Prayer for fear and anxiety of the Optina elders: “Lord, give me peace of mind...”
The Optina elders possessed the gift of foresight and healing, served the people, and repented for all believers. The monks are canonized for their faith, humility, compassion for people, and Christian love. The last of the Optina elders experienced the brunt of the destruction of the monastery with the advent of Soviet power, filled with faith, and died in exile. The last abbot of the monastery was shot in 1938.
The Optina elders left a legacy of advice, instructions and petitions to the Almighty about the fight against passions, despondency, and fears. One of the monks, the Monk Anthony, said: “Whoever firmly trusts in God, God helps him in everything.” If you read the prayer for fear and anxiety of the Optina Elders daily, calmness and tranquility will come, irritability will decrease, and your nerves will calm down.
“Lord, let me meet with peace of mind everything that the coming day will bring me. Let me completely surrender to Your holy will. For every hour of this day, instruct and support me in everything. Whatever news I receive during the day, teach me to accept it with a calm soul and a firm conviction that everything is Your holy will. In all my words and deeds, guide my thoughts and feelings. In all unforeseen cases, do not let me forget that everything was sent down by You. Teach me to act directly and wisely with each member of my family, without confusing or upsetting anyone. Lord, give me strength to endure the fatigue of the coming day and all the events during the day. Guide my will and teach me to pray, believe, hope, endure, forgive and love. Amen".
How to read a prayer for fear and anxiety of the Optina elders
In order for the words to be heard, you need to let go of vain thoughts, pronounce the words consciously, with faith in God's help. It is advisable to know the text by heart, until you remember it, you can pray from a book. There is a rule according to which, after waking up (before breakfast, before starting any work), the “Our Father” is read, then the prayer for fear and anxiety of the Optina elders. After this, you can mentally turn to the Almighty, the Guardian Angel, to ask for the salvation of the soul, deliverance from fears, worries, fear. The prayer for fear and anxiety: “Lord, grant me with peace of mind...” can be entrusted to the Almighty for loved ones who are about to have an operation, a long journey, or serve in the army.
How to calm your heart?
Man has an extremely vain nature. If you think carefully and remember the last moments of unconditional happiness and peace, you will find that they happened quite a long time ago and generally happen infrequently. Even a vacation does not guarantee a good rest from work, much less free you from family problems. A person’s to-do list is endless, his brain is constantly busy with one or another problem, which ultimately leads to overwork, stress and depression.
A prayer to calm the soul will bring relief and give hope for the best
However, Christians must understand that everything worldly is vanity, because in some 10-15 years the children will grow up and live their own lives, a problematic project at work will end, the car will be repaired and life will be a little calmer. Health problems also help to realize the temporary and insignificant nature of all difficulties - a serious illness makes it clear that no problems at work or quarrels with a harmful neighbor can compare with heart problems and nothing compared to cancer or other diseases. Awareness of the vanity and temporary nature of worldly difficulties helps to treat them calmly, without taking them to heart.
Important! A person who cares about the state of his soul knows that as soon as his heart is seized by melancholy or despondency, stress begins - this is a signal of his departure from God. This condition is dangerous and can lead to serious problems.
How to calm a rebellious soul? There are some tips:
- Confess - calm communication with a priest will help you rethink and understand why there is a lot of fuss in life and how to fix it.
- Start fasting - for 3-4 days you should limit yourself to food and entertainment, pay attention to reading Scripture and the works of the church fathers. This will help you focus on the spiritual rather than the mental.
- Taking communion - unity with the Church has a positive effect on the rebellious spirit and makes you think about the eternal.
- Attend divine services more often - the calm atmosphere of the temple, hymns and sermons will help you turn to the Lord again and gain peace of mind.
- Regularly pray for your spiritual and mental state, asking the Lord to calm your soul and heart.
Orthodox prayer for anxiety to the Mother of God
The Mother of God is asked to protect from obsessive thoughts, imaginary fear and anxiety. The power of prayer is based on the experiences of the Virgin Mary in anticipation of the death of her son.
“To You, the Supreme Commander, having been delivered from troubles, we, Your unworthy servants, Mother of God, sing a song of victory and gratitude. You, who have invincible power, free us from all troubles, so that we cry to You: Rejoice, Bride, who has not entered into marriage! Glorious Eternal Virgin, Mother of Christ God, bring our prayer to Your Son and our God, may He save our souls through You “I place all my hope in You, Mother of God, keep me under Your roof. Virgin Mary, do not despise me, a sinner, who requires Your help and Your protection, for my soul trusts in You, have mercy on me.”
How to read calming prayers correctly to make your soul feel better
In Heaven, everyone who prays sincerely is heard as saints, not forgetting to thank God for his help. Nerves can become frayed for various reasons. These can be sinful actions and thoughts that weigh heavily on the soul, shaking the nerves.
The effect of prayer will be enhanced by repentance and communion. They cleanse a person of everything bad, open him up to accepting help and calming the nervous system.
You must pray in solitude, standing in front of the icon of the saint to whom the prayer is addressed, and lit church candles. You must have patience; the request cannot be fulfilled immediately. The prayer is said in a quiet voice, slowly, pondering the meaning of each word.
The clergy recommend reading the text three times, by heart, and at the end of the prayer, cross yourself and bow low.
Orthodox prayer for fear and anxiety in children
Young children are vulnerable and are often afraid of strangers, the dark, fictional characters, and dreams. So that the child does not develop phobias, the soul calms down from anxiety, parents turn to the Almighty for help. If there is severe fear or anxiety, you need to take the child in your arms and read the strongest prayer for fear, “Living Help” or “Our Father.” Older children are afraid of bullies in the yard, exams, illnesses, and the loss of parents. A grown-up child needs to have the text of the prayer request explained to him, taught to talk to God, to pray on his own when his soul is restless, when he is overcome by sadness and bad thoughts. Prayer against fear and anxiety in children will calm the soul, become the key to a happy life without damaged nerves, and protect against suicidal thoughts.
If your baby has trouble falling asleep or shudders in his sleep in the evenings before bed at the baby’s crib, you can say a prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos of Kazan. On the wall or headboard you need to place an icon of the Mother of God, the patron saint of children, Nicholas the Wonderworker, Jesus Christ or the Guardian Angel (the church will tell you how to choose).
“O Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and preserve under Your shelter my children (names), all youths, young women and infants, baptized and nameless and carried in their mother’s womb. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, pray to my Lord and Your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Your maternal gaze, for You are the Divine Protection of Your servants. Mother of God, introduce me to the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names) caused by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen".
The Orthodox prayer to the Guardian Angel will calm the soul from anxiety and protect from danger. You can turn to the heavenly protector every time your soul is uneasy or real danger is approaching. Turning to the Guardian Angel in the morning will get rid of bad thoughts during the day and destroy negative influences. Evening prayer grants protection from night fears and anxieties. From an early age, children should be taught to thank the heavenly protector for the past day and pray to him. The simple text of the prayer is quickly remembered by the child; he knows that the Guardian Angel is watching over his welfare.
“My angel, my guardian. In difficult times, in difficult times. Rise up to my defense, protect the servant of God (name) from the unbearable fear of me. Remove all worries and fears from me, give me strength from within. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".
If you are very worried, when you panic and forget your prayers out of fear and anxiety, you can turn to the heavenly protectors in your own words. An appeal that comes in faith will be heard.
Reading the Qur'an to calm the soul
In Islam, it is believed that the best way to calm the soul and gain peace of mind is to read the holy book of the Koran. Prayer texts from it provide healing for the soul and body. The Koran is prescribed to the faithful as the highest blessing of the Almighty. By reading texts from the Koran, a Muslim strengthens his relationship with the Almighty. As a result, his soul becomes stronger and his heart softens. That is, the true believer finds true peace.
The truth of Islam is that as long as a believer reads the Qur'an, he follows the orders of Allah. This emphasizes his humility and indicates that the Muslim completely trusts himself to the will of Allah. This means that a person is not in danger of anxiety and worry.
Muslim Calming Prayer
The Muslim calming prayer goes like this:
“O Great and Almighty Allah! We all cry out for Your help. Our prayer is that you accompany us on the path of life, so that only you show us the right path. We who sincerely believe in Your power repent of our sins and ask for forgiveness. Allah Almighty, we believe in and rely only on you in our lives. We praise You and bow before You. We thank You for all our blessings in life and do not deny anything that You have sent us. We reject and abandon all those who commit lawlessness. O Allah! We worship you alone, we accept only you alone in our souls. We pray and prostrate before You. Our souls strive only for you. We believe and hope in Your endless mercy and fear Your punishment. Verily, Thy mighty punishment befalls the atheists!”
In addition, in Islam it is believed that a prayer of repentance will help to calm down. A person, having repented of his sins, receives forgiveness, and, consequently, finds peace of mind.
To do this, you can use the following Muslim prayer:
“O Allah, the Most High, You are my Lord! There is no other God besides You. You created me and I am Your slave. I pray to you and believe in you, I will justify all your hopes and justify the responsibility You have entrusted to me. I will keep my word to the best of my ability. I come running to You with a prayer for the forgiveness of my sins. I ask you to remove everything bad from me and not allow me to succumb to the temptation of the shaitan. I acknowledge all the blessings You bestow on me, and I acknowledge my sins. I'm sorry! Truly, except You, no one will forgive my mistakes in life.”
There is also a daily prayer to calm the soul, it goes like this:
“O Allah Almighty! I consider myself Your servant, I am the son of Your Servant and Your Handmaid. You have complete power over me. I carry out any of Your decisions unquestioningly, because I believe in its justice. I address and call you by all the names that you call yourself, which are mentioned in your scripture. I ask you to help me get rid of my spiritual sadness and take my worries away.”
For peace of mind
Sometimes a depressive state and a period of complete indifference to life is replaced by uncontrolled aggression towards family and friends. The patient begins to cry, blame the whole world for his misfortunes, and punish himself with hunger. Read this powerful conspiracy against attacks of anger towards water at night, when the moon is in its waning phase.
You need to wash the person with water and give him to drink it. Then sprinkle all the corners in the house with this water, moisten the window sill in the bedroom where the patient sleeps.
How to normalize your state of mind with the help of magic
Very often, peace of mind can be disturbed because of some trifle. This usually happens during a period when a person is literally haunted by troubles and misfortunes. A conspiracy against strong nerves will help you avoid depression and restore peace of mind:
Words are spoken onto a handkerchief, which an upset person must carry with him for ten days.
These words are spoken on a handkerchief, which an upset person must carry with him for ten days.
Magic ritual against mental pain
When calling on healing magic for help, you need to truly believe that it will have a beneficial effect. There are many effective prayers for psychosis, nervous tics, and lovesickness. It is better to get rid of this condition than to take strong drugs later.
This ancient plot will help protect the heart from lovesickness and drive away mental pain after parting with a loved one. It is carried out in two stages. When the disk of the waning moon appears in the sky, exactly at midnight they take a shower. After washing, turn off the water, and while drops flow from the body, read the following text:
Then they dry themselves off and go to bed. In the morning, with the first rays of the sun, the ritual is repeated. This time you need to read the plot while facing east.
Ritual against melancholy
You can relieve melancholy with a simple bread ceremony. To do this, take 7 slices of bread. It must be fresh. Left alone, light a candle and, passing each slice over it, read the following healing words:
“From white smoke, from red fire, I take black power into tiny pieces, I drive away unclean bitterness. Just as the sun breaks through in a dark forest, so the bright rays will illuminate the slave (name), give him fiery strength, and burn his black thoughts.”
Then you need to eat 3 pieces of bread yourself. And give the remaining 4 pieces to birds and other animals. Already this evening, relief will come in the soul and joy will come.
