark 11:24)

If a person does not dare to dream, he believes that he is not worthy of all the best, that only selected people can get the best in life, that nothing just falls on his head, but is achieved hard work and it is not easy, then he will remain in the position in which he is, even if this does not quite suit him.
Often a person does not even try to wish just because he does not believe in the fulfillment of his desire.
Unshakable faith that the desired will be fulfilled, makes it a reality. Already at the moment when the request is sent to the Universe, one must immediately not doubt the fulfillment of one's order, relax and live as if the desire has already been fulfilled.

To get what you want, you need to believe that it is already there at the moment, that you are already receiving it. It is necessary to create in oneself a feeling of receiving in order to radiate the corresponding frequency of receiving and thereby attract people, circumstances, and events for the fulfillment of goals.
Be sure to imagine what you want. Don't be afraid to fantasize. These fantasies are known only to man and the Universe. Plunge into the fantasy, keep it in your head and live in it as a fait accompli.

No need to ask questions about how the desire will be fulfilled. The universe itself organizes everything. But an attempt to figure out how the realization of the desired occurs indicates a lack of faith that the desired already exists and the radiation of the frequency of the lack of faith occurs.
Appearing disappointments or doubts should be replaced by an unshakable faith in the help of the Universe and the fulfillment of desires.

The life of a believing Christian is inextricably linked with the practice of prayer. The question of how to pray to God correctly is asked by both the new Orthodox and those who have long been churched.

What is prayer and why do we need it?

According to the holy fathers, prayer is the mother of all virtues. This is the only way our fellowship with God. hallmark Christianity is that the Lord Jesus Christ is perceived as the Living God, as a Person to whom one can always turn and who will surely hear.

Jesus Christ

God appeared to people through the incarnation of Jesus Christ, and it is through Christ that we discover Him for ourselves. Such an opening is only possible through prayer.

Important! Prayer is an instrument of unity with God available to us.

In the ordinary sense, prayer is often considered either as some kind of mystical conspiracy, or as a way to beg God for something necessary in earthly life. Both of these understandings are fundamentally wrong. The Holy Fathers often write that when turning to the Lord, it is best not to ask for anything at all, but simply to stand before Him and repent of your sins.

Read about penitential prayers:

Target Orthodox prayer- establish a spiritual connection with the Almighty, feel Him in your heart. The Lord knows all our needs and needs, He can satisfy them without our request. Of course, it is not forbidden to ask God for some necessary worldly blessings, but one cannot dwell on such an attitude and make it a goal.

Many novice Christians often wonder why we need to pray if the Lord himself knows everything we need. This is true, and many saints in their appeals to God did not ask for anything earthly at all. Turning to the Almighty is not necessary in order to get something desired. The main goal is to connect with God, to be with Him every moment of your life.

When exactly can you pray?

The Bible contains the words of the Apostle Paul, who calls us to constant prayer. John the Theologian argues that you need to turn to Christ even more often than take a breath. Thus, the ideal is when all human life turns into constant standing before the Lord.

It can be said with certainty that a lot of troubles came precisely from the fact that a person forgot about the All-Seeing Lord. It is difficult to imagine a criminal committing an atrocity with the thought of Jesus being crucified for his own sins.

Important! A person falls under the influence of sin precisely when he loses the memory of God.

Since modern people there is no way to be in prayer all day, you need to find a certain time for it. So, waking up in the morning, even the busiest person can find a couple of minutes to stand in front of the icons and ask the Lord for blessings for the new day. During the day, you can repeat to yourself brief prayers to the Mother of God, the Lord, your Guardian Angel. You can do this to yourself, completely imperceptibly to others.

Special time - before going to bed. It is then that you need to look at the day you lived, draw conclusions about how spiritually it was spent, what we sinned about. Prayer before going to bed calms, eliminates the fuss of the past day, sets you up for a quiet peaceful sleep. We must not forget to thank the Lord for all the blessings during the day and for the fact that it was lived by us.

It may seem to a beginner that it takes a lot of time to do this, and now everyone is in short supply. In fact, no matter how fast the pace of our life is, there are always pauses in it when we can remember God. Waiting for transport, queues, traffic jams and much more can be turned into annoying factors at a time when we raise our mind to Heaven.

What should be the words of the prayer for God to hear them?

A common reason why people do not want to turn to God is ignorance of prayers or a misunderstanding of complex church texts. In fact, for the Lord to hear us, He does not need any words at all. In practice church service the Church Slavonic language is used, and the rank of the service itself is strictly defined. However, at home, in your personal prayer, you can use completely different texts.

The words themselves do not have a decisive meaning, these are not magical conspiracies or spells. The basis of prayer that God hears is pure and open heart man, aspiring to Him. Therefore, personal prayer can be characterized by such signs:

• brevity;
• simplicity;
• sincerity;
• Attention;

It is very important during prayer not to scatter attention around, but to focus it on what is being said. This is not so easy to do, so at the beginning of the Christian life, you can choose several short prayers, which can be read with maximum attention, without being distracted by anything extraneous. Over time, acquiring skill, you can constantly expand and increase the rule.

Interesting! In the Gospel we see the image of the publican who saved his soul, whose prayer was extremely brief: "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."

Of course, there is a basic list of prayers that everyone who considers himself an Orthodox Christian should know by heart. This is at least "Our Father", "I believe", "Our Lady, Virgin, rejoice ...", the Jesus prayer. Knowing these texts by heart, you can call on the help of the Heavenly Forces in any situation.

Why is a prayer rule necessary?

If the Almighty does not need words so much, then the question arises, why then were prayer rules and ready-made texts invented, moreover, often long and complex? The Holy Fathers say that this is the payment for our impenitence and hardness of heart.

If a person could completely from a pure heart pronounce the most a short prayer"Lord, have mercy" - he would have been saved by now. But the thing is, we can't pray that earnestly. And a person really needs constancy and a special routine of prayer work.

A prayer rule is a list of texts that a person reads regularly. Most often, the rules from prayer books are taken as a basis, but you can also choose an individual list for each person. It is advisable to coordinate the list with the spiritual father or at least a priest who can give helpful advice.

About some prayer rules:

• Prayer Rule of Schema-Nun Anthony for Murdered Babies

Compliance prayer rule helps a person organize himself, build life more clearly, planned. Not always the rule will come easy, vanity Everyday life often leads to laziness, fatigue, unwillingness to pray. In this case, you need to try to overpower yourself, to compel.

Important! There are words in the Gospel that the Kingdom of God is taken by force - this is not about physical strength, but about efforts to change one's own life and old habits.

You need to choose a rule wisely, taking into account your spiritual capabilities. If a novice christian give obedience to reading too long a rule, then this will quickly lead to fatigue, boredom and inattention. A person will either begin to read texts mechanically, or will completely abandon such an activity.

On the other hand, it is not useful for a person who has been churched for a long time to impose too small and short a rule on himself, as this will lead to relaxation in his spiritual life. Whatever your rule, you should never forget that the main condition for prayer that God hears is the sincere disposition of the heart of the one who prays.

What is the difference between home and church prayer

Insofar as Orthodox Christian is called to constantly pray and can do it almost anywhere, many people have a question why it is necessary to pray in the temple. There is a definite difference between church prayer and personal prayer.

The Church was founded by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, therefore, since ancient times, Orthodox Christians have gathered in communities to glorify the Lord. Church conciliar prayer has great power, and there are many testimonies of believers about grace-filled help after the service in the Church.

Church communion presupposes obligatory participation in divine services. How to pray for God to hear? To do this, you need to come to the temple and try to understand the essence of worship. At first it may seem complicated, but over time everything will become clear. In addition, special books are published to help the novice Christian, explaining everything that happens in the church. You can buy them in the icon shop.

Prayer by agreement - what is it?

In addition to ordinary personal and church prayers, in the practice of the Orthodox Church there is the concept of prayer by agreement. Its essence lies in the fact that at the same time different people one and the same appeal to God or a saint is read. At the same time, people can be completely in different parts of the world - it is not at all necessary to gather together.

Most often, such doing is done to help someone in extremely difficult or difficult life situations. For example, in case of serious illnesses of a person, his relatives can unite and together ask the Lord to grant healing to the suffering person. The power of such a call is great, because, in the words of the Lord himself, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them."

On the other hand, one cannot consider such an appeal to the Almighty as a kind of ritual or a way of fulfilling desires. As already mentioned, the Lord perfectly knows all our needs, and if we ask for something, then we need to do it with confidence in His holy will. Sometimes it happens that prayer does not bring the expected fruit for one simple reason - a person asks for something that is extremely unprofitable for his soul. In this case, it may seem that God does not answer the request. In fact, this is not so - God will definitely send us something that will benefit.

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