Prayer of our Father, Thou art in heaven. “Pray thus: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name! "Thy Kingdom Come"

“Our Father, Thou art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in Heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

INTERPRETATION OF THE PRAYER OUR FATHER

The most important prayer, it is called the Lord's, because the Lord Jesus Christ Himself gave it to His disciples when they asked Him to teach them how to pray (see Matt. 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4).

Our Father, Who art in heaven! With these words, we turn to God and, calling Him the Heavenly Father, we call to listen to our requests, or petitions. When we say that He is in heaven, we must understand the spiritual, invisible sky, and not that visible blue vault that is spread over us and which we call heaven.

May your name be hallowed - that is, help us to live righteously, holyly and glorify Your name with our holy deeds.

Let Your Kingdom Come - that is, make us worthy here, on earth, of Your Kingdom of Heaven, which is truth, love and peace; reign in us and rule over us.

May Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth - that is, let everything not be as we want, but as You please, and help us to obey this Your will and fulfill it on earth as unquestioningly and without grumbling, as it is fulfilled, with love and joy, by the holy angels in heaven . Because only You know what is useful and necessary for us, and You wish us well more than we ourselves.

Give us our daily bread today - that is, give us for this day, for today, our daily bread. Bread here means everything necessary for our life on earth: food, clothing, shelter, but most important of all is the Most Pure Body and Precious Blood in the Sacrament of Holy Communion, without which there is no salvation in eternal life. The Lord commanded us to ask ourselves not for wealth, not for luxury, but only for the bare necessities, and to rely on God in everything, remembering that He, as a Father, always takes care of us.

And leave us our debts, just as we leave our debtors ("debts" – sins;"our debtor"– those people who have sinned against us) - that is, forgive us our sins as we ourselves forgive those who offended or offended us. In this petition, our sins are called our debts, because the Lord gave us strength, abilities and everything else in order to do good deeds, and we often turn all this into sin and evil and become debtors to God. And if we ourselves do not sincerely forgive our debtors, that is, people who have sins against us, then God will not forgive us. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself told us about this.

And lead us not into temptation - temptations is such a state when something or someone draws us to sin, tempts us to do something lawless or bad. We ask - do not allow the temptation that we cannot bear, help us overcome temptations when they occur.

But deliver us from the evil one - that is, deliver us from all evil in this world and from the culprit (chief) of evil - from the devil (evil spirit), who is always ready to destroy us. Deliver us from this cunning, crafty power and its deceptions, which is nothing before you.

OUR PATHER - ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

The Lord's Prayer is also called the Lord's Prayer, because Christ Himself gave it to the apostles in response to their request: "teach us to pray" (Luke 11:1). Today, Christians say this prayer every day in the morning and evening rules; in churches during the Liturgy, all parishioners sing it aloud. But, unfortunately, often repeating a prayer, we do not always comprehend, but what exactly is behind her words?

"Our Father, who art in heaven"

1. We call God the Father because He created us all?
No, for this reason we can call Him - Creator, or - Creator. The appeal Father presupposes a well-defined personal relationship between children and the Father, which must be expressed primarily in likeness to the Father. God is Love, therefore our whole life should also become an expression of love for God and for the people around us. If this does not happen, then we risk becoming like those about whom Jesus Christ said: Your father is the devil; and you want to fulfill the desires of your father(John 8:44). The Jews of the Old Testament lost the right to call God the Father. The prophet Jeremiah speaks of this bitterly: And I said: ... you will call Me your father and you will not depart from Me. But verily, as a wife treacherously betrays her friend, so ye house of Israel have dealt treacherously with me, says the Lord. …Return, rebellious children: I will heal your rebellion(Jer 3:20-22). However, the return of the rebellious children took place only with the coming of Christ. Through Him, God again adopted all who are ready to live according to the commandments of the gospel.

Saint Cyril of Alexandria:“Only God himself can allow people to call God the Father. He gave this right to people, making them sons of God. And despite the fact that they departed from Him and were in extreme anger against Him, He granted the forgetfulness of insults and the communion of grace.

2. Why "Our Father" and not "mine"? After all, it would seem that what could be more personal for a person than turning to God?

The most important and most personal thing for a Christian is love for other people. Therefore, we are called to ask God for mercy not only for ourselves, but for all people living on Earth.

Saint John Chrysostom: “... He does not say: My Father, Who art in Heaven,” but - Our Father, and thereby commands prayers to be offered for the entire human race and never have in mind your own benefits, but always try for the benefits of your neighbor. And in this way it destroys enmity, and overthrows pride, and destroys envy, and introduces love - the mother of all good things; destroys the inequality of human affairs and shows complete equality between the king and the poor, since we all have an equal share in the highest and most necessary affairs..

3. Why "in Heaven" if the Church teaches that God is omnipresent?

God is truly omnipresent. But a person is always in a certain place, and not only with his body. Our thoughts also always have a certain direction. The mention of Heaven in prayer helps to divert our mind from the earthly and direct it to the Heavenly.

“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors”

8. Does God forgive sins only for those who themselves have forgiven their offenders? Why shouldn't he forgive everyone?

God is not inherent in resentment and revenge. At any moment He is ready to accept and forgive everyone who turns to Him. But remission of sins is possible only where a person has renounced sin, seen all its destructive abomination and hated it for the misfortunes that sin has brought into his life and into the lives of other people. And forgiveness of offenders is a direct commandment of Christ! And if, knowing this commandment, we still do not fulfill it, then we are sinning, and this sin is so pleasant and important for us that we do not want to refuse it even for the sake of Christ's commandment. With such a burden on the soul, it is impossible to enter the Kingdom of God. Only God is not to blame for this, but we ourselves.

Saint John Chrysostom: “This absolution initially depends on us, and the judgment pronounced against us lies in our power. So that none of the foolish, being condemned for a great or small crime, has reason to complain about the court, the Savior makes you, the most guilty, a judge of himself and, as it were, says: what kind of judgment you yourself will pronounce about yourself, the same judgment and I I will speak about you; if you forgive your fellow man, you will receive the same benefit from me.”.

"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one"

9. Does God tempt or lead anyone into temptation?

God, of course, does not tempt anyone. But we cannot overcome temptations without His help. If, however, while receiving this grace-filled help, we suddenly decide that we can live virtuously without Him, then God takes His grace away from us. But He does this not for the sake of revenge, but so that we can be convinced by bitter experience of our own powerlessness before sin, and again turn to Him for help.

Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk: “With this word: “lead us not into temptation,” we pray to God that He save us by His grace from the temptation of the world, the flesh and the devil. And although we fall into temptations, we ask that you do not allow us to be defeated by them, but that you help us overcome and defeat them. This shows that without God's help we are powerless and weak. If we ourselves could resist temptation, we would not be commanded to ask for help in this. By this we learn, as soon as we feel the temptation that comes upon us, to immediately pray to God and ask Him for help. We learn from this not to rely on ourselves and our strength, but on God..

10. Who is this - crafty? Or is it crafty? How to understand this word in the context of prayer?

Word sly - Opposite in meaning straight . Onion (as a weapon) Ray ina river, the famous Pushkin onion Omorye - all these are words related to the word onion ave in the sense that they denote a certain curvature, something indirect, curved. In the Lord's Prayer, the devil is called evil, who was originally created by a bright angel, but by his falling away from God distorted his own nature, distorted its natural movements. Any of his actions also became distorted, that is, crafty, indirect, wrong.

Saint John Chrysostom: “Here Christ calls the devil evil, commanding us to wage irreconcilable warfare against him, and showing that he is not such by nature. Evil does not depend on nature, but on freedom. And that the devil is predominantly called evil, this is because of the extraordinary amount of evil that is in him, and because he, not being offended by anything from us, wages an irreconcilable battle against us. Therefore, the Savior did not say: Deliver us “from the evil ones, but: from the stupid one,” and thereby teaches us never to be angry with our neighbors for the insults that we sometimes endure from them, but to turn all our enmity against the devil, as the culprit of all angry".

All about religion and faith - "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name prayer" with a detailed description and photographs.

Our Father, Thou art in heaven x!

May thy name be holy,

may the kingdom receive thy kingdom,

let your will be done

I am in heaven and on earth.

Give us our daily bread today;

and leave us until our lies,

I am the skin and we leave our debtors;

and lead us not into temptation,

but save us from onions

Our Father who art in heaven!

May your name be hallowed;

Let your kingdom come;

Give us our daily bread for this day;

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. ( Matthew 6:9-13)

Our Father who art in heaven!

May your name be hallowed;

let your kingdom come;

may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.

quies in caelis,

sanctificetur nomen tuum.

Adveniat regnum tuum.

Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.

Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,

sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,

sed libera nos a little.

In English (Catholic liturgical version)

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be your name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Why did God Himself give a special prayer?

“Only God Himself can allow people to call God the Father. He gave this right to people, making them sons of God. And despite the fact that they departed from Him and were in extreme malice against Him, He granted the forgetting of insults and the communion of grace.

The Lord's Prayer is given in the Gospels in two versions, a longer one in the Gospel of Matthew and a shorter one in the Gospel of Luke. The circumstances under which Christ pronounces the text of the prayer are also different. In the Gospel of Matthew, the Our Father is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Evangelist Luke writes that the apostles turned to the Savior: “Lord! Teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1).

Holy Fathers on the prayer "Our Father"

What do the words of the prayer "Our Father" mean?

Why can you pray differently?

The Lord's Prayer does not exclude the use of other prayers. The Lord did not want that, besides the prayer given by Him, no one should dare to introduce others, or express their desires otherwise, as He expressed, but only wanted it to serve as a model that would be similar to it in spirit and content. “Since the Lord,” Tertullian notes about this, “after teaching the rule of prayer, he specifically commanded: “Seek and you will find” (Luke 11, 9), and there is a lot about which each according to his circumstances, having prefaced this law with a certain prayer, as a foundation, has the need to pray, then it is permissible to add others to the petitions of this prayer, according to the current needs of life. ".

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Lord's Prayer "Our Father"

One of the main prayers of an Orthodox person is the Lord's Prayer. It is contained in all prayer books and canons. Its text is unique: it contains thanksgiving to Christ, intercession before Him, petition and repentance.

It is with this prayer that we turn to the Almighty directly without the participation of saints and heavenly angels.

Reading rules

The Lord's Prayer is included in the number of obligatory prayers of the morning and evening rule, and its reading is also recommended before meals, before starting any business.
It protects from demonic attacks, strengthens the spirit, and delivers from sinful thoughts.
If during the prayer there was a reservation, you need to impose the Sign of the Cross on yourself, say "Lord, have mercy" and start reading again.
You should not treat the reading of a prayer as a routine work, say it mechanically. The request and praise by the Creator must be expressed sincerely.

Important! The text in Russian is in no way inferior to the Church Slavonic version of the prayer. The Lord appreciates the spiritual impulse and mood of the prayer book.

Orthodox prayer "Our Father"

The main idea of the Lord's Prayer - from Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov)

The Lord's Prayer Our Father is an integral prayer and unity, because life in the Church requires a person to fully concentrate his thoughts and feelings, spiritual aspiration. God is Freedom, Simplicity and Unity.

God is everything for a person and he absolutely must give everything to Him. Rejection from the Creator is detrimental to faith. Christ could not teach people to pray otherwise. God is the only good, he is “existing”, everything is to Him and from Him.

God is the One Giver: Thy Kingdom, Thy Will, leave, give, deliver... Here everything distracts a person from earthly life, from attachment to earthly things, from worries and attracts to the One from whom everything is. And petitions point only to the assertion that little space is given to earthly things. And this is right, because renunciation of worldly things is a measure of love for God, the reverse side of Orthodox Christianity. God Himself descended from heaven to call us from earth to heaven.

Important! When reading a prayer, a person should be seized by a mood of hope. The entire text is imbued with hope in the Creator. Only there is only one condition - "just as we forgive our debtors."

Our Father is a prayer for peace, comfort and joy. We, sinful people with our problems, are not forgotten by the Heavenly Father. Therefore, you need to offer prayers to Heaven constantly, on the road or in bed, at home or at work, in sorrow or in joy. The Lord will surely hear us!

Orthodox prayers ☦

4 prayers "Our Father" in Russian

Prayer Our Father from Matthew

“Our Father who art in heaven!

hallowed be thy name;

let your kingdom come;

may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

give us our daily bread this day;

and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

Prayer Our Father from Luke

“Our Father who art in heaven!

hallowed be thy name;

let your kingdom come;

may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

give us our daily bread for every day;

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every debtor of ours;

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

Lord's Prayer (short version)

hallowed be thy name;

let your kingdom come;

give us our daily bread for every day;

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, prayer

“Pray like this: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name!”

Continuing the conversation on prayer in the Conversation on the Mount, Jesus Christ teaches His followers and disciples how to pray, giving as an example the text of the Lord's Prayer. This prayer, in comparison with other prayers, is the main prayer of Christianity. It is called the Lord's because the Lord Himself, Jesus Christ, gave it to His disciples. The Lord's Prayer is a model of prayer, the text of which is fully consistent with the teachings of Christ. However, along with this prayer, there are other prayers, which is proved by the fact that Jesus Christ Himself uttered other prayers (John 17:1-26).

“Pray like this: Our Father who art in heaven! hallowed be thy name; let your kingdom come; may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us our daily bread this day; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. (Mat. 6:9-13).

According to the traditional explanation, the text of this prayer consists of an invocation, that is, an appeal, seven petitions and a doxology, that is, glorification. The prayer begins with an invocation addressed to God the Father, the First Person of the Trinity: "Our Father". In this invocation, God the Father is called “Our Father,” that is, our Father. Since God the Father is the Creator of the world and all creations, we call God our Father. However, according to religious ideas, not all people can call the Lord God their Father, since they do not have a moral right to do so. In order to call the Lord God your Father, one must live observing the Law of God and fulfill the commandments of Christ. The Savior speaks directly about this, pointing to the Christian way of life of a person. “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven” (Mat. 5:44-45).

From these words it becomes clear that only those people who live according to the commandments of God can call themselves the sons of the Heavenly Father, and God their Heavenly Father. All other people who do not observe the Law of God in their lives and do not repent of their sins and do not correct their mistakes, remaining God's creations, or, in the language of the Old Testament, God's servants, are unworthy to call themselves sons of their Heavenly Father. The Savior Himself, Jesus Christ, spoke convincingly about this to the Jews after the Sermon on the Mount. “You are doing the works of your father. To this they said to Him: We are not born of fornication; We have one Father, God. Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, then you would love Me, because I came and came from God; for I did not come of myself, but he sent me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you cannot hear My words. Your father is the devil; and you want to do the desires of your father” (John 8:41-44).

By allowing us to call God our Heavenly Father, the Savior thereby indicates that all people are equal before God and cannot stand out either by noble origin, or nationality, or wealth. Only a pious way of life, the fulfillment of the laws of God, the search for the Kingdom of God and His righteousness can become a distinctive feature of a person and give him the right to call himself the son of his Heavenly Father.

"Who is in heaven". According to the Christian tradition before and now, the whole world and the whole universe except the planet Earth is called the sky. Since God is the Omnipresent Spirit, the words of the prayer “who is in heaven” indicate that God is the Heavenly Father, who exists in heaven and is different from the earthly father.

So, invocation The Lord's Prayer consists of words "Our Father who art in heaven" . With these words, we turn to God the Father and call to listen to our requests and prayers. When we say that He dwells in heaven, we must mean by this the spiritual invisible sky, and not that blue vault (air expanse) that extends above us. We also call God the Heavenly Father because He is Omnipresent, that is, He is everywhere, just as the sky extends everywhere above the earth. And also because He rules, towering over everything (like the sky above the earth), that is, He is the Most High. In this prayer, we call God the Father, because He, in His great mercy, allowed us Christians to be called His children. He is our Heavenly Father, because He created us, our life, and takes care of us, like the Kindest Father about his children.

Because all Christians have the same Heavenly Father, they are all considered brothers and sisters in Christ and should care for and help each other. Therefore, if a person prays alone, he should still say “Our Father”, and not my Father, because every Christian should pray not only for himself, but also for all other people. Calling God the Heavenly Father, we thereby emphasize the idea that despite the fact that God is everywhere, but most of all He abides in spiritual heaven, where no one angers Him and does not remove Him from himself with his sins, and where the Holy Angels and God's Pleasing constantly praise Him.

First request: “Hallowed be thy name!” That is, may Your Name be holy and glorified. With these words, we express our desire that the Name of our Heavenly Father be hallowed. That is, so that this Name, both by us and by other people, is always pronounced with reverence and always revered and glorified. If we live righteously, holyly, and holyly do the will of the God in whom we believe, then by these actions we will sanctify and glorify His Holy Name. At the same time, other people, seeing our pious life and good deeds, will glorify the name of Our God, the Heavenly Father.

St. Augustine the Blessed writes about these words: “What does this mean? Can God be more holy than He is? in Himself cannot; this name in itself remains one and the same throughout the ages. But His holiness can multiply and grow in ourselves and in other people, and in this petition we pray that the human race will know God more and more and honor Him, the All-Holy.”

About the words we are analyzing, St. John Chrysostom wrote: “Let him be holy” means let him be glorified. Vouchsafe us - as if the Savior teaches us to pray like this - to live so pure that through us all glorify You ”(Conversations on Matthew, chapter 19).

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ told His disciples: “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Mat. 5:16) . The followers of Jesus Christ, in order to fulfill God's will, do good deeds, living according to the laws of God. People who see the unselfish accomplishment of good deeds in the name of Christ will know the holiness of God and His Name, for the sake of the fulfillment of whose will good is done. And through doing good, the name of God is hallowed. That is, through this Name, good is affirmed in the world, and the Name of the Lord is sanctified by this good. And people who see good things done in the Name of God recognize this Name as holy and glorify the Name of God.

The first Christians endured great suffering in the name of God and did not deny Him. And with their love for their neighbor, mercy and self-sacrifice, the first Christians introduced many pagans to Christianity, who saw the patience, selflessness and good deeds of Christians, inspired to do good by the Name of God, shining and living in their souls.

In subsequent centuries, the holy life of the righteous made many unbelievers believe in the holiness and greatness of God's Name. Therefore the words "Hallowed be thy name" can be explained as follows. May Your holy Name be glorified by the good deeds of people who do good for the glory of the Holy Name of God. May the light of God's Name be in the hearts of those people who do good, glorifying the Holy Name of God. May all nations of the world glorify You, O Lord, and may Your Holy Name be glorified and holy everywhere forever and ever!!

Second request: "Thy kingdom come." What kingdom are we talking about in these words and how should they be understood? Since the Lord is the Creator of the world and its King, the whole world, material (earthly and heavenly) and supernatural, represents His Kingdom. According to the teachings of Christ, there is a Kingdom of God on earth and there will be a Kingdom of Heaven. These two kingdoms are different from each other. The Kingdom of Heaven is the Kingdom of Eternal Bliss, which will come after the Last Judgment of the Lord and which is promised to the righteous for their God-pleasing life. Since the Kingdom of Heaven will come anyway, regardless of requests and prayers, therefore, in the words being analyzed, it is not about him.

Most often, the words Kingdom of God refer to the Kingdom of the earth. This kingdom is an association of people who voluntarily and diligently fulfill God's will and live according to the commandments of Christ. For such people, the highest law of life is the Law of God commanded by the Savior, Jesus Christ. These people live to do Good, to the glory of God, they show true love even to enemies. Thus, the Kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom that has no boundaries, knows no national division and unites people among themselves with truly Christian views and the fulfillment of the Will of God. This Kingdom arises where people live according to the laws of God and do good for the glory of God. So when we say "Thy Kingdom Come" , we pray to God for the speedy onset of this Kingdom of God for all people in the world. We make such a request so that people all over the world will soon know the Will of God, and by fulfilling it, begin to live according to God's laws, doing good in their lives, thereby reducing the presence of evil.

In the words being analyzed, we ask the Lord that the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Goodness, Reason and Love, Light and Peace, reign on earth and absorb all the people in the world, uniting them into a single flock of Christ with a single Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Asking God that in earthly life all people in the world enter the Kingdom of God, we thereby ask that all people subsequently become members of the Kingdom of Heaven. Because one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven only by becoming a worthy member of the Kingdom of God.

Thus, saying in your prayer the words "Thy Kingdom Come" , we pray that the Kingdom of God will extend to all people in the world who, having become members of this Kingdom, could enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That is, we pray to the Lord to grant all people in the world the Kingdom of God, and later the Kingdom of Heaven. Along with these parsed words, we ask the Lord that He reign supreme in our souls, that is, govern our mind, heart and will, and also that God help us with His grace to serve Him and faithfully fulfill His laws. Because if we have the Kingdom of God in our soul, then our soul will be pure and blameless, and we will be protected by the power and love of God from adversity and misfortune in earthly life and we will be rewarded with eternal bliss in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Third request: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Semantic interpretation of the text. In these words, we are talking about the fact that the will of the Lord abide undividedly on earth as in heaven. How should these words be understood? The Lord God is the Creator of the world and its Almighty. Everything in the world obeys His Will. And despite the intrigues of the forces that oppose God, God's will always finally wins, turning evil into good. But, despite the inviolability of the will of God, the Lord gave man the opportunity to manifest free will himself and express it in the performance of deeds. By abusing free will, many people act contrary to the will of God, which leads to calamity and evil. The clash and opposition of the will of God and the human and led to the fact that the world was divided into two opposite camps of people. One of which is guided in his life solely by the fulfillment of the will of God. The other camp of people lives using free will in the choice of life actions aimed at achieving enrichment, power, pleasure. These two camps of people are allegorically opposed to each other as heaven (where God's will is done) and earth (where chaos and evil reign).

A person is weak in his strength, surrounded by temptations and temptations, and without God's help he cannot independently achieve happiness in life. But a person is strong enough to keep the commandments of God and build his life according to the laws of God. And then the Lord helps such a person achieve happiness in life, surrounding such a person with His care, attention and support. Having given man free will, the Lord desires that man independently, of his own free will, come to God and understand that God is man's Friend, Defender and Helper. And so that a person, having understood this, voluntarily fulfills the will of God, that is, lives according to the laws of God, since only this only path of goodness leads to happiness and salvation. Smart people, realizing this principle of life, do good for the glory of God, and live according to God's laws, fulfilling God's will in everything.

In the words being analyzed, we are just asking that the will of God guide the actions of people (for the good of people) just as it guides all the world (natural and supernatural). And so that the will of people would express not their egoistic, sinful desires, but the will of God. For people to desire and do for their own good only what is pleasing to God. The fact that man submits to the will of God does not mean the destruction of man's free will. On the contrary, the fact that a person chose to voluntarily fulfill the will of God indicates that a person was able to understand life, showed his mind and ingenuity and realized that it is better to live fulfilling God's will, since only this path is the only true one and leads to good happiness and salvation. Therefore, the voluntary fulfillment of the will of God by man does not destroy the freedom of the will of man, but brings the human will into harmony with the will of God.

Jesus Christ also spoke about the need to harmonize one's will with the will of God the Father. “I seek not My will, but the will of the Father who sent Me” (John 5:30). And in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus Christ humbly ended His prayer with the words: “Thy will be done” (Matt. 26:42) . If the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ Himself, coordinated His will in everything with the will of the Heavenly Father, then it is all the more necessary for us, people, to follow this example and fulfill the will of God in everything.

Observance of the will of the Lord for us, people, is necessary and useful. And it is necessary for the Lord to help us and take care of us in earthly life, and later allow us to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. “Not everyone who says to me: “Lord! Lord!” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven” (Mat. 7:21) .

With parsed words of prayer, we ask God that His will be done by all people. And also that He would help us in earthly life to fulfill His will in the same way as the Holy Angels fulfill it in heaven, and that everything on earth should happen and be done according to the will of God just as it happens and is done in heaven. With these words, we are saying that let everything happen not as we please (not according to our desire), but as God pleases, because we can make mistakes in our desires and do ungodly acts. And God is Omniscient and Perfect, and He cannot make mistakes, and therefore He knows better what is good for us and what is bad. And He, more than we ourselves, wishes us well and does everything for our benefit. Therefore, may His Will always be, both in heaven and on earth.

Fourth request: "Give us this day our daily bread." Semantic interpretation of the text. With these words, we ask God that today He would give us the bread necessary for existence. The Lord in His commandment pointed out that we should not ask Him for luxury and wealth, but only the most necessary and remember that He, as a Father, always takes care of us. Therefore, in the fourth petition, by daily bread we mean everything necessary for our life on earth. In addition to food for the body, a person also needs food for the soul, which is prayer, reading spiritually useful books, studying the Bible and doing good deeds. This petition also implies a request for Holy Communion in the form of the Most Pure Body and Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, without which there is no salvation and eternal life.

Daily bread means everything useful and necessary for our existence. Since a person consists of a soul and a body, in this petition we ask for the satisfaction of both our spiritual and bodily needs. That is, we ask not only that the Lord provide us with the necessary housing, food, clothing, but also help us develop morally and spiritually, help us purify, elevate and ennoble our soul through our activities (actions) and way of life. This would bring us closer to God.

St. John Chrysostom, explaining the words being analyzed, wrote as follows: “He commanded to ask for daily bread not for eating, but for nutrition, replenishing what was spent and rejecting death from hunger, not luxurious tables, not various dishes, products of cooks, inventions of bakers, delicious wines and other similar things that delight the tongue and burden the stomach, darken the mind, help the body to rise up against the soul. This is not what the commandment asks and teaches us, but daily bread, that is, turning into the essence of the body and able to support it. Moreover, we are commanded to ask him not for a great number of years, but as much as we need today. Indeed, if you do not know if you will see tomorrow, then why bother worrying about it? . The one who gave you a body, breathed in your soul, made you an animal and prepared all the blessings for you, before he created you, will he forget you, his creation” (Conversation “On Life According to God”, “Conversation on Matthew 19”).

Fifth request: "And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors." Semantic explanation of the text. With these words, we ask God to forgive us our sins, since we ourselves forgive those people who offended us or harmed us. In this petition, by the word debts we mean sins, and by the word debtors we mean people who are guilty of something before us.

In Christian Orthodox theology, it is believed that if we ask God to forgive us our debts, that is, our sins, and we ourselves do not forgive our offenders and personal enemies, then we ourselves do not receive forgiveness of our sins from God. Why, then, in this petition are sins called debts, and sinners debtors? This happens because the Lord gave us the strength and everything necessary to do good deeds, and we very often turn all our energy and all our capabilities into sin, and thus become debtors to God as having wasted His gift for other purposes. But since many people commit sin not consciously, but out of error, then the Lord is merciful to people and, with sincere repentance, forgives our sins. And we, people, imitating God, must forgive debtors, that is, our offenders.

Jesus Christ advises to love our enemies, bless those who curse us, do good to those who hate us, and pray for those who offend and persecute us. Those people who fulfill this commandment undoubtedly forgive their enemies and themselves have the right to forgiveness from God. But not all people have risen to such a degree of moral perfection. Therefore, if a person still cannot force himself to do good to his enemy (that is, do good to the enemy), but already knows how to restrain himself from revenge on the enemy, does not get angry with his enemy and forgives him all offenses, then such a person (who does not stop his spiritual growth, directed to do good deeds to the enemy and the offender) still has the right to ask God for forgiveness and his sins. And the person who is angry with his enemies and offenders, curses them and wishes them harm, has no right to turn to God for the forgiveness of his own sins. “For if you forgive people their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive people their trespasses, then your Father will not forgive you your trespasses” (Mat. 6:14-15).

Therefore, before turning this petition to God, we must forgive all our personal enemies and offenders. And also have to reconcile with those people who have something against you. That is, with those people with whom we are not angry, but who consider themselves offended by us. “Go, first be reconciled to your brother” (Mat. 5:24). And only then can we turn to God with a request for the forgiveness of our own sins.

If a person does not forgive his personal enemies and offenders, but turns to God with this petition, then he asks to do with himself, as he himself does with his offenders. Think about the meaning of the text of the fifth petition: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." In other words, we ask God, regarding the forgiveness of our sins, to deal with us as we did with our offenders. That is, we ask God that if we ourselves did not forgive the sins of our offenders, then so that He would not forgive us our sins. St. Augustine the Blessed wrote about these words as follows. God “says to you: forgive and I will forgive! You have not forgiven - you are going against yourself, and not I.

About the vital merciful act of forgiving offenders and enemies, Jesus Christ spoke in His parable about the debtor, which says that the king forgave a large debt to his servant, but the evil slave did not forgive a small debt to his comrade. The sovereign, who learned about this act, became angry and punished the evil slave. “And, angry, his sovereign handed him over to the torturers until he paid him all the debt. This is what my Heavenly Father will do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart for his sins” (Mat. 18:33-35).

Therefore, before asking God for the forgiveness of our sins, it is necessary to forgive our personal offenders, remembering that just as we forgive the sins of our enemies, so the Lord will forgive us our sins.

Sixth request: "And lead us not into temptation." Meaningful explanation of this text. According to Christian religious, moral and philosophical ideas, temptation is a test, expressed in the fact that a person can fall into sin, that is, commit an evil, bad deed. According to Christian concepts, God and man are subjected to temptation. For a person, temptation manifests itself in the form of seduction by temptations and the commission of a sinful act. The temptation of God is manifested in the demand from Him to demonstrate evidence of His omnipotence and mercy. Such demands come either from a person or from an evil spirit.

For a person, temptation is a test of his moral and moral spiritual strengths and qualities, at a time when a person is persuaded to commit an immoral sinful act that violates the Law of God. The temptation for a person can also be manifested in the test of his faith and virtue. The Lord God will never allow man to be tempted by temptations that lead to sin. The temptation that comes from God can only be manifested in the testing of a person's faith. For example, as it was with Abraham or Job.

Only an evil spirit tempts a person with all kinds of sinful temptations, and a person himself and other people around him can also tempt him. To be subject to all sorts of temptations and temptations is the inevitable fate of all people in the world. When meeting with temptations, the following pattern is observed: the stronger the temptation, the more difficult it is to fight it, but the more pleasant the victory over it. Knowing that every person will be subject to temptation, people should not seek to meet with them, but should turn away from them and turn away from the temptations of our neighbors. It is necessary to act in this way in order not to overestimate one's strength, to avoid arrogance and not to fall into sin.

But if a person is faced with a temptation, then he must meet it with the opposition of an iron will, the light of reason and unshakable faith in God, who will certainly help a person achieve victory over any temptation. Repentance, fasting and prayer are the key to victory over temptations and temptations.

According to Christian views, a person is endowed with the power of the spirit, which dominates the body and will help overcome any lusts, whims and sinful desires. The Lord, instilling in a person the inexhaustible strength of an unbending spirit (spiritual power), enabling a person to overcome any temptations and fight the temptations of people close to him.

From the foregoing, we can conclude that temptation is such a state when something or someone influences a person and pushes him to commit a sin. That is, it seduces to sin, to bad and evil deeds and deeds. And so in this petition we ask God to help us stand against sin and not be offended, that is, not fall into sin. We ask the Lord to help us overcome temptation and prevent us from committing evil.

Seventh request: "But deliver us from the evil one." Semantic explanation of the text. Not only bad people around him can seduce a person. A person can seduce himself under the influence of his sinful lusts and desires. An evil spirit, the devil, can also tempt and seduce a person. By the will of God, the devil has no power over a person, but can seduce him, suggesting evil thoughts and desires to a person, pushing him to commit evil deeds and utter evil words.

In other words, the power of the evil spirit is in deceit, that is, deceit, deceit, cunning, through which it tempts a person to commit evil deeds. The more evil a person commits, the further God moves away from him, and the closer the Tempter comes. Because the spirit of evil uses deceit as a tool to seduce a person, in this prayer it is called an evil spirit. And if the spirit of evil acquires power over people, it is only when people voluntarily submit to it without resistance, becoming servants of evil, without thinking that this only leads them to death. Because the devil is not a friend, but an irreconcilable enemy to man, and he “son of perdition” (2 Thess. 2:3) . And “when he speaks a lie, he speaks his own, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44), “deceiver of the whole world” (Rev. 12:9) . He is an enemy, that is, an enemy of people. “Be sober, be vigilant, for your adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).

People can and must overcome the devil!! But since the spirit of evil is a supernatural force that surpasses the strength of people, then people ask the Almighty Good Light supernatural power, God, to help them fight the spirit of evil and protect them from it. We turn to the Lord for help because God, embodying in Himself the Good, Light, Reasonable power, incommensurably superior in power to any evil, is the Defender and Helper of man. “For the Lord God is a sun and a shield” (Ps. 83:12). He “The God of all grace” (1 Peter 5:10). “God is my helper” (Ps. 53:6). “God is my intercessor” (Ps.58:10).

To help us over the devil and his wiles, we, the people, cry out to God, the Merciful, the Righteous and the Almighty. The essence of our petition is that God deliver us from all the evil that is present in this world and protect us with His almighty power from the head of evil - the devil (evil spirit), who is trying to destroy people. That is, we ask God to deliver us from the insidious, evil and crafty power and protect us from its wiles.

Doxology: “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen". These words of Jesus Christ in the common text of the Lord's Prayer are more expanded. “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen." Semantic explanation of the text. In the doxology of prayer, we express our full faith in the power of the power of God and in His Power, Invincibility and Glory, spreading over the whole world. This faith is based on the fact that to You our God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, belongs the Kingdom and power and eternal glory. That is, power over the whole world (in other words, the Kingdom), power (in other words, strength) and reverence and fame (in other words, glory) belongs to the ages of ages (that is, to all ages, forever). The prayer ends with the word "Amen". This is a Hebrew word. It means "all this is true, true so, so be it." This word was usually pronounced by the Jewish people in synagogues after reading the prayers. The custom of ending prayers with this word passed into Christianity.

In what cases of life is the Lord's Prayer read? The Lord's Prayer is read in all cases of life, in danger and in joy, at home and on the road, before the performance of any, but especially important things. This prayer is read as a prayer that protects us from evil, both human and supernatural, as a prayer of supplication and as a prayer giving praise to God. Therefore, after reading this prayer, you can express your personal wishes about our needs, directed to God.

Our Father, who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come,
May Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth.
Give us our daily bread today;
And leave us our debts,
Like we also leave our debtor;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
Amen.

Modern Russian translation:
Our Father who art in heaven! hallowed be thy name; let your kingdom come; may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us our daily bread this day; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. (Mat. 6:9-13)

Interpretation : This prayer is called the Lord's, because the Lord Jesus Christ Himself gave it to His disciples when they asked Him to teach them how to pray (see Matt. 6, 9-13; Luke 11, 2-4). Therefore, this prayer is the most important prayer for everyone.
Our Father, Who art in heaven! With these words, we turn to God and, calling Him the Heavenly Father, we call to listen to our requests, or petitions. When we say that He is in heaven, we must understand the spiritual, invisible sky, and not that visible blue vault that is spread over us and which we call heaven.
May your name be hallowed- that is, help us to live righteously, holyly and glorify Your name with our holy deeds.
Let Your Kingdom Come- that is, make us worthy here, on earth, of Your Kingdom of Heaven, which is truth, love and peace; reign in us and rule over us.
May Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth- that is, let everything not be as we want, but as You please, and help us obey this Your will and fulfill it on earth as unquestioningly and without grumbling, as it is fulfilled, with love and joy, by the holy angels in heaven . Because only You know what is useful and necessary for us, and You wish us well more than we ourselves.
Give us our daily bread today- that is, give us for this day, for today, our daily bread. Bread here means everything necessary for our life on earth: food, clothing, shelter, but most important of all is the Most Pure Body and Precious Blood in the Sacrament of Holy Communion, without which there is no salvation in eternal life. The Lord commanded us to ask for ourselves not wealth, not luxury, but only the most necessary things, and to rely on God in everything, remembering that He, as a Father, always cares and takes care of us.
And leave us our debts, just as we leave our debtors- that is, forgive us our sins just as we ourselves forgive those who offended or offended us. In this petition, our sins are called our debts, because the Lord gave us strength, abilities and everything else in order to do good deeds, and we often turn all this into sin and evil and become debtors to God. And if we ourselves do not sincerely forgive our debtors, that is, people who have sins against us, then God will not forgive us. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself told us about this.
And lead us not into temptation- temptations is such a state when something or someone pulls us to sin, tempts us to do something lawless or bad. We ask - do not allow the temptation that we cannot bear, help us overcome temptations when they occur.
But deliver us from the evil one- that is, deliver us from all evil in this world and from the culprit (chief) of evil - from the devil (evil spirit), who is always ready to destroy us. Deliver us from this cunning, crafty power and its deceptions, which is nothing before you.
Father- Father (address - a form of the vocative case).
Yesi- verb form be in the 2nd person singular. numbers of the present.
Thou art in heaven- Which is in heaven, or heavenly.
May your name be hallowed- become famous. Commentary of St. John Chrysostom: "Speaking hallowed be thy name We do not bring to God the holiness that allegedly does not exist with Him, but we glorify the existing one.
Yako- as.
in heaven- in the sky.
urgent - letters. from Greek. - necessary for existence.
Dazhd- give.
Today- today, today.
Like- as.
leave- sorry.
debts- sins.
Our debtor- those people who have sinned against us.
Lead us not into temptation Don't let us fall into temptation.
From the evil one- from the devil and, in general, from all evil.

According to the traditional explanation, the text of this prayer consists of an invocation, that is, an appeal, seven petitions and a doxology, that is, glorification. The prayer begins with an invocation addressed to God the Father, the First Person of the Trinity: "Our Father". In this invocation, God the Father is called "Our Father", that is, our Father. Since God the Father is the Creator of the world and all creations, we call God our Father. However, according to religious ideas, not all people can call the Lord God their Father, since they do not have a moral right to do so. In order to call the Lord God your Father, one must live observing the Law of God and fulfill the commandments of Christ. The Savior speaks directly about this, pointing to the Christian way of life of a person. “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who offend you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven” ().

From these words it becomes clear that only those people who live according to the commandments of God can call themselves the sons of the Heavenly Father, and God their Heavenly Father. All other people who do not observe the Law of God in their lives and do not repent of their sins and do not correct their mistakes, remaining God's creations, or, in the language of the Old Testament, God's servants, are unworthy to call themselves sons of their Heavenly Father. The Savior Himself, Jesus Christ, spoke convincingly about this to the Jews after the Sermon on the Mount. “You are doing the work of your father. To this they said to Him: We are not born of fornication; We have one Father, God. Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, then you would love Me, because I came and came from God; for I did not come of myself, but he sent me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you cannot hear My words. Your father is the devil; and you want to fulfill the desires of your father" ().

So, invocation The Lord's Prayer consists of words "Our Father who art in heaven". With these words, we turn to God the Father and call to listen to our requests and prayers. When we say that He dwells in heaven, we must mean by this the spiritual invisible sky, and not that blue vault (air expanse) that extends above us. We also call God the Heavenly Father because He is Omnipresent, that is, He is everywhere, just as the sky extends everywhere above the earth. And also because He rules, towering over everything (like the sky above the earth), that is, He is the Most High. In this prayer, we call God the Father, because He, in His great mercy, allowed us Christians to be called His children. He is our Heavenly Father, because He created us, our life, and takes care of us, like the Kindest Father about his children.

First request: "Hallowed be thy name!" That is, may Your Name be holy and glorified. With these words, we express our desire that the Name of our Heavenly Father be hallowed. That is, so that this Name, both by us and by other people, is always pronounced with reverence and always revered and glorified. If we live righteously, holyly, and holyly do the will of the God in whom we believe, then by these actions we will sanctify and glorify His Holy Name. At the same time, other people, seeing our pious life and good deeds, will glorify the name of Our God, the Heavenly Father.

Fourth request: "Give us this day our daily bread." Semantic interpretation of the text. With these words, we ask God that today He would give us the bread necessary for existence. The Lord in His commandment pointed out that we should not ask Him for luxury and wealth, but only the most necessary and remember that He, as a Father, always takes care of us. Therefore, in the fourth petition, by daily bread we mean everything necessary for our life on earth. In addition to food for the body, a person also needs food for the soul, which is prayer, reading spiritually useful books, studying the Bible and doing good deeds. This petition also implies a request for Holy Communion in the form of the Most Pure Body and Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, without which there is no salvation and eternal life.

Fifth request: "And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors." Semantic explanation of the text. With these words, we ask God to forgive us our sins, since we ourselves forgive those people who offended us or harmed us. In this petition, by the word debts we mean sins, and by the word debtors we mean people who are guilty of something before us.

Jesus Christ advises to love our enemies, bless those who curse us, do good to those who hate us, and pray for those who offend and persecute us. Those people who fulfill this commandment undoubtedly forgive their enemies and themselves have the right to forgiveness from God. But not all people have risen to such a degree of moral perfection. Therefore, if a person still cannot force himself to do good to his enemy (that is, do good to the enemy), but already knows how to restrain himself from revenge on the enemy, does not get angry with his enemy and forgives him all offenses, then such a person (who does not stop his spiritual growth, directed to do good deeds to the enemy and the offender) still has the right to ask God for forgiveness and his sins. And the person who is angry with his enemies and offenders, curses them and wishes them harm, has no right to turn to God for the forgiveness of his own sins. “For if you forgive people their sins, then your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive people their sins, then your Father will not forgive you your sins” ().

Therefore, before turning this petition to God, we must forgive all our personal enemies and offenders. And also have to reconcile with those people who have something against you. That is, with those people with whom we are not angry, but who consider themselves offended by us. “Go first be reconciled to your brother” (). And only then can we turn to God with a request for the forgiveness of our own sins.

If a person does not forgive his personal enemies and offenders, but turns to God with this petition, then he asks to do with himself, as he himself does with his offenders. Think about the meaning of the text of the fifth petition: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." In other words, we ask God, regarding the forgiveness of our sins, to deal with us as we did with our offenders. That is, we ask God that if we ourselves did not forgive the sins of our offenders, then so that He would not forgive us our sins. The saint wrote about these words as follows. God says to you: Forgive and I will forgive! You have not forgiven - you are going against yourself, and not I.

About the vital merciful act of forgiving offenders and enemies, Jesus Christ spoke in His parable about the debtor, which says that the king forgave a large debt to his servant, but the evil slave did not forgive a small debt to his comrade. The sovereign, who learned about this act, became angry and punished the evil slave. “And, angry, his sovereign handed him over to the torturers until he paid him all the debt. So my Heavenly Father will deal with you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart for his sins ”().

Sixth request: "And lead us not into temptation." Meaningful explanation of this text. According to Christian religious, moral and philosophical ideas, temptation is a test, expressed in the fact that a person can fall into sin, that is, commit an evil, bad deed. According to Christian concepts, God and man are subjected to temptation. For a person, temptation manifests itself in the form of seduction by temptations and the commission of a sinful act. The temptation of God is manifested in the demand from Him to demonstrate evidence of His omnipotence and mercy. Such demands come either from a person or from an evil spirit.

Seventh request: "But deliver us from the evil one." Semantic explanation of the text. Not only bad people around him can seduce a person. A person can seduce himself under the influence of his sinful lusts and desires. An evil spirit can also tempt and seduce a person -. By the will of God, the devil has no power over a person, but can seduce him, suggesting evil thoughts and desires to a person, pushing him to commit evil deeds and utter evil words.

In other words, the power of the evil spirit is in deceit, that is, deceit, deceit, cunning, through which it tempts a person to commit evil deeds. The more evil a person commits, the further God moves away from him, and the closer the Tempter comes. Because the spirit of evil uses deceit as a tool to seduce a person, in this prayer it is called an evil spirit. And if the spirit of evil acquires power over people, it is only when people voluntarily submit to it without resistance, becoming servants of evil, without thinking that this only leads them to death. Because not a friend, but an irreconcilable enemy to man, and he "son of perdition" (). And “when he speaks a lie, he speaks his own, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (), “deceiving the whole universe” (). He is an enemy, that is, an enemy of people. “Be sober, stay awake, because your opponent the devil walks like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour” ().

People can and must overcome the devil!! But since the spirit of evil is a supernatural force that surpasses the strength of people, then people ask the Almighty Good Light supernatural power, God, to help them fight the spirit of evil and protect them from it. We turn to the Lord for help because God, embodying in Himself the Good, Light, Reasonable power, incommensurably superior in power to any evil, is the Defender and Helper of man. "For the Lord God is the sun and the shield" (). He "The God of all grace" (). "God is my helper" (). "God is my intercessor" ().

To help us over and over his intrigues, we, the people, cry out to God, the Merciful, the Righteous and the Almighty. The essence of our petition is that God deliver us from all the evil that is present in this world and protect us with His almighty power from the head of evil - the devil (evil spirit), who is trying to destroy people. That is, we ask God to deliver us from the insidious, evil and crafty power and protect us from its wiles.

Doxology: “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen". These words of Jesus Christ in the common text of the Lord's Prayer are more expanded. “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen." Semantic explanation of the text. In the doxology of prayer, we express our full faith in the power of the power of God and in His Power, Invincibility and Glory, spreading over the whole world. This faith is based on the fact that to You our God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, belongs the Kingdom and power and eternal glory. That is, power over the whole world (in other words, the Kingdom), power (in other words, strength) and reverence and fame (in other words, glory) belongs to the ages of ages (that is, to all ages, forever). The prayer ends with the word "Amen". This is a Hebrew word. It means "all this is true, true so, so be it." This word was usually pronounced by the Jewish people in synagogues after reading the prayers. The custom of ending prayers with this word passed into.

On the need for prayer in human life

A person during his earthly life allows the commission of very many sins. This happens, on the one hand, because a person voluntarily allows weakness and cannot resist the temptations surrounding him. On the other hand, a person is constantly seduced to sin by the tempter, the evil crafty spirit. However, a person, according to God-given reason, logic and will, is able to realize the sinfulness of his actions, repent of his deeds and atone for sin, and not to sin in the future.

One of the good deeds for which the Lord forgives sins is the distribution of alms to the poor. Through the giving of mercy, the mercy and compassion of a person and his love for his neighbor are manifested.

Another act that cleanses a person from sin is a sincere prayer for forgiveness for sins. “And the prayer of faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.” ().

This is what the Holy Scriptures say about almsgiving and prayer. “Do not be cowardly in your prayer and do not neglect to give alms” (). Why is it possible to remove a person's sin through prayer? Yes, because before turning to God with a prayer for the forgiveness of his sins, a person sincerely repented of them. He realized his guilt, condemned himself for his sin and firmly decided not to allow sin anymore, therefore he turns to God with a prayer to take away his sin and prays for God's forgiveness.

As you can see, sincere prayer for such a person is also repentance for his sins. After all, whoever does not repent of his sins will not ask God for forgiveness through prayer. John the Baptist called for repentance. After repentance, a person turns to God for mercy. Therefore, true prayer for the atonement of sins cannot be without repentance. The Bible says so about it. People “turned to prayer, asking that the sin committed be completely blotted out” ().

So, a person needs prayer, because through it a person tells the Lord about his sin, repents of his deed and asks for forgiveness for sin. Man “he will open his mouth in prayer and pray for his sins” (). And the Lord, seeing the sincere repentance of a person, and the fact that a person will no longer commit such a sin, will forgive him his sins. For the Lord “he will look upon the prayer of the helpless and will not despise their prayer” ().

A person who has repented of his sins and communicated this to God through prayer must confirm his repentance by performing good charitable deeds, embarking on the path of serving God. And then “The one who serves God will be received with favor, and his prayer will reach the clouds” (). Sincere prayer is the voice of the human soul addressed to the Lord. Man communicates with God through prayer "sanctified by the word of God and prayer" (). The spiritual world of a person who daily communicates with God through prayer is gradually changing for the better. The character of a person becomes meek and noble. Such traits as mercy and compassion for one's neighbor begin to predominate in a person. As a result of communication with God through prayer, a person becomes better, cleaner and kinder.

Thus, prayer in a person's life is also necessary in order to receive divine education, as a result of which a person's character is spiritually transformed and becomes fit for the Kingdom of Heaven!! Prayer is necessary for a person because it is a good charitable deed, useful for the human soul. The soul of a person who daily turns to God with a prayer becomes stronger and more resilient. Such a soul acquires immunity against evil. Bad thoughts and feelings leave her. It awakens good intentions and deeds. Such a soul, transformed over time by communion with God through daily sincere and fervent prayer, feels a thirst for righteousness, feels a craving for a noble, pious life. The peace and tranquility of God begins to dwell in such a soul, helping a person overcome difficulties in life and build his life according to the commandments of God.

So, daily and sincere prayer in a person’s life is necessary in order to transform and ennoble one’s soul, give it spiritual strength and hardening in the fight against difficulties, and illuminate it with the Divine light of goodness. Prayer in a person's life is also necessary in order to ask God for help while overcoming obstacles, and for protection from temptations and temptations. Prayer is also needed at a time when a person is overcome by sinful thoughts and intentions. A person must turn to God about sending him spiritual strength, courage and perseverance in order to overcome the temptation and prevent the commission of sin.

Prayer is needed by a person in decisive and difficult moments of life, requiring from a person the concentration of his spiritual, physical strength. Prayer is also needed by a person in a period of especially difficult life situations, for the correct solution of especially responsible difficult issues. In such situations, under the influence of prayer, the will is strengthened, the mind becomes clear, thoughts are purified, patience and perseverance appear in order to adequately withstand serious life tests.

The strength we receive during sincere prayer will also have a beneficial effect on the people around us. On our neighbors, we will radiate the divine light of peace, joy and goodness, which will be in our heart after communion with God. Under the influence of his soul transformed with the help of prayers, a person will be able to improve the people around him, teach them to act correctly and reasonably, tell them about the true understanding of good and evil, keep them from committing evil deeds, teach them to build their lives on the basis of good and God-pleasing deeds.

Thus, prayer in a person's life is necessary in order to achieve not only one's spiritual development, but also to improve the lives of the people around us. Therefore, prayer is not only a good deed, but also a necessary action for the spiritual improvement of a person, thanks to which evil is expelled from the soul and the light of Divine grace is kindled, life improves and a person becomes a creator and creator of good in the world. This happens because the transformed person becomes a true creation of God, indifferent to evil, money-grubbing and pride, but sensitive to doing good.

“A good deed is prayer with fasting and almsgiving and justice. Better a little with justice than a lot with unrighteousness; it is better to do alms than to collect gold, for alms deliver from death and can cleanse every sin ”().

WHY DO WE NEED TO PRAY?

Jesus Christ called prayer a very important thing and repeatedly prayed Himself. For example, the Son of God prayed after His baptism (), before calling His disciples (), in Gethsemane before he was betrayed (). Jesus Christ himself convincingly urged to pray and instructively said: "Pray not to fall into temptation" ().

Elsewhere in the Bible it is written that prayer is necessary in order for sins to be forgiven. In this case, you need to pray like a publican: "God! Be merciful to me, a sinner!” (). We need to pray so that the Lord will satisfy our needs and needs.

Jesus Christ says this about it: “And if you ask the Father anything in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (). We need to pray with unceasing gratitude to God for taking care of us, and glorify His might and greatness. For example, the prophet Daniel “Three times a day he knelt down and prayed to his God and praised Him” ().

These are the rules of life, according to which the connection between God and us is carried out during our prayer. However, there may be people who will say: “After all, God is All-Knowing! He knows about all our needs, why do we need to pray to God? Prayer is not for God, but for ourselves. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but lifts us up to God and helps us become like Him. The Lord knows what is necessary for us, but He is pleased when we ask Him with confidence for what He is willing to give us.

Christ said: “If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him” (). As we can see, Christ Himself speaks of what God gives to those who ask. “You don’t have because you don’t ask” () Jacob says. And Jesus Christ teaches: “Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be perfect” (). Prayer is the breath of the human soul directed to God. During prayer and after it, God enlightens and enlightens the mind of a person, instructing him on the true path.

Our Father who art in heaven!
May your name be hallowed;
Let your kingdom come;
may Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
Give us our daily bread for this day;
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

In Church Slavonic:

Our Father, who art in heaven!
Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come,
May Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth.
Give us our daily bread today;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Listen online audio text of the Lord's Prayer:

The followers of Jesus Christ turned to Him with a request: teach them to pray. In response, He gave words familiar to everyone, addressed to God. In the pre-revolutionary era, everyone knew them. From childhood, the first thing that was memorized was the Lord's Prayer. This is where the well-known proverb came from: Remember, like our Father.

The well-known synodal translation of the text is taught from memory. It's melodic and easy to remember. It is reproduced in the mind itself, without much effort. To understand the words, read the prayer in modern Russian, look at one of the interpretations given by the saints:

John Chrysostom
Ignaty Brianchaninov
Ephraim Sirin
Cyril of Jerusalem and many others.

Not all baptized people go to the temple, participate in the sacraments of the church, read the House Rule, but at the same time, they know the Our Father by heart. Many have resorted to explaining the essence of prayer, but to this day it is believed that the full depth of the content has not been revealed. We give a brief interpretation, using the synodal translation in modern orthography, and the prayer will become clear in any reading.

Message: Our Father

Jesus Christ made a discovery by offering an address unknown to the village: Our Father. Not as to a detached subject, but as to the One who gives only good, without punishing anyone. Prior to this, in the Old Testament religion, they saw in Him:

Almighty Ruler of the universe;
the Wise Logos, leading the forces of nature, phenomena, elements;
Terrible and Just Judge, who has mercy and rewards;
God doing whatever he wants.

People did not think that it was possible to treat the Almighty as the Father of all: those who are on the right path and those who err; those who believe in God and those who reject; good and evil. Humanity, both knowing and hostile to Him, are His children, having one root. Man enjoys freedom: to honor the Heavenly Father, or to live according to his own understanding.

The following episode can serve as an example of God's love for all. When Moses and his people, having crossed the Black Sea, saw the sinking of Pharaoh's army, he was unspeakably delighted. For this, God reproached the righteous man: “Why are you so happy when I mourn: after all, the dead are also my children!”

Note: God, as a Father, admonishes and saves his children, who turn to Him, revealing "sickness". He heals, as the best healer, our souls, so that they have eternal life, and not death.

Who art thou in heaven

In other words: He who lives in Heaven, that is, high. This exceeds our knowledge, separates His greatness from everything earthly, except for man. We can connect with the Father through prayer. And with the coming of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself as a sacrifice for our salvation, to have the Kingdom of God within, even during this temporary life.

What is the sky? Headspace. If you look at the Earth from space, this is all that surrounds us - a huge universe. God created her for man, like a parent preparing to become a father. We are a part of it, at the same time we ourselves are a microcosm. That's how it is arranged by God. The Lord said, "The Father is in me, and I in him." As we follow Christ, we become like him.

Petition 1: "Hallowed be thy name"

Humanity, despite the acquisition of vast knowledge, remains in Spiritual darkness. Saying: “Hallowed be thy name,” we ask for enlightenment and sanctification of the soul. By repeating the Name of God, we hope to have the fruit of the Spirit. Prayer connects children with the Father so that His Image appears in us: so that the apple that rolls far from the apple tree remembers who created it and why.

Petition 2: "Thy Kingdom Come"

Now, until the time, the prince of darkness, that is, the devil, reigns on earth. We see how blood is shed: people die from wars, hunger, hatred, lies, they strive to enrich themselves at any cost. Debauchery flourishes, evil is committed both against neighbors and against enemies. A person cares only about personal well-being, without fear harming himself and others.

All this is done by our hands, because we do not have in ourselves the all-creating saving Love. The Lord prophesied about the end of the world: “Will I find Love on earth?” It disappears, dries up, if we forget who our Father is. Asking for enlightenment, kindness, joy, we wish that these blessings abide in us and on Earth: waiting for the coming of the kingdom of God.

Petition 3: “Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth”

With these words, the prayer expresses confidence in God's providence. How a child entrusts himself to a wise, loving parent. Our narrowness and distance from the Omniscient God is often misleading. We ask for both the beneficial and the harmful. Therefore, it is necessary to rely not on one's own desires, but on the will of the possessor of the highest and incomprehensible Wisdom. After all, the Heavenly Father shows concern, knowing everything about us. We do things without seeing the consequences.

Note: When we say from the bottom of our hearts: “May the will of God be done”, being in sorrow or sick, we will definitely find spiritual peace and tranquility. Often, for such humility, the Lord delivers from all troubles, heals from ailments.

Petition 4: “Give us our daily bread today”

Daily bread - everything you need for life, and the tasting of the blessings served in the Kingdom of God, in order to receive them already here and now. God does not take anything away from people, does not forbid them to have everything they need, even wealth, if it is acquired righteously. He, like the Father, cares only about our benefit:

Man, eat, but don't overeat.
Drink (wine), but do not get drunk to the likeness of a pig.
Create a family, but do not commit adultery.
Create convenience for yourself, but do not give wealth to the perishable heart.
Rejoice and rejoice, but do not corrupt the immortal soul, etc.

Note: The request "Give us this day" means: on every day, and Spiritual food served in period of temporary life. Everything useful to a person - God blesses. His Love gives in excess of what is needed, and does not deprive (as some believe in error).

Petition 5: "and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors"

The prayers of people who do not forgive others, God does not listen. Beware of acting according to the parable told by the Lord: A certain man owed a huge amount to the ruler, who, out of kindness, forgave him everything. He, having met a friend who owed him a meager amount, began to choke him, demanding to return everything to the penny. This was reported to the governor. He became angry and imprisoned the evil man until he returned everything that had already been forgiven.

It is, of course, not about money. These are the sins that the Lord delivers from. When we do not forgive our neighbors, we remain burdened by them. There is no mercy for those who have not learned to have mercy. We reap what we sow: forgiving the offenders, we are cleansed of our sins.

Petition 6: “And lead us not into temptation”

Temptations - troubles, sorrows and illnesses a person provokes himself, leading an unrighteous lifestyle. These are the consequences of sins committed. God allows them to test the faithful or admonish sinners. They never exceed the human strength capable of resisting them. In order not to bear full responsibility for our actions, we ask for deliverance from grave temptations. We trust in the mercy of the Lord to avoid them.

Note: When the people of God forget their faith and the Heavenly Father, even wars, captivity, and the destruction of a peaceful way of life occur. This is also a temptation, which we ask for this cup to pass.

Petition 7: "But deliver us from the evil one"

This phrase has a wide meaning. Here is a request for deliverance from:

diabolical influence, so that his machinations do not touch us;
deceitful (crafty) people who plot evil;
own wickedness present in man.

Note: Along with this, we expect: the fate prepared for the fallen angels of darkness will pass us by. Hope: Escape Hell, Destined to Contain Demons Forever.

Doxology: "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever"

Almost all prayers end with glory. By this we express solidarity with God, identify ourselves as part of the world, which is in the hands of a loving and wise Creator:

We believe that God will do what we ask.
We hope that the mercy of the Heavenly Father will touch the heart.
We show love for the works and providence of God.
We preach - The world belongs to God - the source of all blessings.
We trust in the Powers of Heaven - help that exceeds our mind.
We rejoice and share in the glorification of our Father.

Amen

Word Amen means - truly (let it be) so! The Lord's Prayer, when its meaning is understood, transforms our souls, gives strength and enlightenment in order to exist without breaking away from the very Source of life.

Conclusion: The prayer "Our Father" is included both in the temple service and in the home Rule. It is contained in the so-called Beginning, read before the usual prayers and canons. They turn to God with these words in any situation: approaching Him with a request, blessing deeds and food, when attacked by fear, in sorrows and illnesses. Caught in a difficult situation, the first thing a Christian remembers is a prayer given by the Lord Himself.

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Message: Our Father

Who art thou in heaven

Petition 1: "Hallowed be thy name"

Petition 2: "Thy Kingdom Come"

Petition 3: “Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth”

Petition 4: “Give us our daily bread today”

Petition 5: "and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors"

Petition 6: “And lead us not into temptation”

Petition 7: "But deliver us from the evil one"

Doxology: "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever"

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