Very often in the life of every person there comes a moment when he does not know what to do in a given situation. Sometimes making a decision is very difficult.
A person is overcome by constant thoughts of how to understand whether I am doing the right thing? Sometimes thoughts come from the devil, and a person makes a big mistake in his life, after which he greatly regrets. But what can we do to keep our thoughts pure?
Every Orthodox Christian should read the morning and evening rules, thereby asking the Lord for blessings for the coming day, so that all decisions are made correctly.
Many people believe that at such moments you can listen to the opinions of fortune tellers and psychics, but many people, especially Orthodox Christians, believe that you need to come to church and pray to God
A person’s life is in the hands of the Lord - only He can understand and instruct us on the true path
A person’s life is in the hands of the Lord, so it is he who will help us understand and enlighten us in a difficult and hopeless situation. Nowadays, people are moving further and further away from God and the church.
Many people believe that when we are afraid of making a mistake, we need to read large and complex Orthodox prayers, or come to church. Of course, you need to come to church, but not only when you need God’s help.
Going to the temple should be constant, at least once a week.
Every Orthodox Christian should read the morning and evening rules, thereby asking the Lord for blessings for the coming day, so that all decisions are made correctly.
You need to ask God sincerely, with a pure heart. Therefore, you don’t have to read the texts of prayers, but simply talk to our God in your own words. God will hear not only the words, but also the very soul of a person.
What should be done? You need to find a suitable place for prayer, quiet and calm. A prayer is read in front of icons with a burning lamp.
But, if this is not possible, then try to focus on prayer in the place where you are. The most powerful Orthodox prayer in this case will be yours alone!
There are different prayers:
- Laudatory - when Christians glorify the greatness of God and his Divine perfection;
An example of a petitionary prayer to the Mother of God on the website hranitel.club
- Petitioners - when believers, after praising God, ask Him for help with bodily and mental needs;
- Repentant - when a person repents of his sins;
- Thanksgiving - when a person, having said goodbye to sins, is in a special state of mind and is able to say prayer.
You need to read the prayer calmly, evenly and thoughtfully. Every word you read should resonate in your soul. Simply reading a prayer without meaning will not help you in any way.
Reading rules
Unfortunately, modern society has moved away from the church and God. People tend to remember the Almighty only at moments when problems arise. Ideally, every Orthodox Christian should observe a daily morning and evening prayer rule. And at the very beginning of the day, ask the Lord for blessings for the coming day and parting words to do everything right. Then life would become an order of magnitude clearer.
But today everyone is far from such an ideal. People are in a hurry to get to work in the morning; in the evenings they prefer to spend an hour or two in front of the TV or on social networks, citing fatigue. So it turns out that there is always no time to talk with the Creator, to enlighten your soul. And yet, when it becomes difficult to make an important decision, and a lot depends on it, a person decides to turn to God.
Other Orthodox prayers:
And here another question arises - how to do this correctly? Many are convinced that they need to read some long and complex prayers and be sure to come to church. Of course, going to church is never a bad idea. But in reality, sincerity and faith are important in turning to the Lord. The prayer can be said in any form. God listens not so much to words as to our soul. If a reverent feeling does not awaken in your soul during the prayer, then most likely it was read without much faith.
To tune yourself into the right wavelength, you should choose a secluded place for prayer. It is better, of course, to pray in front of icons with a burning candle. But if this is not possible, then you need to try to abstract yourself from what is happening around you, focus on the meaning of the prayer and say it to yourself, crossing yourself.
Advice! The saints recommend that after prayers you do not immediately run and get down to everyday affairs, but give yourself time to receive an answer from above. This means being quiet and listening to yourself.
By entrusting himself and his destiny into the hands of the Creator, a person receives the knowledge that helps him survive the current situation and even accept it with gratitude. After all, everything was sent to us not in vain, but to learn a useful lesson.
You can pray for a decision - to the Lord God, Guardian Angel, Silouan of Athos
Who should you turn to in situations where you can’t make the right decision yourself? You can read a prayer - to the Savior, the Mother of God, the Guardian Angel, St. Silouan of Athos, St. John Chrysostom.
Prayer to the Lord
You can turn to the Lord God with a simple prayer that you can learn by heart:
“Our heavenly Father, I am your sinful servant, I don’t know what to do, but you, Almighty, guide me on the true path...”
Very often, with a prayer for help in making a decision, you can read Our Lord Jesus Christ
Prayer to the Mother of God
The Mother of God is the intercessor of all people; with a request about what to do in any situation, you can turn to her:
To the Most Pure Mother of God, the House in which the Wisdom of God was created, the Giver of spiritual gifts, raising our minds from the world to the worldly and leading everyone to the knowledge of reason! Receive prayerful singing from us, Thy unworthy servants, who worship Thy most pure image with faith and tenderness. Pray to Thy Son and our God to grant wisdom and strength to our rulers, to judges truth and impartiality, to shepherds spiritual wisdom, zeal and vigilance for souls, to mentors humility, to children obedience, to all of us the spirit of reason and piety, the spirit of humility and meekness, the spirit purity and truth. And now, our All-Singing Mother, give us an increase in intelligence, pacify, unite those who exist in enmity and division and lay down for them an insoluble bond of love, convert all those who have gone astray from foolishness to the light of the truth of Christ, instruct the fear of God, abstinence and hard work, the word of wisdom and soul-helping knowledge Grant to those who ask, overshadow us with eternal joy, the most honorable of the Cherubim and the most glorious of the Seraphim. We, seeing the wondrous deeds and manifold wisdom of God in the world and our life, will remove ourselves from earthly vanities and unnecessary worldly cares, and will raise our minds and hearts to Heaven, as if by Your intercession and help glory, praise, thanksgiving and worship for all in the Trinity We send our praises to the glorious God and Creator of all, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
With a request about what to do in any situation, you can turn to the Mother of God
Prayer for help to the Guardian Angel
Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me from God from heaven for my protection! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, save me from all evil, guide me to good deeds, and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen.
How does it help?
Any prayer is aimed primarily at calming the soul and getting rid of sinful passions. After all, a person who is guided not by reason, but by the feelings that surround him, can easily stumble and do something wrong. The same applies to prayers read in a state of bewilderment.
When people are at a loss and do not understand what to do in a given situation, they are overcome by fear, despondency, irritation and other not very pleasant emotions. Prayer helps you feel protected and gives you hope that everything will end well. The person calms down and begins to find solutions to the problem.
Prayer when you don’t know what to do - Silouan of Athos
Very often, in order to enlighten our minds, we turn to St. Silouan of Athos.
Prayer when you don’t know what to do - Silouan of Athos:
O wonderful servant of God, Father Silouan! By the grace given to you by God, tearfully pray for the entire universe - the dead, the living and the future - do not remain silent for us to the Lord, who diligently fall to you and touchingly ask for your intercession (names). Move, O all-blessed one, to prayer the Zealous Intercessor of the Christian race, the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, who miraculously called you to be a faithful worker in Her earthly city, where the chosen one of God begs God for our sins, merciful and long-suffering, so that our untruths and iniquities are not remembered , but according to the ineffable goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to spare and save us according to His great mercy. She, the saint of God, with the Most Blessed Lady of the World - the Most Holy Abbess of Athos and Her holy ascetics, ask the saints for the most holy Word of the holy Mount Athos and its God-loving desert dwellers to be preserved from all the troubles and slander of the enemy in the world. Yes, the Angels deliver the saints from evil and strengthen them in faith and brotherly love with the Holy Spirit, until the end of the century they pray for the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and show everyone the saving path, and the Earthly and Heavenly Church constantly glorifies the Creator and Father of Lights, enlightening and illuminating peace in the eternal truth and goodness of God. Ask the people of the entire earth for a prosperous and peaceful life, a spirit of humility and brotherly love, good morals and salvation, a spirit of fear of God. Let it not be malice and lawlessness that harden the hearts of men, which can destroy the love of God in men and cast them into godless enmity and fratricide, but in the power of Divine love and truth, as in heaven and on earth, hallowed be the name of God, may His holy will be done in men , and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth. Likewise, for your earthly Fatherland - the Russian lands, ask, servant of God, the longed-for peace and heavenly blessing, covered by the omnipotent omophorion of the Mother of God, to get rid of famine, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare and from all visible enemies and invisible, and thus remain the most holy house of the Most Blessed Mother of God until the end of the age, the Life-giving Cross by the power, and be established in the inexhaustible love of God. For all of us, who are immersed in the darkness of sins and warmth of repentance, who have no lower fear of God and who constantly insult the Lord who loves us immeasurably, ask, O all-blessed one, from our All-Bountiful God, so that with His All-powerful divine grace He will visit and revive our souls and all evil and let the pride of life, despondency and negligence in our hearts be abolished. We also pray that we, strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in philanthropy and brotherly love, in humble crucification for one another and for everyone, may be established in the truth of God and well strengthened in the gracious love of God, and will draw closer to the filial One. Yes, thus, doing His all-holy will, in all piety and purity of temporary life, let us walk the path unashamedly and with all the saints of the Heavenly Kingdom and His Lamb we will be honored. To Him from all earthly and heavenly be glory, honor and worship, with His Beginningless Father, His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Give, Lord, now to my unworthiness also the grace of understanding, in order to recognize what is pleasant for You, and what is useful for me, and not only to recognize, but also to do, so as not to get carried away and not to cling to empty things, to have compassion for those who suffer and to condescend to sinners.
When you don’t know what to do, you can read a prayer to Silouan of Athos
Prayer when there is no way out - John Chrysostom
Prayer when there is no way out to John Chrysostom:
Oh, great saint John Chrysostom! You have received many and varied gifts from the Lord, and as a good and faithful servant, you have multiplied all the talents given to you for good: for this reason, you were truly a universal teacher, as every age and every rank learns from you. Behold, you appeared as an image of obedience to the youth, a luminary of chastity to the young, a mentor of hard work to the husband, a teacher of kindness to the old, a teacher of kindness to the monk, a rule of abstinence to those who pray, an inspired leader from God to those who pray, an enlightener of the mind to those seeking wisdom, an inexhaustible source of living words to those who are kind-hearted, to those who do good. - a star of mercy, a wise image of rulers, an inspirer of zeal for truth, an inspirer of boldness, a mentor of truth for the persecuted, a mentor of patience: you were everything to everyone, and you saved everyone. Over all of these you have acquired love, which is a union of perfection, and with that, as if by the power of the Divine, you have united all the gifts in your soul into one, and the reconciling love shared here, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles, you preached to all the faithful. We are sinners, each one of us has his own gift, we are not imams of unity of spirit in the union of peace, but we are vainglorious, irritating each other, envious of each other: for this reason, our division, divided not into peace and salvation, but into enmity and condemnation, has turned over to us. Moreover, we fall to you, the saint of God, servants of God (names), overwhelmed by discord, and in contrition of heart we ask: with your prayers drive away from our hearts all pride and envy that divides us, so that in many places we may remain one church body without restraint, so that In the words of your prayer, let us love each other and with one mind confess the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, Consubstantial and Indivisible, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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