Rubber stamp: "We are all not sinful." Oh, if only. Some people are convinced that they have no sins.
Leave sinless alone. And we sinners have something to talk about. For example, prayer to God for sins. Is there such a thing? How to repent? Be patient and go ahead, discover something new.
What is sin?
This is a violation of spiritual law. Violation of the commandment of God and the law established by Him.
The Lord gave people 10 commandments that we do not keep and often violate. Sins vary in severity. There are mortals, especially strong. And there are "crying out to heaven for vengeance."
When we sin, we break the commandments given to us. In fact, we commit a crime.
Sin moves man away from God. And until then, the sinner cannot proceed to the Creator until he repents of his sins.
Is there prayer from sin? We will talk about this a little lower. Now let's touch on the topic of the fight against sin.
How to deal with it?
Sin draws on a person. Why? Because it seems attractive. For example, did you know that there is such a sin as gluttony? This is when a person eats without satiety, without praying before eating. And most importantly - he chooses delicious dishes. The tastier, the better.
In a secular society, such a lover of delicious food is called a gourmet. According to Orthodoxy, this is a sin. And how to deal with it? Is there a prayer to the Lord for the forgiveness of sins, including such?
First of all, remove all your favorite dishes from your diet. And start eating something that is not very to your taste. Heavy? No one promised an easy life.
Gradually accustom yourself to prayer before eating. First, we will forget about it, and then we will not be able to start a meal without praying. And after eating, you must thank God for letting us get enough.
What kind of prayers are these? Their texts are given below:
Prayers before eating.
Our Father, thou shalt be in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today. And leave our debts to us, as well as we leave our debtor. And do not lead us into temptation. But deliver us from the evil one.
Hail Virgin, rejoice. Grace Mary, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed are you in women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Like the Savior gave birth, if our souls.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and evermore and forevermore. Amen.
Lord, have mercy (3 times), bless.
By the prayers of saints our father, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
All reading will take no more than five minutes.
Let us return to our topic of sinfulness. Is there a prayer to the Lord God for the forgiveness of sins? Yes, there is one.
Sorry god
Who should pray when grief overcomes? When do you realize that sins are behind a wagon and a cart? Of course, prayerfully turn to God.
Is there prayer from sin? She is, but about her a little later. Now we will present the text of the prayer to the Lord for forgiveness, intercession, and help.
In the hand of Your great mercy, O my God, I entrust my soul and body, my feelings and verbs, my advice and thoughts, my deeds and all my body and soul movements. My entrance and outcome, my faith and residence, the course and death of my stomach, the day and hour of my gasp, my repose, the repose of my soul and body. You, O Premiloserd God, of the whole world through sins cannot be overcome by Grace, gentleness, Lord, less than all sinful people, accept in the face of Your defense and deliver from all evil, cleanse many of my iniquities, support correction of my evil and repented life and from always delight me with the impending fall of the fierce, but when I am angry with Your philanthropy, even cover my weakness from demons, passions and evil people. Prohibit the enemy, visible and invisible, guiding me saved way, bringing to You, my refuge and my desires of the land. Grant me the end of Christianity, shameful, peaceful, from evil spirits you observe, at Thy Last Judgment be merciful to Your servant and venerate me at the right hand of Your blessed sheep, and with them I, the Creator, I praise forever and ever. Amen.
Read it with faith and with all your heart. Ask for forgiveness and God's help.
The shortest prayer
Do you know the prayer that keeps you from sins? No? We will tell now. How and when to read it? You can out loud, you can mentally. When? Anytime. If you are engaged in physical labor, then read during work. If you walk along the street alone, say that prayer mentally. In monasteries it is read constantly. Jesus prayer is a monastic rule. The laity are not forbidden to read it. It will be useful to cut off sinful thoughts from oneself. And even more so - actions:
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner / sinner.
Just a few words. And the benefit for the soul of the prayer is simply enormous.
Be prepared for the fact that at first you will only say this prayer with your mouth. Thoughts will go for a walk somewhere far away. Gather them in a pile, try to focus on prayer. Are they spreading again? Collect again. Here already, when you read a prayer from sin, not to outside thoughts.
Confession
Prayers for the forgiveness of sins and sins are not enough. One must confess periodically. How to do it?
Prayer for your family
They say that you have to pray for your family . Especially the "advanced" even say that you can take on some kind of sins.
No, no and NO. A pure prayer for the forgiveness of the sins of one’s kind can only be done by monks. And then - with the blessing of the priest. This business is not comic and not easy.
It is enough for us, simple lay people, to be content with the morning prayers for the living and dead relatives, reading the Gospel and the Psalms for them. What kind of prayers are these? Their texts are presented below. Believe me, this will be quite enough.
Prayer for the Living
Save, Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (name), my parents (names), relatives (names), superiors, tutors, beneficiaries (names) and all Orthodox Christians.
Prayer for the departed
Repose, Lord, souls of the departed Thy servant: my parents, relatives, beneficiaries (names), and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all the sin of the free and unmanned, and grant them the kingdom.
Evening prayers
Every Orthodox Christian has a prayer rule. It includes evening prayers, or prayers for a future dream, as they are also called. At the end of the rule is a prayer of confession of sins. In it, we confess daily to the Lord what we have done. Additionally, if you are concerned about some sins committed during the day, you can also ask for forgiveness for them.
What is this prayer and how to read it? Buy a prayer book first. It is sold in any church shop or in an Orthodox store. Take it in Russian, because in Church Slavonic it will be difficult to read. As you immerse yourself in church life, learn this language.
Every night, before going to bed, we open a prayer book, read prayers for a future dream. Everything is very simple.
But what if there is no way to read the prayers in full? For example, a person en route without prayer. And his telephone does not have Internet access to find the necessary texts. Learn at least the Confession of Sins prayer. We provide its text:
I confess to you the Lord my God and Creator, in the Holy Trinity, the One, holy and worshiping, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, all my sin, even today, all of me, even today. and wearing, business, word, thinking, embrace, drunkenness, secret eating, idleness, gloom, laziness, reproach, disobedience, slander, condemnation, slavishness, arrogance, arrogance, arrogance, arrogance oh, zeal, jealousy, anger, remorse, hatefulness, ravening and all my senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and feeling more kind, you kindle you more of these I regret, I am guilty of you to my God, and I have a will to repent: also, Lord, more than mine, with my tears, with tears humbly pray to you: I have mercilessly sinned of mercy, I have mercy the lagoon before Thee, as Good and Humane.
Prayers before and after confession
We figured out whether prayer exists from sin. She is, short and very active, as it turned out.
About confession, it was discussed above. And most importantly, they did not say. Before embarking on it, pray. Ask God for the forgiveness of your sins, sincerely ask, with all my heart. And read this prayer:
God and Lord of all! Every breath and soul that has power, One can heal the mighty of you, hear the prayer of me, the cursed one, and the serpent nesting in me with the influx of the Most Holy and Life-Giving Spirit, killing the consume: I also exist in poverty and nakedness of all virtue, at the feet of my holy father (spiritual) save him, and his holy soul to mercy, hedgehog mercy, attracters. And give, Lord, in my heart the humility and thoughts of goodness, befitting a sinner who agrees to repent to you, and do not completely leave the soul to one, who was united to you and confessed to you, and who chose and opted for you instead of the whole world: Lord, have mercy being saved, my custom, and my crafty one, is an obstacle: but you, Vladyka, are possible, the essence is all, the tree is impossible to be from a person. Amen.
Confessed? All right? Thank God, read the prayer after the confession:
As a weak and not at all powerless one on good deeds, humbly praying with tears, Lord, my Savior, help me establish myself in my intention: to live the rest of my life for you, the beloved of my God, is pious, and forgive my past sin forgiveness and allow from all my sins, said before Thee, as a good humane man. I also humbly pray to you, the Most Holy Theotokos, and to you, heavenly forces and all the saints of God, help me rectify my life.
Prayer for forgiveness of forgotten sins
Sometimes we forget about our sins. Too many of them run over a lifetime. This is not an excuse, but an unfortunate statement of fact.
When the Last Judgment comes, we will all see each other's sins. And horrified by what he saw. And we will be perplexed: how so? This man had the same sin as mine. But he repented of him. And there is no more sin with him, but mine drags after me.
These are our forgotten sins. Nowhere to go. Therefore, let us pray to God to forgive them for us:
Vladyka Lord, since forgetting your sins is a sin, I have sinned in all of You, the One Heartbreaker; You and forgive me all according to Your philanthropy; this is precisely the manifestation of Your glory, when You do not repay sinners according to their works, for You are forever glorified. Amen.
What is the essence of repentance?
Above, we presented prayer from sin. And what is its essence? What is the meaning of repentance?
To hate your sins. Cleanse them once and for all. Never again return to this abomination. Change your life. It is very difficult. At first it will seem simply unbearable. But, by the grace of God, everything will turn out slowly.
Summarize
In the article, we talked about prayer from sin, prayers for one's kind, and the Sacrament of Confession. We outline the main aspects:
- Sin is the transgression of God's commandments.
- The more we sin, the more we distance ourselves from God.
- Prayer from sin - it is short. And you can read it constantly.
- Few prayers alone. The sacrament of confession has not yet been canceled.
- Confession needs to be prepared.
- There are sins that we forget. And a prayer for their forgiveness.
- It is highly advisable to pray before and after confession. The texts of the prayers are given above.
Conclusion
Here we are with the readers and sorted out a prayer from sin. Now it’s clear how one can refrain from committing a spiritual crime.
If it happened, then hurry to confession. And to neglect the daily prayer of confession of your sins is not worth it.