Sometimes in life there are situations when a person is faced with failures, exhausted, trying to overcome them, but to no avail. At the same time, his family and friends do not support him and do not believe in the possibility of him achieving his goal. Things get even worse when we lose loved ones and cannot come to terms with their departure to another world. It happens that in such circumstances people give up, lose interest in the world around them and ask God to end their earthly existence and take them to heaven. Why can't this be done?
Because asking for death is a sin and disbelief in the mercy of the Almighty. The church fathers teach that one must not despair in any situation. Even if everything is very bad, you must not give in to despair and survive all the difficulties. After all, it is the Lord who sends you trials, testing your strength and faith in his power. He did not forget about you at all and did not abandon you. He watches your every step and will send you relief at the right moment.
Next, we will talk about how priests answer questions from believers regarding their request to God to take them to heaven.
Is it a sin to ask for death?
The woman told the priest about the loss of her loved one. She believes that their separation is temporary, and every day she prays for the deceased. However, she is getting worse and doesn’t want to live. Therefore, the woman turns to the Almighty with a request to take her to heaven. She wants to reunite with her loved one and be happy again. But at the same time, he is afraid of offending God with his request and asks the church minister: “Is it a sin to ask for death?”
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Miraculous prayer for the salvation of a loved one
God wants us to pray not only for ourselves, but also for others. Therefore, every time we feel worried about a person, it is a sign that the Lord wants to give help through us, through our Jesus prayers for a loved one and Orthodox prayers for the salvation of people.
A miraculous Christian prayer to the Lord for a loved one
Our Father! Forgive and save the sinful soul of God's servant (name), my wife. Forgive her sins, voluntary and involuntary. Keep her and protect her on the true path and grant her health and prosperity. Save her from accidental death without repentance. Deliver her from the temptations of the evil one. In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The God of Jesus is first and foremost God the Father. The Old Testament knows the word "Father" as applied to the God of the Covenant. “Isn’t he your Father,” Moses says to the people, “who adopted you, created you and formed you?” (Deut. 32:6). A filial relationship is established between this God and his people: the prophets after the exile will remember this vocabulary of filial love, repentance and forgiveness.
“When Israel was young, I loved him, and called My son out of Egypt. I Myself taught Ephraim to walk, I carried him in My arms” (Hosea 11:1,3).
Strong Orthodox prayer for the salvation of people pleases God. Therefore, you should pray not only for the salvation of your own soul, but also for the souls of your neighbors. As you pray, say the names of the people you are praying to save.
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The main church prayer for the salvation of people and human souls
My dear Heavenly Father, I come to You through the Blood of Jesus Christ, in a new and living way, to the throne of mercy and grace, to find mercy and grace to intercede for lost souls! I call the Blood of Christ on myself, my family and everything that belongs to me, on all areas of my life and on (name of the person you are praying for). I believe in the great power of the Blood of Christ and confess that we overcome the evil one by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony!
Lord, light the fire of Your love in my heart, give me tears for the perishing souls, Your passionate desire to save those taken to death. Grant me the spirit of faith and praise, so that I can praise You for all that You will do in answer to our prayers. I renounce despondency and put on the garments of praise and praise. Receive all the glory and gratitude in the name of Jesus Christ! Lord, You want all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. You so loved the world that you gave your only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. But Satan, the murderer, the father of lies, has deceived (the name of the person you are praying for), and they are under the power of darkness.
Therefore, first of all, I ask You, Heavenly Father, that You would draw to You (the name of the person you are praying for) by Your Spirit. I ask that You pour out Your goodness on them, as the goodness and grace of the Holy Spirit leads to repentance. (John 6:44, 2 Thess. 2:13, Rom. 2:4). By the authority given to me by the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. 16:19, Luke 10:19, Matt. 28:18-20), I bind you, Satan, in life and forbid you to keep (name of the person you are praying for) from repentance and salvation. In the name of Jesus Christ, I forbid you to blind your mind and heart and keep them by deception. All strongholds of lies, unbelief, doubts in mind and spirit are destroyed.
I overthrow every idea that rebels against the knowledge of God and take every thought captive into obedience to Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, I bind every spirit of lying, spirit of doubt, spirit of rebellion and pride, spiritual blindness, closedness of mind to the Gospel and forbid control of the mind and spirit (the name of the person you are praying for). (2 Cor. 10:3-5, 4:3-4). Lord, have mercy (name of the person you are praying for). Let the cleansing word come to them in power and the Holy Spirit bring them powerful inner conviction and Godly sorrow, which produces permanent repentance. Lord, open the eyes of (the name of the person you are praying for) so that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and through faith in Jesus receive forgiveness of sins and a lot with the sanctified. Holy Spirit, remind (the name of the person you are praying for) of the truths of the Word that they have already heard. (2 Cor. 7:10, Acts 26:18, John 14:26). Amen.
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Answer from priest Nikolai Muravyov
Priest Muravyov explains that asking for death for oneself is considered a sin in Christianity. After all, a person thereby shows disbelief in God’s mercy, in his care for every person. Such a request contains selfishness and childishness: “If something is not the way I want it, then I will leave.”
The priest urges the desperate woman not to give up, as she has a great responsibility. After all, her help is needed by her loved one, for whom she should pray, remember him with a kind word and thank him and the Almighty for the happy years spent together. For the warmth that remains in the soul and warms it.
And if this person was destined to leave this world earlier, it means that without the interference created by the bustle of earthly life, he can communicate with God and ask for his other half before the Throne of God. And God will definitely strengthen the spirit of the widow and give hope for the best.
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Requests for help Write your story For several weeks now I have been falling asleep with the thought of death, that is, every night I ask God to die. I stopped washing my face, washing dishes, etc. Every time I wake up, I begin to curse this life and everything connected with it. It’s easier for me to smoke bulls than to go buy cigarettes, although I still have a hundred euros left... I even set the “S” day, the day of death, for the New Year. I probably always had a passion for posing, which ruined me. And believe me, it’s not because no one needs me, I just stopped needing myself. I'm not too young to cry. I would just like to leave something about myself. Not a posthumous note that someone should be blamed or someone should be asked for forgiveness. For what? No one is to blame for this except me, and I don’t seem to have anyone to ask for forgiveness, unless it’s from the employees of the bank, where I exceeded all possible limits for myself, but the bank is insured, and in general I don’t care about them. I didn’t live badly, I just lived and didn’t exist; the only thing I didn’t manage to do was have a family and children. My wife and I separated quite amicably, and when we meet, we can just laugh and talk like good friends. Yes, probably, there was no love there, I courted her beautifully, she was lonely for a long time, and besides, my visa in this country was running out. So we got married. Romantic, isn't it? I used to always consider myself lucky, and I’m not the only one. Many people envied me and I tried not to let them down. Always cheerful, always successful, always with a beautiful girl. What else was needed to arouse the envy of others? This is probably a problem in modern society; we have stopped being happy for others. And every time one of us rises above the level, instead of: “Dude, I’m so happy for you!”, people’s brains are spinning: “Why not me?! Why not me?!” But at one point my luck stopped. Ever since I was a student, I have fallen in love with Omar Khayam, I know many of his poems by heart, and often in good company I read them as toasts and wishes; unfortunately, I myself have no talent for the epistolary genre. But he acted like a Japanese, we take other people’s technologies and bring them to perfection. So about luck, Khayam has a line: “After luck comes bad luck.” And then it came. As soon as I grab the door handle, it will definitely break in my hand, if I sit behind the wheel, and an accident will happen due to my fault, although I have been driving a car for more than 10 years, when I start cooking, I will definitely cut myself. The main thing is that I should be lucky with death. I would really like to deceive the high-cheeked one... I don’t think she was going to see me earlier than 60 years later. If someone thinks that I’m just fooling myself, then, unfortunately, this is not so. I've always been an optimist. And as a person of an applied mindset, I understand that perhaps this is just a protracted period of failure. But you know, in any transport there is an emergency exit. So maybe suicide is this emergency exit in this transport? Why don't I want to fight, at least a little more? Probably because this fight against fate will lead nowhere. I've fought long enough. And what did this lead to? Debt, injury, job loss, loss of a loved one. In a couple of days I will lose my home. Living as a homeless person? So why live then? The funny thing is, a couple of times in my life I was already on the verge of death. I fought, and this happens there. And just when hope of survival was completely lost, something happened. Miracle. And I survived, got out. Now the only miracle I ask God for is to simply die.
Irgend Wer, age: 33/12/29/2008
Responses:
Greetings, brother! You've fallen deeper than you can handle. I know how it goes. I, too, was breaking down, and I also thought that there would be no further life! I honestly tell you, believe me, there is no reason for me to deceive you, I am convinced that nothing in this life is over, that our despair and inability to fight is not the end! There is within each of us a source of life that lives regardless of the circumstances in which we find ourselves. He will break through and make his way through any circumstances, he just needs to preserve and not destroy his body. We have to wait it out, get through it, let everything collapse around us. Let everything we are used to completely disappear, we must endure this time and wait for a new life to come. Brother! I would have no right to write all this to you if I had not experienced something very similar to your story at one time. Of course, you cannot test this, but you can try to walk this path, as I once walked it, by trusting a stranger, a stranger. Just trust me and go! “Why?”, “Why?” - Now is not the time for these questions. The answers to them will come years after your victory. You know, cowardice is not omnipotent either! If you don't have the strength to overcome it, then you can just wait for it to loosen its grip! And one more thing: brother! Write your real name, I want to know it. Don't disappear, okay?
Sergey, age: 39 / 12/29/2008
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Sasha, age: 48 / 12/29/2008
Thank you very much for your answer, and the attempt at motivation... But unfortunately, everything is fine with my motivation, and with my head too. I tried all possible solutions, but unfortunately there are none... I prefer to die comfortably than to freeze on the street. I have a couple of valuable things left, I can send them, maybe they will help others. Basically, this letter was a summing up of life balance. So thanks again. And my name is Yura.
Irgend Wer, age: 33/12/29/2008
You know, Yura, there are always ways out, and as a rule there are always several of them - you just have to look hard. What you supposedly found for yourself as a way out is in fact the most terrible dead end (it simply doesn’t get any worse). Come on out to the forum and let’s all try to find a way out.
Alla, age: 39 / 12/29/2008
Well, now you are behaving like a weak person... something is not your way and you decide to end your life, this is stupid, to say the least. Pull yourself together and solve problems, and don't run away from them through suicide! Solving problems is not easy, but prove to yourself that you can! Everyone has failures, so now at these moments everyone ends up committing suicide??? You need to live, believe, solve problem situations!!! Good luck in resolving them!!!
Simona, age: 25/12/29/2008
Yur... THERE WILL BE NO COMFORT. And as for dying or not dying... Why does this bother you so much? It’s better to leave this question to the One who sent you here and saved you many times during mortal danger. If you trusted Him at the front, why don’t you trust Him now? Somehow you’re fussing and nervous... somehow it’s... petty. Don't you find it?
Sasha, age: 48 / 12/30/2008
Guys, don't you talk a lot... You have to be strong, there is always a way out... I taught this in school... Okay, let's... Where is the way out... I have about 50 thousand euros in debt, two days later they throw me out of the apartment, a couple of limbs are broken, so I really can’t escape... or just walking normally... I’m new to this country, so I have no friends or relatives here... Well, can anyone tell me a real way out, and not demagoguery? I apologize wildly for the tone, but the last couple of messages made me angry...
Irgend Wer, age: 33/12/30/2008
Yura, hello! Do you know this story - “The Miracle of George about the Serpent”? Here, Saint George is your heavenly patron, and the serpent... in such situations, you can simply physically feel how he has wrapped himself around your soul and holds it, torments it, torments it, sucks out your strength. Now your whole motivation is: what the serpent whispers to you, you obediently repeat after him, as if these were your thoughts... Buddy! Grab your valuables and go to an Orthodox monastery! It is not at all necessary to become a monk there. Just live, look at bright souls, work for the glory of God, see how others defeat their devils, there this is very clearly happening, and there, you see, God will control your future destiny... Yura! Please don't be silent and don't disappear! If this option is absolutely not suitable for you, then I can offer you another way out, a “worldly” one, just tell me where you are now. Father George! Pray to God for us!
Sergey, age: 39 / 30.12.2008
Yuri, I read your letter and thought about what to write... leave this life, desert from problems and perhaps stay with them in eternity, when there is no longer any support from people - nothing. you were at war - and I think in those moments you wanted to live most of all and that’s why a miracle came. you have a chance to start a new day, all over again...differently. there is no money, but many people live on a salary - they have arms and legs - and you can earn money, there will be no housing - at first I think that there will be acquaintances, or perhaps others - strangers will help, you just have to ask sometimes. and there is still a chance... or to start a family, but what about children? they may still be... while there is still a chance, you can’t miss it... I also asked for help here before, because it’s hard... we live in a foreign country on rent, because of illness, my husband works alone, I can’t yet - but it’s coming a wave of contractions, I don’t know if I can bear a child, the reason has not been found, rockets are falling overhead and you live from rocket to rocket. but like you, I have been given a chance to change everything. and about Khayama... I like something else better than the blacker the night - the brighter the stars, the darker the night - the closer God is! live, Yuri, fight! I will pray for you so that you don’t give up and fight! There is nothing more important than the life of yours and your loved ones - everything can be fixed, but if you take a step into nowhere... it’s hardly possible to return it. courage! and fight!
Miriam, age: 28/30/12/2008
You, Yuri, are at a wonderful age, the age of Christ... At this age, killing yourself is completely stupid. I know that I need to write something, to somehow try to persuade you not to do the irreparable. I don’t want to be clever, but there are still a lot of people who are now worse off than you - these are ALREADY homeless (and you still have a few days before this threshold), these are terminally ill people who know that the end is near, but nevertheless continue live and fight, if not for the sake of the children and parents you don’t have, then for the sake of God and not doing the action you so desire... Sorry, it’s getting chaotic, I can’t cope with the desire on the one hand to gently support you, and on the other hand, to ask Give me some good beaters - maybe your brain will fall back into place? God help you, do not rush to throw away what was not given to you, and it is not for you to dispose of.
Alexandra, age: 37/12/30/2008
Yura, this is such a difficult year. Many people feel bad. Don't go and remember, WHAT DOESN'T KILL US MAKES US STRONGER! You will still find love and children, you will have a career and everything else... don’t run away from life like a coward, FIGHT! a couple of months ago I almost gave up too, but I realized in time that this was not a solution. What about your mother? without you then
Elena, age: 33/12/30/2008
Yura, good afternoon!
I hope you are still among the living. What you write about debt and about being thrown out of your apartment are everyday problems (not existential), but they can be solved. You wrote that you are a cheerful, positive person (or at least you were like that at one time). Don't you have any friends? In such situations they are simply necessary. You need to tell your friends how you feel, just like you told us, and not sit alone and think about death. You need an outside perspective on your problem. You can make mistakes because you are alone.
Olga, age: 30 / 30.12.2008
Angry messages mean we talk a lot. You're a fool, Yurka! Do you think that people waste their time, thinking about what to write, what words to say - is this just for entertainment? Yes, stupid people want to protect you from the worst, but if you successfully commit suicide, you will end up in the epicenter of hell forever! It certainly won’t be any easier there than for a homeless person! Think, don't get angry.
Alla, age: 39/12/30/2008
Yura! Just think - prison for debt! Ha! Yes, they will treat you there and rest until better times! So nervous and anxious for a person who is intimately familiar with death!
Sasha, age: 48 / 12/30/2008
Hello again everyone. Why do you all think suicide is a weakness? Do you know how the samurai’s mother calmed him down in childhood? - You’re crying, but how will you behave when you have to do sipoku (Harakiri)? Can a culture that is more than 5,000 years old really be mistaken that shame is worse than death? What about becoming homeless? This is a one-way road... By the way, the defenders of the Mossad preferred death to slavery. Again Ecclesiastes said: “It is better to be a dead lion than a living donkey.” About St. George the Victorious... I'll tell you the real story of his death... He was one of the first Christians in the Roman army, and as punishment, for this he was put in a barrel, and all the passing soldiers had to spit on him until he choked... Romantic... By about my mother and parents... they kicked me out of the house when I was 16, so we haven’t communicated for many years... For Miriam, in the country in which you live now, I was just at war... An Orthodox monastery... a good idea, but unfortunately the closest one is about 1000 km from me... I would even go to the Legion, fortunately I was a good soldier... But I can’t because of my injuries at the moment... I really liked about the fighting homeless people... something I’ve never seen it... these are mostly people... and are they still people... floating with the flow, without a chance to decide anything at all... And the age of Christ is remarkable because He died at this age...
Irgend Wer, age: 33/12/30/2008
Yura! Every situation in life is given to a person for some purpose. And you can come out of every situation with dignity and benefit for yourself, or you can come out unworthy. Suicide is generally the worst thing you can think of. Suicide is the most terrible thing a person can do, because in this case he deprives himself of the possibility of salvation - repentance. This is a path to nowhere, cutting off bridges, it is irreversible. In your situation, it takes all your will to forbid yourself to even consider this option, to think about it. Trust your destiny to God. It will be difficult for a while, you will have to be patient, but in the end, He will manage everything, the main thing is not to lose hope. Are there social services in your country? Maybe some real help can be gotten from them? Maybe consider the option of returning to your homeland? Maybe there are some friends left who you can contact for the first time? The main thing now is not to give up, to wait it out. Good luck!
Anna, age: 29/30.12.2008
About “Shame worse than death.” Yura, when you had a lot of money, didn’t your conscience tell you anything? You were enjoying life, and at this time she...? What happened to her? But now - you don’t even want to escape from the hardships of life as a homeless person... After all, now your pride, which cannot bear your current situation, is rebelling. And since you have been nurturing your pride for so long, indulging your passions, now they are fighting you, forcing you to kill yourself. You know, true courage in a situation like yours lies in accepting everything as it is. Don't you deserve this shame? Honestly, put your hand on your heart and tell yourself the truth. Separate your pride from yourself - it is not you, it is the enemy. Just start fighting your pride, and it will gradually go back down. “And the age of Christ is remarkable because He died at that age...” - Yura, don’t you see the difference between the death of Christ and your desire to commit suicide? Christ died for the sins of us all, out of great love for us sinners. What do you want to do now? Instead of courageously accepting the situation, instead of repenting of your sins, you want to challenge God with the most terrible challenge, you want to despise His Love. Do you really want to amuse the evil one? Come on, Yura, fight with yourself. You can’t run away from yourself, you’ll kill your body - and that’s all. But the problems will remain and get worse.
Alla, age: 39/12/30/2008
Do I really look like an idiot? Have I not considered all these exits? Social services... They will give you a bowl of soup so that you don’t die of hunger... and only if you wait in line... Which is quite problematic with broken legs... Now a new topic has come up... Trust God, fate... So it seems that a person differs from an animal in that he accepts himself solutions? I don’t know where this path leads... But there will be not the worst company: Hemingway, Missima, Mayakovsky, Mamontov... the list can be extended to infinity... Pride... when I was not poor... well, first of all, I earned money honestly... I am very a good cook who worked in different countries... and I can read maps, which also brought me a stable, tax-free income... And no one will put me in prison for this, they just restricted leaving the country... this is about the issue of returning to my homeland... Tell all this for friends... it’s not worth it, they really can’t help me in any way... And this is not pride, but normal pride... Don’t give up, but find your way out. Unfortunately, the way out is not according to modern Christian canons... Although in early Christianity, this was not considered a sin...
Irgend Wer, age: 33/12/30/2008
Yura, you are not a samurai. Your suicide is not sippoku. Whether you lose face or not, those around you don’t care. And Christ did not lay hands on himself, but COMPLETELY TRUSTED HIS HEAVENLY FATHER. Oh, how He did not want to climb onto this cross and prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane so that this cup would pass from Him. The evangelist writes: “I prayed until I sweat blood.” And yet, at the end of the prayer he added: NOT AS I WANT, BUT AS YOU WANT. And precisely because he trusted the Sender, he completely accepted his fate as it was prepared for Him by His heavenly Father. Rely on the Father too. He will not do anything bad to someone who completely trusts Him (and now there is such a moment in your life: either you will completely trust Him, or you will turn away from Him). DO NOT TURN AWAY FROM THE ONE WHO SENT YOU INTO THIS WORLD. You were sent not only for pleasure, but also for suffering. ACCEPT THEM WITH GRATITUDE, AND IT WILL BE REWARDED TO YOU. And please don't think that all your suffering will be in vain! Trust me, I know what I'm saying. ONLY HE WHO ACCEPTS HIS FATE CAN VICTORY IT.
Sasha, age: 48 / 12/30/2008
Yura! It seems that, on the one hand, I have to spare your pride, but on the other hand, time is short, so let’s throw away some conventions. Somehow, from your words, it turns out that “I haven’t read Pasternak, but I condemn him”... Well, you can’t distort the meaning of quotes like that and use them to prove the point of view that so many people are warning you against! Behold, I pulled Ecclesiastes... Open and read: (Ecclesiastes, 9, 4): “Whoever is among the living, there is still hope for him, since it is better for a living dog than a dead lion.” Now, it seems that the rest of your buildings were built according to the same principle... And I also want to say that there really are few homeless winners. So don't become a vagabond, but be a wanderer. Wanderings end sooner or later, and not necessarily with a grave; sometimes people end up in a quiet haven. First inside yourself, and then outside. Listen, let's go to the forum tomorrow, okay?
Sergey, age: 39 / 30.12.2008
Thank you for Ecclesiastes... apparently I forgot))))) But then the sophistry begins, no matter what you call it, but the meaning is the same... A homeless person, a tramp, a wanderer... I may not be a samurai... Although, a samurai is a warrior, and “Bushido”, one of codes of the samurai, translated as the way of the warrior... and this was one of my professions))) And such things are not done for the sake of someone... it’s only for yourself... Well, well, you haven’t remembered Job yet, that’s who of the biblical ones got it to the fullest... But I’m not a saint or a martyr... and I’m unlikely to be able to survive the winter outside...
Irgend Wer, age: 33/12/31/2008
Yura! Go to a Catholic monastery or to a Protestant. These people sometimes show even more mercy than the Orthodox. All you need to do is hold out for 3 months or even less. You’ll be on your feet, and then you’ll be able to either go to work, go to the service, go on the run, go to a monastery, get married, or go anywhere! Look - 2-3 months and a lifetime! Well, is it comparable? And further. I have a huge request to ask of you. It's just important for me to know. This is important to my soul. If you overcome all this, please find an opportunity, simply write “I will live”, nothing else is needed. Here, unfortunately, it is forbidden to post contact information, so I am registered on the forum under my own name... It’s a pity, it’s a terrible pity that you reject the experience of people who have already overcome trials similar to yours... That’s what happened to me. And then “quite by accident” I came across a book that explained everything. Well, look, a tiny excerpt from it: “And faith in a person, in oneself, is the faith that in me, in every person there is an invincible dynamics of life and that the only thing that can prevent this dynamics from realizing and growing into reality is my cowardice, my indecision, but not the circumstances surrounding me. Circumstances, no matter how good or bad, no matter how cruel they are, no matter how they are aimed at breaking a person, are only an occasion for this internal, creative dynamics to express itself in a new, new way. differently, unexpectedly, but all the same: she expressed herself and nothing else. Self-confidence is confidence in this inner, mysterious, creative and ultimately victorious dynamic. Self-confidence, therefore, includes the confidence that in every person - and in me in particular - there is an area that is elusive to me; and that, day after day, being myself as perfectly as possible, as sincerely, truthfully, honestly, courageously, sacrificially as possible, in the end, I will reveal and set in motion more and more new forces that cannot be anything stopped." by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh. "Man before God." PS And the difference between the concepts of “homeless” and “wanderer” is not just there, they are POLATERALLY different objects of free choice!
Sergey, age: 39/12/31/2008
Well, you won’t survive the winter - and okay! And your dreams will come true. Just don’t decide and don’t do it YOURSELF! Leave it all to the Lord, He knows...
Sasha, age: 48 / 12/31/2008
Yura, let me remind you that man also differs from animals in that he has an immortal soul that belongs to eternity. And what awaits us in this eternity depends on our decisions. Here the suffering lasts for some time, but THERE it will last forever, and nothing can be done about it. Trusting God is the best thing you can do when you don’t know what to do. The Lord wants the salvation of each of us, and will arrange everything with the greatest benefit for our soul. Pull yourself together, don’t despair, be patient, after a while everything will get better, you’ll see. Good luck!
Anna, age: 29 / 01/01/2009
I understand you perfectly. Just try to set small goals for yourself and become kinder to yourself, because you have a soul, a conscience, you are responsible, first of all, for yourself! God exists, just believe in him, turn to prayer more often. You'll see everything will be fine. You probably have friends, so share your thoughts with them. Go to the temple of God and just pray. Everything will work out, believe me, this dark streak will pass!
sholpan_sholpan, age: 18 / 01/01/2009
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Answer from Archpriest Andrei Efanov
Priest Andrei Efanov says that such a request is sinful. She says that a person admits his powerlessness and succumbs to despondency. But since he is alive, it means that this is the will of God, he is destined for life, not death. And you need to learn to cope with difficulties.
They are given to teach various skills, including overcoming obstacles and problem solving. The archpriest advises the man to ask the Almighty to enlighten him on how to master this skill. This will bring both benefit and joy.
Andrei Efanov also encourages the person who turns to him to engage in spiritual development, get acquainted with the lives of saints, and comprehend the law of God. And in order to overcome the feeling of dissatisfaction, you need to figure out what exactly is not satisfying. This could be health, environment, salary, place of work, growth opportunities, and the like. Having understood this issue, you need to start looking for ways out of the situation and, if necessary, turn to a confessor or a psychologist.
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Fighting the Tree of Sin
Schema-abbot Savva. The fruits of true repentance.
One day a spiritual child comes to me and says:
- “Father, is it possible to ask God for death?”
- “What is it?” - I ask.
“I’m scared to live... I’ll have to answer for everything: for every step, for every look, for every word. It’s better to die now, otherwise many sins will accumulate in old age.”
- “Don’t put them in your suitcase. A step, a glance, an idle word are not mortal sins. They are terrible only for those who do not pay attention to them, who do not recognize them for their sins, do not repent and do not correct themselves, so immediately ask God for forgiveness in front of your cross, as the Rev. did. Mary of Egypt, and then you repent to your spiritual father and force yourself to correct yourself, then not a trace will remain of these sins. For you now it is more terrible to die than to live, because you have come to repentance, but you still do not have the fruits of repentance. And so that it is not scary to die, you need to stock up on the fruits of repentance.
Dying is easy. The faint-hearted even commit suicide. These are those who do not want to fight difficulties, but they are worthy of pity and even contempt. The Holy Church does not pray for such people. Who gave us the right to control our destiny? We were not born of our own will, and we must die not of our own will! Asking God for death is insolence! This is clear evidence that we do not want to live according to the will of God. It's clear?"
- “It’s clear, father, what are fruits worthy of repentance.”
— “The fruits worthy of repentance are Christian virtues and good deeds. The Gospel writes a lot about the fruits of repentance. For example, the apostle and evangelist Luke writes: “Produce fruits worthy of repentance” (Luke 3:8), and then explains: “Whoever has two coats, give to the poor, and whoever has food, do the same” ( Luke 3:11).
And here are some more spiritual fruits: “As God’s elect, let us clothe ourselves with mercy, longsuffering, kindness, humility, meekness and love” (Col. 3:12-14). The main fruit of repentance is love (John 15:2-16).
The Apostle Paul says: “If I give away all my substance and give my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.” (1 Cor. 12:3-8).
“Do this (i.e., produce fruits worthy of repentance), knowing the time that the hour has already come for us to awaken from sleep” (Rom. 13, I).
The fruits of repentance come from true repentance. And true repentance means sincere, unfeigned contrition for sins. The Holy Scriptures provide specific examples of true repentance that brings worthy fruits. For example, Zacchaeus, the unrighteous tax collector, what fruit of repentance did he bear? He gave away half of his estate and abundantly rewarded everyone from whom he took extra.
Rev. Mary of Egypt led a vicious life in her youth. What fruit of repentance did she bear? She went into the desert and began to live chastely.
This is what we should do. For example, pride and vanity take over us. We pray to God to send us humility. How can we practically remake our sinful nature? It is necessary to melt us in the fire of slander, lies, ridicule, all kinds of humiliation and insults from all people and even from our closest relatives - so the Lord sends us what we ask for, because when we ask God for humility, it means we ask to send us people who who would humble us. And if we complacently, without grumbling, without bitterness and irritation, accept and joyfully thank God for all this, pray for those who have offended us and do not change our good disposition towards them, then this means we bear the fruits of true repentance.
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