In the most difficult moment, people turn their eyes and prayers to the Almighty. What words come to mind, what is the most powerful prayer to help be heard? Should it be well-known and memorized prayers, or can a person convey in his own words to God his despair?
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How to pray?
Such a statement of the question is quite legitimate, because not every word has power. The most powerful prayer is one that is pronounced from the heart, with deep faith. Praying with the hope of "maybe" - what if it helps! - it means wasting time in vain. The Holy Fathers also say one more thing: when you pray, you need to think only about the meaning of your words, about the person for whom you are asking the Almighty, you cannot be distracted, pronounce the words mechanically, absent-mindedly.
What can I pray for?
About everything for the benefit of the prayer and his fellow man. Selfish requests for great wealth or for deeds that bring evil to someone are not pleasing to God. Everything else that man lives in God's authority.
A man prays for health for himself and loved ones, for forgiveness for some kind of sin, for success in business, for protection from evil people.
Of course, the most powerful prayer is for children, because it, like no other, is uttered with all passion, with tears, with deep hope. Maternal prayer can protect children from evil deeds and thoughts, from harm from unkind people. Why can one sometimes hear that the prayers of the mother do not help, but go out sideways? Such a statement is godly and deeply false. Here we can talk about something else. Often a mother may complain about failures with her children. And not always the mother knows what is good for them and what is bad. And therefore, prayers become more likely complaints, and even demands. Instead, one must realize that her children are the children of God, and agree that only He can show the way, but not the mother or father. And yet - you need to look for an answer in yourself: for what my sins does my child suffer? And this will be the most powerful prayer - recognition that all the will of the Almighty.
What language to pray in?
Would anyone argue that God is one? All peoples and languages of the world have been given their Name of God - that’s where the secret that foolish people who start religious wars cannot solve. In each faith, the very ten commandments are pronounced in different words. All holy books describe the same mortal sins. God created all languages, and he understands every word in any of them. Pray in your own language, and do not memorize texts in foreign dialects thoughtlessly - that’s where the truth is. It should be clear that the mother’s most powerful prayer comes from her soul and is uttered in simple words, this is a sacrament that she does not entrust to anyone except the Almighty. And He hears her.
What is a favorite prayer?
There is no secret here either: everyone has their own favorite prayer, born of his own problems and pains. She is the most powerful prayer. It can be long, or it can fit in one phrase. She may be repentant, humble, tearful - whatever, but these will be those words that can bring peace to the soul. Let everyone ask themselves: what words are ripening in my heart at a bad time? The author of these lines also has such a prayer, and it sounds very simple, but it is the main thing in life: “Oh, Almighty, do not bring me to see that my children are bad, and I have no strength to help them. Amen". And in bad times, other equally simple words come to mind that help you withstand: “God, give me the strength to bear it!”