Prayer in Lent: there are features

When a person just starts to pray regularly, he likes it, and he is inspired. This is where the danger lies. The first is to start to be proud of yourself and consider yourself worthy of some special feelings and visions. The second is to get tired of doing the prayer work and to give up your new habit. Many begin to pray regularly when they first go to confession. And they try to confess during fasting, often this is Lent. Are there any features for prayer at this time. What should be the prayer in Lent? And what you need to know about prayer in general?

First, if you know the importance of fulfilling a prayer rule, then you are already responsible for every little knowledge you have. And when you deliberately refuse prayer, it will be a sin, which, of course, you must confess. You must always turn to God every day. Prayer in Lent is special, because believers in these days are imbued with the spirit of repentance and try to read all the prayers of the rule, even if they usually do not read each one. Remember this and you.

Secondly, remember that you can and should pray at any time, for any work. For this, the fathers recommend Jesus' prayer. It does not distract from work and, at the same time, according to the testimony of believers, the work is better and randomness is often on the side of the praying.

Third, do not look for any special effects from prayer, such as euphoria, mood improvement, ecstasy. The Holy Fathers wrote that everything excessive happens from demons. An inexperienced person, these enemies of God can bring to a psychiatric hospital, so be careful.

Fourth, you need to be aware during prayer, as far as your achievements are modest. After all, even what we are accustomed to consider as our unconditional credit, God gave us. But all our sins are ours, and this reflects the right prayer in Lent.

At this time, you need to carefully analyze your thoughts and actions, and you need to be attentive to the motives that we control. A person is often unable to live properly because he is afraid to admit that he is weak and has already done much wrong. A person is afraid of unforgiveness. However, the Lord is merciful and after the confession you will feel like a heavy stone rolled off his shoulders.

The world becomes flattened, wrong without meeting with God. And this meeting is a prayer. The Christian constantly meets with God in this way. First, when prayer is heard at the time of baptism, at the end of the journey it is served and also prayers are read.

Researchers at Boston University have established that a person is inclined to seek in all events and things manifestations of higher meaning. In the soul of everyone from birth there is space for faith that can be filled with any religious beliefs. Only atheism in the soul of a normally developing child is not located. Then superstition and mysticism come to the place of faith.

Why does God need our love? Because this is the only thing that we ourselves can give or not give him. Everything else is in his hands. If there is his will, he can take all the wealth, glory and honor. On the Court to him we go only with a report for our affairs, nothing more we can not take from the material world.

Prayer to the Theotokos helps often in extreme and desperate situations. Why is this happening? Because the Blessed Virgin is the most good nature of our world, She is the intercessor of all Christians and brings prayers from them to God. In trouble, prayer to Her works wonders. She is sometimes sick children, She is called the mother of orphans. Therefore, if you need a special intercession - refer specifically to Her.

Prayer in Lent should be supplemented, apart from the obligatory rule, by reading more of the Gospel chapters than usual. In fasting, people avoid entertainment, so there is time to read spiritual literature. Instead of turning on the television, open the Eternal Book-the Gospel. And add the prayer to the rule to the rule. Ephraim the Syrian.