The Lord Jesus Christ is the central figure in the Christian religion. This is a real historical figure and at the same time the Son of God the Father, who took on human flesh. He came to earth to save sinners. Therefore, believers often pray to Jesus Christ. The Son of God instructs on the path of righteousness, works miracles, and renews the soul of man. With His earthly life He showed what a Man should be.
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Why Jesus is our savior
Christ is the second person of the Holy Trinity - the Son, while combining divine and human nature. He felt everything that is typical of ordinary people - thirst, hunger; rejoiced, experienced fatigue, righteous anger (when he expelled the merchants from the Temple), sadness (having learned about the death of Lazarus, the Lord began to cry). Only the sins that people inherited from Adam are not characteristic of the Son of God.
Jesus is called the Savior because He delivered the human race from eternal death. This is the Messiah about whom the Old Testament prophets wrote. Many Jews expected God's messenger to appear as a strong and glorious king, ushering in a golden age in Israel's history. But the humble preacher from Nazareth did not live up to the expectations of the church elite. This did not prevent Christ from fulfilling the divine plan.
- The Lord was conceived supernaturally - from the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit. Being a man, he remained God.
- During the reign of Pontius Pilate, he was innocently convicted and executed - crucified on the cross.
- Christ died and rose from the dead on the third day.
- After a short stay with his disciples, Jesus ascended to heaven, where he remains with God the Father.
- Christians await the Second Coming, the general resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment and eternal life.
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Jesus is a great teacher. He explained the Holy Scriptures with the help of parables and gave many wise instructions. They should be guided in life. Every follower of Jesus must show love for their neighbor, have a firm and pure faith, always act according to their conscience, strive for spiritual growth, and study the Holy Scriptures.
Believers are supposed to offer prayers to the Lord at least twice a day - after waking up and before going to bed. This is a way of communicating with Him. It is also advisable to pray before eating, before starting every task - no matter what it is, everything in life should be sanctified.
The most important prayer to Jesus Christ
God does not need human praise. Believers turn to heaven for their own spiritual improvement. Christ commanded us to do this. He said the most important prayer to the Savior - “Our Father.” Her words have been known to everyone since childhood.
“Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen".
What does repeating the holy text give Christians? Many useful things for the soul and earthly life:
- Allows you to serve the Lord, according to the 1st commandment;
- Helps prepare for important events in life;
- Gives spiritual strength to fight temptations;
- By following Christ's instructions, people set a positive example for their children and brothers and sisters in the faith.
The Lord's Prayer contains all the most important petitions a person can have. It is not for nothing that its text is given in the Gospel. You need to know these words by heart. Today, when faith is very poor, other sacred texts need to be used.
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When praying for help, it is important to remember that the request should not contradict Christian commandments. Only in this case can we hope that it will be fulfilled. Many people fail to bring themselves to turn to God with enthusiasm every day, which leads to disappointment. But the holy fathers do not advise giving up. A person consists of three parts:
- Spirit is the most important thing that unites a person with the Creator. He is of divine nature. The spiritual must prevail.
- Soul - gives individuality. Is a source of emotions, experiences; it revitalizes the bodily component.
- The body is a temporary mortal shell. Called to obey and serve the spirit. But when the balance is disrupted, the body begins to dominate and dictate its own rules to the soul. That is why it is so important to constantly be in communion with God and to grow spiritually.
When the flesh occupies a dominant position, it becomes very difficult to observe fasts and church regulations. The Christian no longer thinks about how to please the Son of God. For such a person, lower order phenomena come first, and this is not necessarily something related to carnal sins (although they are usually present). It’s just that the place of the Creator is taken by entertainment, the pursuit of wealth, narcissism, etc. Such a “believer” moves away from the kingdom of heaven.
So let the demons perish
Firstly, as noted by Bl. Theodoret, “named seventy (meaning the Septuagint or “Translation of the Seventy Interpreters”: the first translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into ancient Greek, made in the 3rd–2nd centuries BC, according to legend, by seventy-two Jewish scholars for the Alexandrian diaspora - I.P.
.) All other translators called “sinners” “ungodly.” This is what both the Hebrew text and the Syriac translator call them.” Secondly, even if we accept such a general translation, by “sinners,” as Euthymius Zigaben explains, we should understand evil spirits, for “they were the first to give birth to sin and became teachers in it for people.” However, and blzh. Theodoret, as noted above, believes that the “wicked” are demons.
As for wishing them destruction, then, as Euthymius Zigaben writes, referring to St. Athanasius the Great, “demons are thinned by the presence of Christ, who is fire, consuming sin; where the word “perish” does not mean their resolution and destruction, but that they will no longer be found in those places overshadowed by the presence of Christ.”
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In the same sense, only in a slightly different aspect, St. interprets this passage. Gregory of Nyssa, who indignantly rejects the attempts of “debate lovers” who refer to similar passages in the Holy Scriptures, “to make the goodness of God an accomplice of their cruelty.” He is convinced that “just as someone who prays that there are no sick people, no beggars, wants not the death of people, but the extermination of disease and poverty: so each of the saints, praying that everything hostile and hostile to nature will come to destruction, only It gives the most ignorant people reason to think that the saints are bitter and irritated against people. For the Psalmist, having said: Let sinners perish from the earth, and let the wicked be no more
(Ps. 103:35), prays for sin and iniquity to disappear; because it is not man who is hostile to man, but the vicious movement of arbitrariness that is united with him by nature becomes his enemy. Therefore David prays that evil may disappear; but man is not evil” (Conversations on the Lord’s Prayer).
Like other holy fathers, St. Gregory understands the “enemies” for whose vengeance King David is calling for to be demons. However, not only them, but also the sinful passions they cultivate in us.
“Just as smoke, having dispersed through the air, leaves no sign of its existence, and wax, having been thrown into the fire, is no longer found: so if Divine grace and the help that prevailed in him descends on someone, passions immediately turn into nothing. Darkness does not tolerate the presence of light, and illness is not combined with complete health, and passions do not act in the presence of dispassion” (quoted from the Explanatory Psalter of Euthymius Zigaben).
Jesus Prayer
But you can and should fight for your spirituality. The remedy is very simple - repeat the sacred words. The more time a Christian spends in prayer to Jesus Christ, the stronger his spiritual component becomes.
There is a very special monastic wisdom that has been collected and passed on for centuries. This ability to concentrate on saying prayer at any moment is hesychasm. The person himself may be doing something else, but his mind and soul are unanimously occupied with saying:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
In order to exercise, however, it is not necessary to give up everything and go to a monastery. Many modern monks live in the world, which does not prevent them from growing spiritually.
Saint Simeon advises communicating with God in order to be heard:
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- It is necessary to remain in solitude. Sit down, close your eyes.
- Breathing should be calm.
- Consciousness must be directed to the area of the heart, while repeating the words of the prayer very quietly - only with your lips or just with your mind.
- With patience and calmness, drive away all other thoughts.
The righteous man advises doing this exercise as often as possible. Still, it is better to take a blessing from your confessor to read the Jesus Prayer. The main thing is to avoid the feeling of pride, narcissism, and the consciousness of oneself as a great man of prayer. This is the only way to avoid falling into devilish temptations.
Text of the Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.
Lord, Son of God, have mercy on me.
These are very powerful words that will help in different life circumstances:
- They heal from diseases - a blind man, whom the Savior healed in Jericho, addressed Jesus with a similar phrase (Gospel of Mark, chapter 10, verse 46).
- They provide protection from enemies - both invisible and very real.
- Helps ward off strong temptations.
A short text can replace all prayers except the Lord's Prayer and the Creed. He proclaims Jesus to be the Son of God; it contains a petition for forgiveness of sins. There is a request for help in the fight against demons. Thanks to powerful spiritual power, the believer becomes a whole nature. In this way, a constant memory of the Creator is brought up, the human being rushes to Him entirely.
- Prayer of thanksgiving to Jesus Christ;
- See here the Jesus Prayer - the text on how to pray correctly;
- Eighth prayer, to our Lord Jesus Christ: https://bogolub.info/utrennie-molitvy/.
Why do people repent? Repentance in Orthodoxy
Repentance when translated from ancient Greek means “regret,” “repentance,” “change of thoughts.” Those who have sinned before the Lord must repent. The absence of regret for what he has done makes a person infallible in his own eyes and leads to the denigration of the soul, the final fall from grace, as was the case with Satan. Internal changes during repentance allow you to abandon sinful thoughts and actions and turn to God. However, the duration of this process may vary. Sometimes repentance lasts a lifetime, in other cases it does not take even a couple of days. It depends on the depth of a person’s love, his willingness to change.
There are no infallible people. The ancestors Adam and Eve chose the path of sin (original). Since then, it has become impossible to completely purify oneself, to become “like God.” This means that it is important to constantly cleanse the soul of the consequences of one’s actions and thoughts. The greatest sin is unrepentant. An important part of the repentance process is the recognition of one's sins, which occurs in confession.
The most powerful prayers to the Lord Jesus Christ
It is impossible to list all the texts that are addressed to the Son of God in one material. But let’s focus on the most famous and necessary ones.
Akathist to the Sweetest Jesus
A marvelous example of church poetry in its beauty, extolling all the virtues of the God-man Christ. Helps drive away despondency, sadness, heals bodily ailments. You can read or hum, if possible. Used instead of prayers of thanksgiving. It has very ancient origins. Scientists have not been able to identify the author, but the beautiful words were undoubtedly written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Eternal King, Comforter, true Christ, cleanse us from all filthiness, as you cleansed the ten lepers, and heal us, as you healed the money-loving soul of Zacchaeus the publican Yes, let us cry out to You, calling with tenderness:
Jesus, incorruptible treasure; Jesus, inexhaustible wealth. Jesus, strong food; Jesus, inexhaustible drink. Jesus, the garments of the poor; Jesus, intercession of widows. Jesus, protector of the orphans; Jesus, help those who labor. Jesus, teacher of strangers; Jesus, the helmsman of the sailors. Jesus, calm the stormy times; Jesus God, raise me up, fallen. Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me.
Prayer to Jesus Christ for children
Taking care of the family is the sacred duty of every decent person, even if he does not believe in God. Coming into the world is a special blessing from the Creator. Therefore, until the end of their days, parents ask for protection for their beloved offspring, stand up for them, and try to pass on their spiritual heritage. And such requests have special power.
Lord, You alone weigh everything, you can do everything, and you want everyone to be saved and to come to the mind of Truth. Enlighten my children (names) with the knowledge of Thy truth and Thy Holy will and strengthen them to walk according to Thy commandments and have mercy on me, a sinner.
Prayer for all occasions
Texts from the prayer book are not always at hand. The human enemy sends temptations at different times, under different circumstances. Therefore, spiritual fathers advise memorizing short addresses - they will come in handy in emergency situations. Sometimes one prayerful sigh is enough to make your soul feel better.
Lord Jesus Christ, my God, cover me and your servant (names) from the malice of our adversary, for his strength is strong, but our nature is passionate and our strength is weak. You, O Good One, save me from the confusion of thoughts and the flood of passions. Lord, my sweet Jesus, have mercy and save me and Your servants (names).
Prayer demonstrates faith in God. It is the beginning and essence of spiritual life. One should resort to it in joy and sadness, bewilderment and illness. The Lord will definitely send you what you need - you just need to ask.
How to contact the Lord? Which icon should I pray in front of?
Words have power when love is put into them, if when reading a prayer text a person sincerely believes in the Lord. Other rules:
- in order to show respect when addressing the Lord Jesus, you must stand, you can kneel, in accordance with the canons of the Orthodox religion, only those people who are seriously ill can sit or lie down;
- when expressing a request for health, well-being, they bow (from the waist, to the ground), in the first case it is necessary to bend down to the waist, in the second - to the ground, but for this you need to kneel down;
- according to the recommendations of the clergy, one should perform the sign of the cross; for this, the fingers of the left hand are folded into three fingers, then they touch the forehead, the belly, the right, and then the left shoulder (only in this sequence), one must not rush, since the waves of the hand are empty if they are not the body , do not contribute to forgiveness, even after the sign of the cross you need to bow;
- before repentance, you should sober up your thoughts, distract yourself from earthly affairs, you need to calm down in your worries, even when the situation is hopeless;
- You can turn to Jesus in front of an icon or simply while reading a prayer book;
- it is important that it is the soul that prays, and not just its outer shell;
- one should ask for what is worthy of God; foolish requests will anger the Lord Our Father;
- It is advisable to read long prayers, this will allow the heart to warm up; if this is not possible, you need to repeat the text often 3, 6, 9, 12, 40, 100 or 150 times.
Prayer of thanksgiving to Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, God of all mercy and generosity, whose mercy is immeasurable and whose love for mankind is an immeasurable abyss!
We, falling before Your greatness, with fear and trembling, like unworthy slaves, bring thanks to You for the mercies shown to us.
As the Lord, Master and Benefactor, we glorify You, praise You, sing and magnify You and, falling down, thank You again!
We humbly pray to Your ineffable mercy: just as now You have accepted our prayers and fulfilled them, so in the future, let us succeed in love for You, for our neighbors and in all virtues.
And make us worthy to always thank and glorify You together with Your beginningless Father and Your all-holy, good and consubstantial Spirit.
Amen.
Psalm 90 Living in the help of the Most High...
Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God. Says the Lord: Thou art my Protector and my Refuge, my God, and I trust in Him. For Toy will deliver you from the snare of the trap, and from rebellious words; His blanket will cover you, and you will trust under His wing; His truth will surround you with weapons. Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow that flies during the day, from the thing that passes in the darkness, from the debris and the demon of the midday. Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will fall at your right hand, but it will not come close to you. Look at your eyes and see the reward of sinners. For You, O Lord, are my hope; You have made the Most High your refuge. Evil will not come to you, and wound will not come close to your body. As His Angel commanded you, keep you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their arms, but not when you dash your foot against a stone; tread on the asp and the basilisk, and cross the lion and the serpent. For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver; I will cover and because I have known My name. He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will destroy him, and I will glorify him; I will fill him with long days, and show him My salvation.
Prayer to Jesus Christ for healing
Lord Jesus Christ, let Your mercy be on my children (names), keep them under Your roof, cover them from all evil, take away every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts.
Lord, we are all Your creatures, have pity on my children (names) and turn them to repentance.
Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my children (names), and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel, and guide them on the path of Your commandments, and teach them, Father, to do Your will, for You are our God.
Amen.
