How to correctly ask God for material help. How to ask God for help? What should the words of prayer be for God to hear them?

Loving God constantly takes care of us. She is able to fulfill all our desires and dreams. She is always ready to help us implement our plans. The main thing is that we declare this. By concentrating on something, we send a signal of a certain frequency to the Universe, it is received by it, and we receive into our lives what we think about.

By accepting our signals sent through 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 is thinking.
• First of all, turn away from everything extraneous, calm down and relax. The moment you are completely relaxed, your mind is on the border between consciousness and subconscious. Therefore, everything that you imagine or inspire at this moment penetrates deep inside and begins work there, invisible to outsiders.
• Feel the hot blood pulsating in the tips of your fingers and toes - this means that the muscles and blood vessels are well relaxed.

Now concentrate and mentally say the following words:

“The powers of heaven and earth!
I need this amount of money (name it)!
Please give it to me
I will gratefully accept it!
Heavenly and earthly powers!
Hurry up to fulfill my “order”!
Deliver me this money (name the amount)!
Finally, I hold them in my hands,
I'm buying something I've been dreaming about for a long time!
I'm enjoying 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 tell you: whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and it will be done for you.”
Gospel of Mark (Mark 11:24)

If a person does not dare to dream, believes that he is not worthy of the best, that the best in life can only be achieved chosen people that nothing just falls on your 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 completely suit him.
Often a person does not even try to wish only because he does not believe in the fulfillment of his desire.
Unshakable faith that what you want will come true makes it a reality. Already at the moment when the request is sent to the Universe, you must immediately not doubt the fulfillment of your 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. currently that you are already receiving it. You need to create a feeling of receiving in yourself in order to emit the appropriate frequency of receiving and thereby attract people, circumstances, and events to fulfill your goals.
You definitely need to imagine what you want. Don't be afraid to fantasize. Only man and the Universe know these fantasies. Plunge into fantasy, keep it in your head and live in it as if it were already a fait accompli.

There is no need to ask questions about how your 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 in the fact that the desired already exists and the frequency of lack of faith is emitted.
Any disappointments or doubts that arise must be replaced by unshakable faith in the help of the Universe and the fulfillment of desires.

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 your son flatters you, complains to you with his pretense, but leaves old life doesn't want to. 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 to 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 Old Testament how the two kings of Israel, 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 came across water blessing prayer in the chapel in honor of the icon Mother of God"Healer" After the prayer service we went to rest in the apartment that was provided to us good people. 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 because of 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 good attitude. 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 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. Behind Good work The director of the housing commission suggested that I 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 in it. Slavic language in a voice. 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. Coming Lent We are looking forward to a joyful Easter.

Great Thursday. Maria and her mother put fresh food on the table, covered with a clean, beautiful tablecloth. Easter cakes and a plate with colorful eggs. He stood in front of all of us very complex issue: how to consecrate 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, admiring the beauty festive table and we 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!”

In the morning at Good Friday, as usual, went to work. 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. Brand new, chic Moskvich combi 2125 for lunch at Holy Saturday was already standing under our window. 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.

In fact, this question is very relevant and important for everyone. People often wonder how to ask God for help. Many believers cry out to God for help, praying daily, and never get what they want. This injustice makes us wonder why God hears some requests, but answers the prayers of others with silence?

The human essence is designed in such a way that each person strives for the truth. Therefore, in search of an answer to their question, some believe that they are not following the rules of prayer. To understand why this happens, you need to understand the reasons for the supposed indifference of the Higher Powers.

Most people tend to believe in miracles. And the process of prayer really obeys certain rules. You should not appeal to heaven only when you need something done. The divine plan is not simply the fulfillment of human dreams. However, God helps all those who pray to achieve their goal. Sometimes this is not as obvious as we think.

Prayer alone is not enough to achieve success. Each person must make their own efforts and have good intentions to count on God's help.

If a person is driven by destructive and negative motivation (thirst for revenge, deceiving people, selfish or evil thoughts), they will come to his aid, but they will come dark forces. However, not everyone knows that the price for fulfilling their evil plans will be their own soul and fate, crippled by failures.

How to correctly ask for help from God and the Higher Powers?

Most people, turning to God for help, forget about observing a number of rules that must be taken into account in order for the Almighty to hear them. Practical advice for those who turn to God for help:

1. Ask only for good things and set worthy goals for yourself. Do not wish harm on anyone, it is destructive for your soul. For evil people It is worth asking for a fair trial from Above. But under no circumstances make your situation worse with vindictive thoughts.
2. Cleanse your thoughts regularly. Always remember that your cunning is visible to the Lord, so when turning to him, you should not be disingenuous by interpreting your motivation differently to yourself. Your motives must be pure and selfless.
3. Thank God for any decision he makes regarding your issue.. Accept what is given to them with desire and trepidation. Remember that everyone will be rewarded according to their deeds. Therefore, be humble in your requests and do not bargain.
4. Be active. Remember that you are asking for help, and not for doing something yourself. You yourself must actively move towards achieving success, and God only guides you and helps you achieve what you want. Don't sit back and do nothing. The more responsible the approach, the more support you will feel. Don’t be lazy and don’t shy away from working on yourself, prove that you are worthy of His mercy.
5. Always keep your promises to the Lord. Always think before you say anything. And always achieve what you promised to the Almighty. You may want to write down your vows so you don't forget them. Prove to Him that you are a man of your word, and what you say is not an empty phrase. Deceivers may not expect loyalty.
6. Place the right emphasis in your petitions. You will achieve the greatest encouragement from our Lord if your requests are worthy. Therefore, always ask Him:

• Understanding His will;
• Protecting your soul from adversity and passions;
• Knowledge true path bug fixes,
• Awareness of sins and their correction;
• Ask for the bestowal of good qualities;

Do good with your deeds, and God will definitely hear your request.

7.Give thanks Higher power for everything I've done for you. This applies not only to positive things and events that happen to you. But also those difficult lessons that fate taught you, as a result of which you gained wisdom and strength to move on. Ungrateful petitioners risk being left without what they already had.

8.Build phrases clearly and clearly. Prayers addressed to Heaven can be submitted either orally or in writing. Thoughts expressed on paper are often the most truthful.

Remember the simple proverb - “The road is conquered by the one who walks”, and take it into your arsenal. Aspiration alone is not enough to achieve everything you want. Therefore, always try to take the initiative.

In order for your requests to be effective and achieve a solution, engage in cleansing of the soul. Read the Bible, the Lives of the Saints and delve into the very essence of their existence. You can go on a trip to the shrines. The special atmosphere of different sacred places has a beneficial effect on the spiritual state.

Observe church posts and holidays, attend church and do not neglect Holy Communion. You may even be surprised at how light your inner worldview can be when there is no heavy burden on your soul.

Try to follow the basic list of commandments. It is not necessary to suddenly become a strongly religious person. Take your time, act step by step and only at the behest of your heart. There will be no good if everything you do is contrived and artificial.

Find a spiritual mentor for yourself. This helps many people to clear their minds. Especially if you are not a fan of talking about your troubles. different people. One person you choose for this purpose will listen to you patiently and give good advice.

The path to God is not an easy process, but everyone should strive for it. And the sooner you start implementing this plan, the better. Don't carry evil within yourself. Sincerely wish the best for those around you, and also moderate your anger.

Take care of your loved ones by mentioning them in your prayers. Discuss your decisions with them and point out their shortcomings so that when you meet the Lord, he will grant you eternal peace and tranquility. This is the only way you can count on the help and protection of those who protect you always and everywhere.

− this is not gold fish. It is important to know and understand how to ask God for help, because God and the Higher Powers are not a goldfish or a seller in the market with whom you can bargain. Achieving your own commercial interests is a dirty approach to God.

Situations in which God will not help a person

Heaven will not “answer” your requests and will not help you if:

• Your thoughts are low and unworthy (wishing harm to someone or asking for help in achieving a goal without your own efforts);
• Prayers are insincere (especially if a person makes a vow to perform some actions on his part, and after achieving the goal forgets about it);
• Petitions contain conditions that a person sets to God (it is low to use God’s creation by putting forward one’s own demands on it, since the essence of prayer lies in sincerity);
• The prayers contain regular lies about correcting or not committing any negative actions (do not give the Creator deliberately false promises);
• Requests are related to help to unworthy people (the Higher Powers themselves make the decision to help the lost, so it is worth asking for guidance on the true path);
• Requests are at odds with the plan of the Creator himself (often people wish for a different future for themselves, without taking into account the prepared fate);
• Requests are not fueled by your sincere desire to achieve success (for example, if a person is sick and asks for healing for himself, but he continues to commit actions detrimental to his health, not realizing the cause of the illness);
• Prayers come from lazy people who do not want to correct their behavior and consciousness (the requests of inactive people remain unanswered and this is quite fair, since it is impossible to achieve success in anything without making any effort).

There are other reasons why the Divine Powers refuse to help their charges. One of these reasons is when a person does not value what he has already received, demanding a different fate for himself. This is the main reason for the lack of help.

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Sometimes each of us understands that we cannot cope with the support of loved ones alone, and therefore we turn to God for help. Someone constantly reads an oral prayer, saying it loudly for everyone to hear or in a whisper, only for God and himself. Everything will depend on the need. After all, some during prayer reject all their dreams and thoughts about their sins, but, apparently, they are good, since God gives us his faithful prayer at the right time. Such prayers are heartfelt and spiritual.

How to contact God

The main form of conversation between a person and the Lord is prayer at home. Of course, in best case scenario, this will be an appeal to God in front of the icon, near a lit candle. So, Orthodox people They pray standing, and only sick or old people can sit during prayer.

You need to start your prayer with the sign of the cross, it starts from the forehead, stomach, right shoulder, then the left. Since a person understands that we are all not without sin, it is customary to accompany prayer with a bow, thereby symbolizing our respect before the Lord. A person, praying, will ask for help in any difficult situation for him. It is wrong to seek in your prayer best blessings, but you need to ask for them.

You can also ask for help from angels, who are divine creatures who are able to unite the heavenly and earthly worlds. Asking for them is very simple, you just need to be able to correctly formulate your desires and intentions; you don’t have to say it out loud, because you can do it silently.

A person can, just like the Lord, call for help in a difficult situation. By the way, this does not at all mean that only a saint or a believer can ask for help, therefore, the main thing is to only believe that the person will be heard and will be helped. Regularly turning to angels not only in bad life situations, but also in good moments life will speak of your gratitude to these divine creatures.

Prayer in the Temple

The main place in the life of all Christians will be occupied by prayer speech in the Church. While before the start of the service they give the priest or his assistants a note commemorating the deceased, it is also worth buying candles. When approaching to light a candle, you should cross yourself and turn to God or a saint. For example, you need to say: “Jesus, Lord, have mercy on me a sinner.” Light the candles, so you will join the service of God. But remember that participation in this action must be meaningful, you must understand that you are making your speech to the Lord, asking him and the saints. In order not to get tired during the service, it is worth taking part in chants with the choir and making bows.

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