Prayers of thanksgiving when the Lord grants any earthly blessings - Prayers of thanksgiving

Prayer of Saint John of Kronstadt

I thank You, eternal sweetness, incomparable, innumerably surpassing all earthly, carnal and rough sweets, incorruptible sweetness, life-giving, holy, quiet, light, premium, joyful, inexhaustible; I thank You, for You have given me these perishable sweets for tasting, pleasure, and, although in part, I know how sweet You are, that You are all sweetness, all desire. Illuminating with the material light, I say: glory to You, the unstoppable, sweet and all-joyful Light, as with this corruptible, but beautiful light - the image of Your unapproachable divine light, you illuminate us, and from this material light we constantly flow in thought to You, the eternal, unstoppable Light, and yes We strive through purity of life to achieve Your all-blessed contemplation.

How to order a prayer service of thanksgiving to Our Lord

A prayer service is a special type of church service. They are divided into several types:

with the blessing of water, with an akathist, thanksgiving, forgiveness.

This type of service is read by the priest after the Liturgy. They can be ordered at the temple. To do this, you need to take a piece of paper, a pen and money to make a donation for reading. The liturgy with thanksgiving differs from others in that it is performed as a sign of gratitude for healing from an illness or help in any other matter. In order to submit this type of forgiveness, a believer must contact any nearest Orthodox church in an icon shop and leave a note with the names of people who want to thank the Almighty for the help provided.

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Sometimes there is a special candle box at the temple, where you should send a note. After the priest reads the Divine Liturgy, he begins to pray, mentioning the names indicated in the notes. The end of the prayer service is accompanied by the anointing of those giving thanks with oil and sprinkling them with holy water.

Petitions are usually made in church on holidays. But you can also read them at home. But for this you need to receive a blessing from a clergyman. He will tell you in detail how to read it correctly.

Another prayer of St. John of Kronstadt

My endless sweetness, Lord Jesus Christ, what sweets did You not give me to taste in my temporary existence! Thank you, my mercy, my sweetness! But if earthly sweets are so numerous, varied, and pleasant, then what are heavenly, spiritual sweets: they are truly endless, countless, unimaginably pleasant. Do not, O most merciful and generous Lord, deprive me of Your heavenly sweets, which You have prepared for those who love You. Do not deprive them and your other people! Let us all know You, Lord, our Sweetness!

How to order a prayer service correctly

This type of petition is a short service. During it, Christians turn to the Almighty with requests for help in various everyday situations. In order to order a prayer service, you must complete the following steps:

Visit a temple or church and give a note to the candle maker in the icon shop. In this case, you must make a small monetary donation. As a rule, the donation amount is not fixed and each parishioner gives the amount that he can afford. Buy three candles and place them lit in front of the face of the Almighty. Candles must be lit before the thanksgiving prayer is read. You can write a note in the temple or prepare it at home on a small piece of paper. If you cannot write a note yourself, ask for a candle maker to be made according to your dictation. Write “Thanksgiving Prayer” on top of a blank sheet of paper. Below this entry write the names from whom it is submitted. Indicate the names that were given at the Sacrament of Baptism. Write all names in a column.

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If you do not have the opportunity to visit the temple and order a prayer service, then you can read it at home with the blessing of the holy father. To do this, use the following text of the prayer service to the Lord Jesus Christ:

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God. Thank you for our daily bread and grace sent from above. Thank you for your patience and long-suffering sorrows. Thank you, God, for day and night, for good and faithful friends. Thank you for your mercy and faith, for your guardian angel and holy love. Amen.

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Thanksgiving prayer to the Lord Jesus

Song of praise in the likeness of the psalms of David (from the works of St. John of Kronstadt)

The Lord is my being; The Lord is deliverance from eternal death; The Lord is my eternal belly; The Lord is my cleansing and deliverance from many sins and my sanctification; The Lord is strength in my weakness, space in my crampedness, hope in my cowardice and despondency; The Lord is light in my darkness, peace in my confusion; The Lord is an intercessor in my temptations. He is my thinking, my desire, my activity; He is the light of soul and body, food, drink, my robe, my shield, my weapon. Everything is for me Lord!

Psalm 103

Bless the Lord, my soul. Lord my God, you are greatly exalted; You have clothed yourself in confession and greatness; dress yourself in light like a robe, stretch out the sky like a skin; cover Your most exalted waters, set the clouds for Your ascent, walk on the wing of the wind; create your angels, your spirits, and your servants, a fiery flame. Found the earth on its firmament: it will not bow down forever. The abyss is like a robe; waters will appear on the mountains; They will flee from Your rebuke; they will fear the voice of Your thunder. Mountains rise and fields descend to the place you founded for them. You have set a limit, it will not be passed, the earth will be buried below. Send springs into the wilds, and waters will flow through the mountains. All the animals of the village are drinking, waiting for the onagers to satisfy their thirst. On you the birds of the sky are grafted; from the environment the stones will give a voice. Solder the mountains from Your exalted ones; From the fruit of Your works the earth will be satisfied. Vegetate grass for cattle, and grain for the service of man, to bring bread from the ground; and wine gladdens a man's heart, anointing the face with oil, and bread strengthens a man's heart. The trees of Poland and the cedars of Lebanon, which you planted, will be satisfied. There the birds will nest, Erodian’s dwelling leads them. The mountains are high with trees, the stone is a refuge for the hare. He created the moon in time, the sun knew its west. Thou didst set darkness, and it became night, in which all the wild beasts of the oak forests would pass, roaring, to snatch and seek food for themselves from God. The sun has risen, and they have gathered together and lie down in their beds. A man will go out to his work, and to his work until the evening. For Thy works are magnified, O Lord: with wisdom Thou hast created all things: the earth is filled with Thy creation. This sea is great and spacious, there are reptiles there, there are countless of them, small animals with great ones. There ships sail, this serpent, whom you created, curse him. Everyone is looking to You, to give them food at a good time. I will give to You, they will gather, I will open Your hand, they will be filled with all kinds of goodness. I will turn away Your face, and they will rebel; take away their spirit, and they will disappear and return to their dust. Follow Thy Spirit, and they will be created, and renew the face of the earth. Be the glory of the Lord forever; The Lord will rejoice in His works; look at the earth and make it shake, touch the mountains and make them smoke. I will sing to the Lord in my belly, I will sing to my God until I am; May my conversation delight Him, and I will rejoice in the Lord. Let sinners disappear from the earth, and lawless women, as if they did not exist. Bless the Lord, my soul. The sun knows your west, you put darkness and became night. Because Thy works have been magnified, O Lord, Thou hast done all things with wisdom.

Thanksgiving Service

In addition to prayers, the Church practices the service of thanksgiving prayer.

Holy Bishop of Milan

How to order a prayer service

To order it you need:

come to the temple and in the candle shop write a note with the title “Thanksgiving prayer to Jesus Christ”; write in the column the names of the thanksgiving people, only those given in the Sacrament of Baptism (in the genitive case - from whom: Nina, George, Lyubov, Sergius, Dimitri) ;there is no need to enter the surname, patronymic, citizenship of the donor, as well as names in the diminutive form (from Dashenka, Seryoga, Sashka); it is recommended to assign the status to the names: Bol. - sick, md. - infant (child under 7 years old), neg. - youth (teenager from 7 to 14 years old), warrior, nesp. - not idle, pregnant; give the completed form to the candle maker and make the recommended donation (if a person is experiencing financial difficulties, then no one will demand payment from him for the demand); there is no need to indicate the reason for gratitude, the Almighty knows everything and is in charge of everything, He is the Knower of the Heart ;it is advisable to purchase a candle in the church (any candle, and its price and size do not affect the quality of gratitude or the fervor of the prayer); on the eve of the prayer service, place it in a candlestick near the icon of Christ.

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Rules of conduct during prayer services

It is necessary to personally be present when the cleric performs the prayer service and work prayerfully together with him and other parishioners. If a person is seriously ill, then one of his relatives or friends can attend the prayer service on his behalf. Being late for the service is, to say the least, unsightly. Usually the services are performed at the end of the Liturgy, and it always takes place in the morning. Therefore, you first need to clarify the start time of the prayer service. During prayer, you need to think about every word spoken by the priest and, if possible, repeat the text to yourself after it.

What else you need to know about the church:

About the Divine LiturgyThe structure and decoration of an Orthodox churchAbout the All-Night Vigil

Important! You cannot be indifferent at the prayer service - after all, this is a personal prayer to the Lord of each parishioner who ordered the thanksgiving service.

Advice for parishioners

Services in the church are performed in the Church Slavonic dialect. This language is not understood by all parishioners, so it is recommended to parse the text of the prayer service yourself in advance.

It is not necessary to look for translated literature on the shelves of libraries or in bookstores - now there is enough information on absolutely any topic on the Internet.

Often prayers of thanksgiving are read along with other ordered requirements:

about health; about travelers; petitioners; holy waters.

Sometimes the priest serves a general prayer service, combining all the services ordered for that day. Don't worry, the "quality" of your thanksgiving will not be diminished at all.

Jesus Christ the Great Bishop

The prayer of gratitude should take a place in the heart of every person. Its correct and sincere pronunciation can radically change your life.

She makes it clear to the Lord that the prayer book humbly accepts everything, joys and difficult trials, that Heaven gives him. Everyone knows that it is impossible to grumble at God, because obstacles in life happen when a person leads a lifestyle that is displeasing to the Almighty, which is destructive for his soul.

Advice! If everything in life does not work out the way you would like, then prayerfully thank God for everything, trust Him with all your heart, without relying on your mind.

And then the Creator will make all the paths of earthly existence straight and full of happiness.

Watch a video about prayers of thanksgiving to the Lord God.

Psalm 145

Praise the Lord, my soul. I will praise the Lord in my belly, I will sing to my God as long as I am. Do not trust in princes, in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation. His spirit will depart and return to his land. On that day all his thoughts will perish. Blessed is the God of Jacob, his Helper, his trust in the Lord his God, who created heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, who preserves the truth forever, who brings judgment to the offended, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord will decide the chained ones. The Lord makes the blind wise. The Lord raises up the downtrodden. The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord protects strangers, He will accept the orphan and the widow, and He will destroy the path of sinners. The Lord your God will reign forever in Zion, forever and ever.

Psalm 148

Praise the Lord from heaven, praise Him in the highest. Praise Him, all His angels, praise Him, all His might. Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all stars and light. Praise Him The heavens of heavens and the waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: as He spoke, and was, He commanded, and was created. If I put it in the age and in the age of the century, I lay down the command, and it will not pass by. Praise the Lord from the earth, the serpents and all the deeps: fire, hail, snow, bareness, the stormy spirit that does His word, the mountains and all the hills, the fruitful trees and all the cedars, the beasts and all the cattle, the reptiles and the birds. The kings of the earth and all the people, the princes and all the judges of the earth, young men and maidens, elders and young men, let them praise the name of the Lord, for the name of the One is exalted, His confession on earth and in heaven. And the horn of His people will exalt a song to all His holy ones, the sons of Israel, the people who draw near to Him.

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What to say thanks for

For most people, and even those who consider themselves believers, everyday life seems dull and difficult.

Icon of Jesus Christ

There seems to be absolutely nothing to express a grateful feeling of gratitude to Christ for. This happens because people have forgotten how to accept gifts and enjoy them, considering what they receive as something they should have. But each of us receives the richest treasures from God: life, love, friendship, the ability to breathe, think, give birth to children.

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It was Heaven that gave us the majestic beauty of nature, rivers and lakes, steppes, mountains, trees, the moon, and heavenly bodies. And if we don’t know how to thank, we don’t receive other gifts.

If you have received what you asked for, thank the Almighty, in your own words, or better yet, in prayers. The human soul is alive as long as faith lives. And it must be supported by prayer appeals.

Advice! In addition to prayer, thanksgiving can be expressed by giving alms to poor people or tithing to the temple.

For every day lived, for the blessings sent down from Heaven, for the health, for the happiness of beloved children - for all the blessings of God, a prayer of gratitude to the Lord God should be heard from the lips of the petitioners.