Sunday gospel reading. How to ask God for help in a difficult situation so that he will hear

And actually, when? From Scripture we know: ask, and it will be given to you. Therefore, we ask and ask, but, as it seems to us, we do not receive what we need. Maybe we really don't understand what we need. It’s not for nothing that the apostle says: “For what we will pray, we know not.” If the great Apostle did not know what to ask of the Lord, then what can we, mundane and shrouded in an incessant and often empty vain life, know?

However, every believer knows from his personal life how the merciful Lord does not leave him in his requests. As many requests as a person pours out to the Lord, the same number and many more happy and comforting answers follow from Him.

Yes, there are requests that remain unanswered. When? Doesn’t an unfortunate mother know what her unlucky son needs: a drug addict, a drunkard, a riotous brawler? He knows and asks. And the son remains, to her tears and grief, the same, if not worse. Often mothers claim that their son wants to leave his misdeeds and cannot. “Father, I pray, but the Lord does not help. Maybe I’m praying wrong?” What can you say to console a mother who is disappointed in everything? In her despair, she can already hear a murmur against the Lord: “I pray, but the Lord does not help.”

- I know, mother, that you are praying. But the son flatters you, complains to you with his pretense, but does not want to leave his former life. Therefore, I will tell you: continue to pray, mother. A mother’s prayer cannot fail to be heard, and she will do her job, let it be, perhaps even after your death. The request of a mother who loves her child even to death will beseech the Lord, and He will bring the lost child to reason. Bring him to the service, after the service we will talk with him.

“I can’t persuade you, father, he doesn’t want to.”

That's the whole answer to the tearful question. Oh, if only the prayer were mutual!

We know from the Old Testament how two Israeli kings, Saul and David, sinned. And both asked the prophets to pray for them. But the prophet ordered the first to hand over his royal affairs, since he, having sinned, could no longer be the king of Israel, and to the other, who had sinned much more, at the first request for prayer, the prophet replied: “Your sin has been taken away!”

At first glance, it seems like injustice. After all, both ask, and ask for a prophet, a person who has, so to speak, direct access to God. But the answer is different: David was pardoned, but Saul was rejected in his request. Why? Because one of the sinners, having sprinkled ashes on his head, groaned and prayed for mercy, while the other continued his ungodly lifestyle, wanting someone else to ask and pray for him.

But in life there are literally wild cases. Doctors from the parishioners noticed that their old priest was weakening in health and sent me to the local Ural sanatoriums to rest and gain strength. It so happened that nearby, at the Medic recreation center, Mashenka Shmakova, a student at the Chelyabinsk Medical Institute, was on vacation with her mother. The family is a believer. It was August 4, the feast day of Mary Magdalene. And we celebrated the day of the Angel Mashenka in a casual way. They sang, as expected, “many years.” The thought flashed: probably in this place for the first time in my life the prayer of many years was heard. And when we went to our health resort “Utes”, we attended a water prayer service in the chapel in honor of the “Healer” icon of the Mother of God. After the prayer service we went to rest in the apartment that kind people provided us with. Passing by the food pavilion, my mother went in to buy something for dinner, and I sat down on a chair at the pavilion table. A tall young guy came out of the pavilion, unceremoniously sat down next to him and suddenly spoke rather rudely:

– Where did you get the idea that God exists?

- Where did you get the idea that he exists?

- Where did you get the idea that He doesn’t exist?

“I’ll knock out your eye, I served two years, you see,” and shows a horned fist with protruding crooked fingers.

- Nothing will change from this. In my prison, which I spiritually care for, where there are more than three thousand of the same children, no one promised me anything like this, and now my children will have a newcomer for fun training and entertainment. But the trouble is that you never listened to your mother because you didn’t love her.

- I would shoot you all! – he shouted in anger and walked away with a drunken gait.

– Mother of God, heal, remove the spirit of malice from this boy, as they soon feel the Spirit of God opposite them in people!

Who would pray for such a thing? What awaits him? Only the Lord knows.

But it is gratifying and, one might say, rewarding what a believer feels when he asks the Lord for help. Such requests are fulfilled immediately.

With the permission of the patient reader of my notes, I will give one or two of God’s aids to my requests, which clearly show which of our requests are appropriate for God to fulfill. I would like to first clarify that God’s help provided to me was not for my dignity, but because my request turned out to be pleasing to God, which I realized, to my shame, many years later, when I was already a priest.

I grew up and was drafted into the army. Mom was left alone to live in the barracks to which my dad brought us in 1939 in the mining village of Roza, Korkinsky district. During my time in the army, the barracks were demolished, and my mother was given a room of 12 square meters to share in a two-story house. meters.

When I returned from the army, they refused to register me because the standard living space per person was 9 square meters. meters. We clearly didn't have enough space. The paradox was resolved by registration. The time has come to start a family. They didn’t want to register my wife for the same reason, but they registered her anyway.

I am graduating from a mining technical school and working in a mine as a mechanic at a mining site. A child was born, then a second. There is a sharp shortage of housing, but the mine does not provide housing. The City Executive Committee informed the mine about the baptism of my children, and I was among the unreliable. I was blatantly shuffled from first to last priority many times. The team of repairmen treated me very well. People older than me, experienced in work and life, seeing my hopeless situation, one late evening a delegation came to my home with a bottle of vodka and put 1200 rubles on the table. money. At that time this was a lot of money. They all lived in their own houses.

It turns out that they bargained for a house for me not far from the mine. I was frightened and bewildered. At first I refused, but the stern conversation of the miners stopped me: “If you don’t take it, we’ll take it back, we won’t offer it a second time, and our friendship will break. We work together, you’ll pay back over time.” So I became the owner of my own house, in which I lived for many years. It was very convenient - work nearby.

Judging by the years, the house was old and in tatters. The area is sufficient, but in good frost the walls froze, and the house had to be heated without stopping. Luckily there was coal. We endured plenty of difficulties, and the most important thing was that when my wife and I were at work in the winter, my mother often, due to her weakness, stayed in an unheated house.

And then one day I came home from the night shift. The children are in kindergarten, Maria is at work, the stove that she flooded is almost burnt out, mom is lying in her room under a thick blanket, Maria has placed a thermos next to her. The wall where mom lies is covered with snowy frost. He lit the stove, gave mom some tea and sat down next to her on the edge of the bed.

Our dear mothers, forgetting about themselves, worry about their children.

- Son, how are you doing at work?

- Mommy, everything is fine.

- God bless. While you are at work, I pray for you without ceasing.

I picked up the newspaper, and a note caught my eye that this year so many millions of square meters of housing have been commissioned for the well-being of Soviet people. My soul involuntarily burst out: “Lord! I would like one and a half of these millions for my mother. I am in the mine day and night, Maria is at work, my mother is alone in the cold. If there had been a folder, the issue would have been resolved in my infancy. At work I’m afraid to even speak up about housing. Lord, You are our Father, help me keep my mother warm, she deserves it.”

My mother and wife often told me to leave my job in the mine. But I didn’t see where I could apply myself with a mining diploma. He was, as they say, dragging his feet, pushing aside the home conversation on this topic. And, as I understand it now, this was my big mistake: disobedience to my mother and the will of God. And then the Lord puts me in a different position.

The Union rejoiced at the opening of a new VAZ automobile plant in Tolyatti. "Zhiguli" cars were given to the leaders of production. I had a stellar production record. At that time I had a “hunchbacked” Zaporozhets, but I wanted a Lada. But my situation in getting a car turned out to be as deplorable as getting an apartment. Patience has its limits, and I went out to talk with the director of the mine, considering myself deprived.

By this time, my rating had increased: I was transferred to the “Ventilation” section as a mechanic. In other words, I was responsible for the gas protection of the mine. This is high and very responsible. But all my successes did not count; the first opponent of my requests was the party organizer of the mine. The arguments were obvious: attending Church, reports on the baptism of children, morally unstable. And I decided to leave the mine. He came home upset, his mother noticed and asked why. I told him and added that if now they began to persuade me to stay at the mine and offered me a Zhiguli for free, I would not agree, considering that I had exchanged my faith for a coffin with wheels. Of course, my soul was very bad and painful, but I should have listened to my mother earlier, I would have left quietly and peacefully, painlessly. Where to go? Maria offers for the construction of the Chelyabinsk Poultry Farm, where she worked in construction, in order to subsequently become a veterinarian. Decided. The decision was made by three people: me, mom and Maria. Neither the children nor the relatives knew anything. We agreed that until I get a job, I won’t tell anyone where I’m going. So the Lord inspired.

“Abba, you and I are in the deep desert, we are alone in your cave, no one can hear us, why was it necessary to write a note, and even burn it?”

“The evil one hears our conversation.”

- No, I couldn’t. He's not trained for this. Moreover, his primitive pride will not allow him to read a note written by a man of God.

Remembering the advice of the wonderful old man, we decided to have our own family secret.

So, I submitted my resignation. After the director’s signature, the application had to be signed by my head of the “Ventilation” section. An ardent commie. He tolerated me only because I had a wonderful friendship with the RGTI (mining technical inspection), before which everyone was in awe. This was the will of God, which kept me afloat in front of the haters. And so, my dear boss, signing the application, asks:

- Where are you going?

- They will give me an apartment.

- Will you be a mechanic?

- No. Plumber.

- Why?

– I’m telling you that they will give me an apartment. You don't give it!

- You won't get an apartment.

- I'll get it. Otherwise I would not have left the mine.

- You won't get an apartment.

- Why?

– As long as I am a deputy of the City Council, you will not get an apartment.

- I'll get it. And I invite you in advance to the housewarming party.

- I won't go to you.

- Why? I invite you.

– You and I are ideological enemies.

- Well, it’s my job to invite.

For the first time in my life I told a lie. It must be a white lie. Having received a full payment, on the same day I got a job at a poultry farm under construction as an instrumentation and automation engineer. After working his shift, when talking with his mining friends, he said that he got a job at a poultry farm. The factory was 15 kilometers from us, there was no communication. It was 1974. On the third day I went to work, explained to my electricians the scope and purpose of the work, and suddenly my chief power engineer at the poultry farm called me aside and asked excitedly:

- Sergei Ivanovich, the director of the factory sent me to ask - are you a Baptist?

- What's the matter?

– Now they came to him from the mine where you worked and said, “Sergey Ivanovich Gulko is getting a job with you.” Don't take it. He’s a Baptist and ruins discipline among people, we’ve had a lot of trouble with him.” Sergei Ivanovich, tell me honestly, are you a Baptist?

– You ask, I answer honestly: no. I never have been and never will be.

- Thank you. I got it.

And he left to report to the director.

Here is the characteristic style of the Council of Deputies: waste working time, come to an unfamiliar construction site, go to an unfamiliar director and warn that a believer, as an enemy, should not be hired for work. Slander him, stick a hungry knife in the back of the family of someone who never offended anyone with a word, whose father died heroically for his homeland and family. He died so that his family would not die of hunger without a warrior breadwinner. He died for this same mediocre and unscrupulous liar and others like him.

Surprisingly, my new director turned out to be a believer and carried me, one might say, in his arms. This is how the Lord supports his own! And if at the mine I was even crossed off the list for housing, then in the new place I was elected chairman of the housing commission for the distribution of housing to factory workers. For the good work of the housing commission, the director invited me to choose an apartment myself. I modestly refused, but the question remained the same.

In parallel with the construction of the factory, workers' housing was also built. To speed up the occupancy of the new house, the factory management asked all future residents to go and clear the house of construction debris so that the builders could quickly begin painting the floors. The children and I went too. There were three children, but only two could walk. We went to the second floor into the first apartment we came across, and the youngest daughter exclaimed: “Mom, this apartment will be ours!” That’s where we settled, the apartment was four-room and suitable for our family of six.

The Lord always gives more than you ask. I asked for at least a one-and-a-half-room apartment for my mother, but I got a four-room apartment, in which we lived for 5 years. The children began to grow up and larger rooms were needed. They wrote an application for review and forgot about it. The director asked me to move to a very important workshop for the poultry farm - the incubator. I agreed. The dear director died suddenly. The other one didn’t know us at all, and he didn’t care about all of us, he had a lot of things to do. We lived like this for another two years.

In our village, two-apartment houses were built for the management staff. One day, after the end of the shift, we go out through the entrance to the buses to go home, at the same time people from the Administrative Department, where the trade union Fab Committee met and distributed these same cottages, were leaving. Guys I knew came up to me with congratulations on allocating me a cottage. I took it as a joke, but it turned out to be true. We moved to a new two-flat house with a plot of land. The house had three rooms and a huge veranda, which we converted into a nice fourth room. I received the house by the will of God so that I could learn to read the Slavic language out loud. We lived there for 15 years and moved to Korkino when we were already a priest.

Why is it such a long and far from easy path to obtaining housing? Because it was necessary to immediately hear the will of God in my mother’s words and obey: “Son, I always ask the Lord for you to leave the mine.” The will of God was expressed in words. I heard this and didn't dare. I was thinking in the wrong place: I’ll leave the mine, I’ll leave work, what will happen to me? And the Lord was preparing me to be His servant. What mercy of God is towards us, hesitant and self-confident!

Then, when I grew a little wiser, I understood why the Lord gave me such wonderful housing. He didn't give it to me, he gave it to my mother. I asked Him, out of many millions of square meters of housing, for a warm semi for my mother. And, since my mother lived with me, and I with her, I and my family also received this gift. Wonderful are Your works, O Lord!

This may be a complex example, but here is a simpler example.

So, on February 23, the Day of the Soviet Army, we received a four-room apartment in a five-story building. Great Lent is coming, we are waiting for a joyful Easter.

Great Thursday. Maria and her mother put fresh Easter cakes and a plate with colorful eggs on the table, covered with a clean, beautiful tablecloth. We all faced a very difficult question: how to sanctify the Easter meal? Easter Sunday is declared a working day this year. We can’t get to Korkino; we live in the middle of nowhere. It’s even further to Chelyabinsk, we’ll obviously be late for work. My “Zaporozhets” is no longer there, on the advice of the director of the mine I had to sell it to a worker from my mine so that I would not be classified as a speculator, since I was standing in line for a “Zhiguli”. I followed the advice and was completely left without wheels.

We sit at home with the whole family, admire the beauty of the festive table and grieve. You will have to break your fast with an unconsecrated egg. Each of us reassures each other: “Well, what can you do, the Lord sees our situation. Let’s break our fast with what we have.”

“Lord,” I burst out almost in tears, “if only we had a machine, we would stand for the service, and sanctify the little beads, and break our fast like human beings, and we would have time for work!”

On the morning of Good Friday, we went to work as usual. Suddenly the director of the factory calls me. It turns out that he lost the keys to the safe. Spare inside. Who can open it? Of course, Kipovets. He came and picked at it with an awl and with curved tweezers. God knows how, but the safe opened.

The director is happy. I leave the office, and on the porch stands a very elderly and respected party organizer of the factory, Nikolai Ivanovich Klimenko. In the past, Honored Chairman of the collective farm. We greeted each other politely. He is asking:

– Sergey Ivanovich, how is life young?

Unexpectedly, I lied for the second time in my life.

– Last Sunday I went to Chelyabinsk for a flea market, looked at the cars, they were all old, half-rotten, I was afraid to take them. I would like to take the children out into nature on weekends and relax somewhere near the water.

- What are you, what are you, don’t take it! I saw the order for agriculture in the area, we will have cars, take a new one.

And with that we parted. Closer to lunch, the factory dispatcher urgently calls me to the director over a loud intercom. Then the senior supply manager ran up to me and hurried to go see the director.

“Kolya,” I ask him, “what happened?” Can I take some of the tools with me?

– Sergei Ivanovich, you don’t need anything, now everything will depend on you.

- Kolenka, what’s the matter, tell me a secret.

– As you say now, so it will be.

I go obediently, I get angry too, they call me a friend. I go to the director, and he asks me from the doorway:

– Sergei Ivanovich, do you need a car?

- Why were you silent? Nikolai Ivanovich is on the line, he is in the area at a meeting, he says that you need a car. They give us Moskvich-2125. It is more expensive than Lada. Will you take it, or is it better to wait?

- I'll take it.

- Expensive. “Zhiguli” is 5500, and “Moskvich” is 7200.

- I'll take it.

He calls party organizer Nikolai Ivanovich to agree. They give us the car. A brand new, luxurious Moskvich combi 2125 was already standing under our window by lunchtime on Holy Saturday. In the evening, without numbers, with great joy we went to Korkino to celebrate the most joyful Easter. What great joy! Behold the mercy of the Lord to those who ask Him for help! And what a miracle: at the mine the party organizer “cut down” my request, and in the village the party organizer helped her!

Why was the request fulfilled so quickly? Because the request was for the glory of God, for prayer, for visiting church on Sundays.

This is what we who ask for God’s help must remember: what we ask from God and why. God’s will is to lovingly help everyone.

Let the example of our requests be the request of the Holy and Righteous Fathers of God Joachim and Anna, who, having an impeccable and pious life, prayed to God to bless them with the birth of a child, whom they decided to give to the service of God. Their tearful and fervent petitions contained all their trust in the Lord, sacrificial love for Him and all their hope: “Take from us, Lord, the reproach of infertility, give us a Child, and we will give Him to You for Your glory.” They thought that God would give him a son so that he could be assigned to serve God in the temple of the Lord, but a girl was born. But they happily kept their promise. It is a great and indescribable joy for us that the Lord gave them a Girl, the Most Pure and Most Blessed Mary, who became the Mother of God and the Mother of the entire human race, the First Helper of all crying and grieving mothers.

There is no special prayer for a miracle to happen. Because your spiritual path is unique and distinctive, your way of praying for a miracle will be unique and distinctive too! Develop the habit of praying every day. At the same time, you must understand what it means to pray passionately, persistently, clearly, with positivity and praise.

Steps

Pray passionately, positively and with praise

Pray passionately. As you pray, allow yourself to be moved by God's power and grace. Pray with an open and receptive heart. Don't suppress your emotions, let them out! If you are moved to tears, allow yourself to cry. If you feel the need to scream, scream! If the spirit calls you to sing, sing a psalm! Let the emotions wash over you. Express your feelings to God and don't hold back. Pray for your miracle with blind, passionate faith.

Pray with positivity. Believe in God and that God will answer your prayers. Maintain a positive attitude throughout the prayer. Avoid negative phrases like: “I know that the chances of failure are small...” and negative thoughts. If you do not believe in God's capabilities, you pray with doubt in your soul. Confess your fears and doubts to God. Allow your passionate and blind faith in God to lift the burden of doubt from your heart. Focus on what God is able to do. Take comfort in knowing that God is loving and all-powerful.

1. Pray with praise. Get creative! Find a meaningful way to personally thank God. Praise God in prayer, thoughts and deeds. Say “thank you” to God through prayer songs, grateful thoughts, or good deeds. Praise God for his guidance and wisdom. Thank God for calming your fears, freeing you from self-doubt and giving you hope. Praise God for his faithfulness and devotion to you. Sing his praises when your life is at its peak or at its lowest point. Be grateful to God for everything you do.

   • Thank God for what he has done in other people's lives.

• Let go and trust.
• Believe in God.
• This is a personal and unique process. Your spiritual path is different from others. The way you pray for a miracle to happen will be different from the way your friend prays for the same thing. Find what suits you best! There is no wrong way.
• Know that the Lord will receive your prayer and you will receive what you need.
• Believe in miracles.
• Don't be discouraged if what you ask for doesn't happen immediately or exactly the way you wanted it. God knows what's best for you.
• Be very patient as miracles are truly worth the wait.
• Always remember that God is with you, even in difficult times.
• Stay close to God all the time, not just when you are praying for a miracle.

Yaroslav writes: “Good afternoon! Is it possible to ask God for everything? Usually a person asks God for what he wants, but what a person wants is what he loves, and what is passion. But a Christian must fight with them. What to do ?!
In one of the answers to a question on this site, I quote: “Does God’s creation require improvement? The Lord Himself personally worked on you, created you. What do you doubt?” From the physical side, I believe that He greatly underdeveloped me. And asking for improvements, I understand the sin of passion.”

Peace be with you, Yaroslav!

I want to reason with you. Do you agree? :)

“And I will say to you: ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; for everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” ().

“Do not be anxious about anything, but always by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” ().

“You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, but to use it for your lusts.” ().

Interesting Scripture Verses. And bringing hope and joy, right? Is everything really possible??? And the man, inspired, immediately “orders” a Maserati sports car from God to fly around and show off. Desire of the flesh, passion, sin? Okay, asking for wisdom. Is it bad? But in the heart there is a “worm”: he asks... not for the glorification of God, not for work in God’s field, but for self-glorification, self-affirmation, “how wise, intelligent, authoritative I am.” This leads to pride, and then to the loss of the sense of dependence on God. Will a person get everything he wants in this case? Now, Yaroslav, it turns out that you can have different motivations when asking for something even “good”.

So what to ask? For example, it is natural when we want to be healthy. And in prayer we ask for health for ourselves and our loved ones, because we worry about them. Going to school, work, shopping, etc. - you can ask for God’s blessing and His presence with us, wisdom and protection. Is this a sin? The Lord is simply happy when we ask Him about it. But asking for health and at the same time breaking the laws of health, going to a nightclub and asking for a blessing, taking an exam, hoping for God's help and neglecting preparation, etc.? What will be the answer to prayer?

Someone is having problems at work. Asking God to help resolve them is a sin, a passion? No, this is natural and correct. You just need to completely trust the Lord, put the situation in His hands, and agree with His will. He knows what is needed, when and how. Some moments in our lives outrage us, but it is important to believe in God, with Him everything is not in vain. Time will pass, and we will see that the moment was for the good, that this is a real gain in the future. The Lord's answer to our requests can be “yes”, and “yes, but not now”, and “no”. Trying to demand something is unwise. Asking in agreement with God's desire is a 100% win.

Yaroslav, the Lord definitely loves you. And your heart desires are clear to Him. You are His child, the Lord listens carefully to your experiences, joys and sorrows, everything that you openly share with Him is perceived and accepted by God. Now you will accept His decision regarding your life, appearance, purpose.

You, quoting my answer about God’s creation, speak with pain in your heart about your own physical dissatisfaction with yourself. I myself felt the same way until the Lord revealed to me His love and how much He values ​​me. And when earlier I could even make some kind of claim to God that He “didn’t work me out”, now I thank God. I looked at myself with different eyes. Not as a person looks and evaluates with his worldly standards. And just like Christ, through His eyes, through His actions on Calvary - for my sake! And I know that even for me alone there would be a Calvary cross. And this is all because the Lord values ​​me so highly, I am His dear, wonderful, unique, beautiful daughter. Likewise, you, Yaroslav, are the most precious son of the Heavenly Father. You are rich because you are the son of the King, Master and Creator of the Universe. Be inseparable from God and all privileges are yours.

Perhaps there is something about us that physically cannot be changed. Despair is not our help. Trust in God is freedom from complexes and thoughts about “flaws.” Let us ask God to open our eyes to ourselves, to teach us to love and appreciate ourselves, as a loving God does. You can always decorate yourself with love, tenderness, kindness. Allow the Lord to do this - ask Him to give such a gift, such joy. To bring light, peace, to do good deeds, to give a smile and a kind word, to glorify the Lord - these are the wonderful desires of the heart, what you can ask for will be given in abundance.

Yaroslav, everything that the Lord allows in our lives is not always pleasant. But any suffering that occurs under the control of God will turn into a blessing in the future. We do not understand many things, as simple people, and we do not see the beginning from the end, like the Lord. And only by being in close connection with God will we be content and our burden will not be heavy and life will not be meaningless.

Believe God that everything in your life is as good as it is for you. And the wise Lord knows why and why.

Blessings and joy!

Sincerely,

Read more on the topic “Prayer”:

What can you ask of God? Should I apply multiple times for the same issue or should I only ask once? How do I know if the Lord heard my words?

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov) answers:

According to the definition of St. John of Damascus, “prayer is the ascent of the mind to God or asking God for what is appropriate” (An exact statement of the Orthodox faith. Book 3. Chapter XXIV). We can ask for all good things in our prayers - heavenly and earthly, but salvation should come first in our prayer requests.

You need to develop the skill of constantly turning to God in prayer. 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 came to him [the judge] and said: protect me from my rival. But for a long time he didn’t want to. 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 protect them? (Luke 18:3–7).

Our prayer is especially elevated by constant thanksgiving to God. We must do this not only after receiving what we ask. The very possibility of communicating with your 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 our requests according to His Wisdom. We must pray and believe. We learn that the Lord has accepted our petitions by the fruits of our prayer. Even if you did not receive what you asked for, but found inner calm and peace of mind, it means that the prayer did not remain fruitless.

Every person at certain points in his life turns to God for help or advice. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone to know how to pray correctly at home so that God hears your words. Today, perhaps, the overwhelming 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 correctly at home so that God hears?

Behind every turn of fate Insurmountable difficulties or dangers may await us:

• terrible diseases;
• a lack of money;
• uncertainty about the future;
• fear for loved ones and relatives.

Few people manage to avoid such turns. All that remains for us is to pray to God, tell him about our troubles and ask for help. If you want to hear an answer and feel a helping hand, then it is necessary that the request 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, and a conversation with God, so the monologue must come from the soul. 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 do we need to go somewhere to turn to him?

But how to read prayers correctly in order to be heard? What can you ask from the Creator? You can make requests to the Almighty for anything. Exceptions are requests that entail grief, sadness and tears of other people.

Divine Prayer Book Today it contains an incredible variety 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 one can turn to our Savior, praying for help. Just remember that the Lord is lenient towards you, understand the seriousness of your appeal, assessing your unworthiness.

Even if you do not know the words of the prayer, but you approach the prayer with all sincerity and seriousness, then The Lord will not leave you and will definitely 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 one of the magical rituals. Therefore, treat the request accordingly. Remember that God himself knows who is worthy of what in this life. You shouldn’t ask him to harm or punish someone, it’s sinful! Never ask him to commit injustice.

When exactly can you say prayers?

Modern man does not have the opportunity to read prayers all day, so you should set aside a certain 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, Lord or Mother of God. You can address them silently so that people around you don’t notice.

It is worth noting that a special time is before bed. It is at this hour that you can reflect on how spiritual this day was, how you sinned. Turning to the Lord before bedtime calms you down, allows you to forget the bustle of the past day, tuning into a calm and quiet sleep. Don’t forget to thank the Lord for everything that happened to you during the day and that he lived it with you.

There are different ways to ask the Lord for help, no matter 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 to? 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 of the Most Holy Theotokos and Jesus Christ. These prayers can be called “universal” because they help in any task or request.

The main components of home prayer books are the beginning and the end. It is necessary to contact the Saints and ask for help correctly by following these simple tips:

Prayer will be heard by the Lord if you follow the following rules:

What is the difference between church and home prayer?

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

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

Church fellowship involves and mandatory participation in religious services. How to pray so that the Lord will hear? First of all, you need to visit the church and understand the essence of the service. At the very beginning, everything will seem incredibly difficult, almost incomprehensible, but after a while everything will become clearer in your heads. It is also worth noting that to help every beginning Christian, special literature is published that clarifies everything that happens in the church. You can buy them at any icon shop.

Prayer by agreement - what is it?

In addition to home and church prayers, in the practice of the Orthodox Church There is. Their essence lies in the fact that at the same time people read the same appeal to the Lord or Saint. However, it is worth noting that these people do not necessarily have to be nearby, they can be in different parts of the world, it does not matter.

In most cases, such acts are committed with the goal of helping loved ones in extremely difficult life situations. For example, when a person has a serious illness, his relatives gather and pray to the Lord to heal the sufferer. The power of this appeal is very great, because, in the words of God himself, “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am among them.”

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

Summarizing 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 recommend that you pray every day so that you are more likely to be heard by God. If you decide to start a righteous life, then you first need to cleanse yourself of all sins by taking communion and confessing. Before starting prayers, it is recommended to spend exactly nine days not only spiritually, but also physically, giving up meat.