Every believer knows that one must be grateful for the help provided. Saints are no exception. The most powerful prayer to the Guardian Angel, thank you, is especially popular. No wonder. After all, they are one of the most powerful defenders, protecting a person from the negative effects of demons and evil spirits.
Keeping the commandments
The main gratitude is the observance of the Ten Commandments that Moses received from God on Mount Sinai. Don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t envy, don’t commit adultery, honor your parents... It would seem that these are the rules of life for an ordinary decent person. However, it is incredibly difficult to comply with everything.
Our heroine Anna considered herself a pious woman. She went to church, fasted, and prayed daily. However, when she accidentally made a mistake at work, she had to choose: either admit her mistake and lose her bonus, or shift the blame to a co-worker.
The woman chose the second option, thereby violating the ninth commandment, which states: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Anna managed to receive the prize, but after this incident she began to be tormented by remorse. The woman felt that the Lord was displeased with her. And then she did the right thing: she admitted her mistake to the director and apologized to her colleague.
Yes, Anna received a reprimand, but her soul was calm. After that, every evening in prayer she thanked God for giving these commandments to humanity. She also thanked the Almighty for allowing her to sin, suffer and atone for her sin.
Sincere Prayer
Thus, there is one way to thank God - to pray correctly. This can be done both in the church and outside it; out loud and mentally; the main thing is that these words come from the very depths of the soul.
But it should be remembered that a prayer of gratitude is not one that is a response only to joyful events. Gratitude must be expressed even in difficult periods of life, because the Lord sends trials to a person so that in the end he finds good.
This is what Arkady did, who had an accident and suffered a spinal cord injury. He not only asked all the saints and his guardian angel to restore his health, but also thanked God every day in prayer for saving his life. Gradually, following the doctors’ orders, believing in the best and saying “thank you” to the Lord for every day he lived, Arkady began to recover.
Two years later, he got back on his feet and does not consider it a miracle: the man knows that this was a test from the Almighty, and he did the right thing, maintaining faith in the best.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel for every day
“O holy Angel, my good guardian and patron! With a contrite heart and a painful soul, I stand before you, praying: hear me, your sinful servant (name), crying with a strong cry and a bitter cry; Do not remember my iniquities and untruths, in whose image I, the accursed one, anger you all day and hour, and commit abomination to myself before our Creator, the Lord; Show yourself merciful to me and do not leave me, the vile one, even until my death; awaken me from the sleep of sin and with your prayers help me to pass through the rest of my life without blemish and create fruits worthy of repentance; moreover, protect me from the mortal falls of sin, so that I will not perish in despair, and may the enemy not rejoice over my destruction.
I truly confess with my lips that no one is such a friend and intercessor, protector and champion, like you, holy Angel: for standing before the Throne of the Lord, pray for me, indecent and most sinful of all, so that the Most Good One will not take away my soul on the day of my hopelessness and day of creation of evil. Do not cease to propitiate the Most Merciful Lord and my God, may He forgive me the sins that I have committed in all my life, in deed, in word and with all my feelings, and in the image of fate, may He save me, may He punish me here according to His ineffable mercy, but yes He will not convict or punish me according to His impartial justice; may he make me worthy to bring repentance, and with repentance may I be worthy of receiving Divine Communion, for this I pray more and I earnestly desire such a gift.
In the terrible hour of death, be persistent with me, my good guardian, driving away the dark demons that have the power to frighten my trembling soul; protect me from those traps, when the Imam passes through airy ordeals, yes, we protect you, I will safely reach the paradise I desire, where the faces of the saints and heavenly Powers constantly praise the all-honorable and magnificent name in the Trinity of the glorified God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, to Him honor and worship are due forever and ever. Amen."
Candles
The next way to express gratitude to God for the help provided is to light a candle in the church. For this, select the icon of the Savior, which is usually located on the right side of the altar. Read the prayer, say “thank you” for giving his life to save humanity. And luck will turn its face to you!
This happened to Anastasia, who really wanted a child, but for health reasons could not get pregnant. The girl attended church; I lit candles for both the Savior and the Mother of God; thanked her for all the good things in her life. And heaven helped her: Anastasia carried and gave birth to a wonderful son. After that, she began to thank God and her guardian angel with redoubled force. And most importantly, when the child grew up, she told him about the just and loving Lord, whose mercy is endless.
Appeal to an angel
However, you can thank not only the Creator, but also your guardian angel. After all, he is invisibly next to each of us, protecting, protecting and guiding. This can be done at any time, either with a special prayer or with ordinary words. For example: “Thank you, guardian angel, for following me and leading me, invisibly helping me and covering me with your wing.”
Again, words of gratitude can be anything; the main thing is that they are spoken from the heart and supported by pious actions. For a guardian angel, your destiny is of utmost importance. Therefore, do not forget to let him into your life. To do this, you should remember the day of honoring the angel: November 21 (the day of remembrance of all angels). On this day, it is important to come to church and light a candle with words of gratitude to your protector.
How does the Guardian Angel help?
Why is a Guardian Angel given to believers? As a heavenly mentor, protector of his soul and body. There are many more “good” angels than fallen ones. There is a constant confrontation between these forces, which believers feel in the form of spiritual experiences. Demons can incline a person to evil, sending evil thoughts to him, suggesting that there is nothing bad in sin.
That is why Orthodox Christians must be very attentive to every action, word, even thought. It is not always easy, but in any matter the Lord is ready to provide His help. All conditions have been created for this - a person only needs to call on the Guardian Angel, and he will suggest the right decision and help him refrain from evil.
Why exactly do heavenly spirits help to do good? God designed everything so that salvation would be accomplished through mutual help, revenue, and support. This way, more people can be saved, and the Angels take a direct part in carrying out the great plan of the Creator. By mercy, the Lord does not appear to people Himself, sending His servants, because they may not be able to stand His sight. Even the vision of Angels is not given to everyone.
Appreciation of the Saints
Very often, Orthodox people themselves choose one of the famous saints as their patron. Feeling his support and help in all endeavors, a person experiences a feeling of grace. To express gratitude to the saint, you can do the following:
- light a candle for the icon;
- read the akathist;
- donate to the temple;
- give alms to a beggar;
- turn with words of gratitude in prayer.
And, of course, do good deeds. They are the ones who will delight the saints who patronize you. Noble deeds will prove that the help they provided was not in vain.
As confirmation - an example from life. Alcoholism is a terrible disease, and Elena knew about it firsthand. Her husband Vadim is a heavy drinker: neither admonitions, nor scandals, nor coding helped him. Then Elena began to regularly attend church and ask Matronushka of Moscow to help her husband. A miracle happened: the man came to his senses and stopped drinking. Elena thanked Matronushka for a long time and promised to help everyone in need. She kept her word; and Vadim, indeed, never touched the bottle again.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel for all occasions
“Holy Angel of Christ, falling to you I pray, my holy guardian, given to me for the protection of my sinful soul and body from Holy Baptism, but with my laziness and my evil custom I angered your most pure lordship and drove you away from me with all the cold deeds: lies, slander, envy, condemnation, contempt, disobedience, brotherly hatred, and resentment, love of money, adultery, rage, stinginess, gluttony without satiety and drunkenness, verbosity, evil thoughts and crafty ones, proud custom and lustful indignation, self-lust for all carnal lust. How can you look at me, or approach me like a stinking dog? Whose eyes, Angel of Christ, look upon me, entangled in evil in vile deeds? How can I already ask for forgiveness with my bitter and evil and crafty deed, I fall into misery all day and night and at every hour? But I pray to you, falling down, my holy guardian, have mercy on me, a sinful and unworthy servant of yours (name), be me a helper and intercessor against the evil of my opponent, with your holy prayers, and make me a partaker of the Kingdom of God with all the saints, always, and now and ever and ever. Amen."
Letter to the Universe
Not every person is religious. However, many believe, if not in God or a guardian angel, then at least in an infinite and wise Universe. It is to her that they address words of gratitude, it is to her that they ask for mercy for themselves. But how to do it right? There are several techniques.
The most common of them is “Letter to the Universe.” It's very simple: you need to take a piece of paper and a pen and write about your gratitude to the Cosmos. The text can be in any form, the main thing is from the heart. If you thank the Universe for your birth, successes and even failures, the result will not be long in coming.
A striking example of this is Tatyana. She “sent” letters of gratitude to the Universe every month. It looked like this: in her messages, Tatyana indicated all the achievements and positive situations that happened during this period. Here she thanked the Universe for all the joys, went into nature, where she burned the letter and scattered its ashes in the wind. And, surprisingly, Tatiana was lucky everywhere, and her positive attitude towards life simply attracted good people to her.
Skeptics will say that this is a coincidence. However, nothing in the world is accidental. After all, scientists have proven that if you sincerely thank God, your guardian angel, the saints, the Universe or the people around you, this will become a powerful impetus for internal transformation. And, as we know, it leads to external transformations.
Biblical teaching about angels
Where do people get knowledge about the spiritual world invisible to them? Of course, from the Bible - this is a revelation of God, which was compiled by different people over many centuries. Angels are mentioned there quite often. Since some of the books included in the Bible are sacred for a number of other religions, each has formed its own idea of \u200b\u200bthe heavenly inhabitants.
According to Orthodox canons, Angels were created before Adam and Eve and the earth itself. The task of these disembodied creatures is to glorify the Lord, help Him, and help people save their souls. It is the Angel who sends the right thoughts that direct us to actions pleasing to God.
Heavenly spirits are immortal. They are often depicted on icons as young people with wings behind their backs, in liturgical (deacon's) robes, with a symbol of holiness (halo) above their heads. But they appeared to people in other images:
- with six wings (sometimes in the form of an air stream);
- with four faces;
- in the form of swords, wheels with eyes;
- in the form of animals - chimeras, centaurs, griffins, unicorns, etc.
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Not all Angels are the same - they have a clear hierarchy, it is believed that there are 9 degrees in it. The devil was originally the most powerful of the heavenly spirits, but pride prompted him to rebel against the Creator. Lucifer did not want to recognize man; he himself wanted to become equal to God and seduced many other inhabitants of heaven, who are now spirits of evil.
Salvation is in gratitude
The famous American entrepreneur and author of books on self-help issues, Joe Vitale, described the following case in one of his works. A man named Jonathan became seriously ill. Bilateral pneumonia was very severe, and there was no end in sight to his suffering. Then Jonathan did the right thing: he hung numerous pieces of paper on all the walls, on which one sentence was written.
It read: “Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings that I have and for all the blessings that I will receive.”
. Incredible, but true: exactly 24 hours later the disease subsided and the man recovered! The power of gratitude is incredible, and it's worth remembering even in the darkest of times.
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