At all times, in different cultures and religious beliefs, prayer was the main method of communication with the gods.Most services were accompanied by musical instruments and sung as songs of prayer.Christianity adopted many customs of antiquity, including prayers.One of the most important is considered the prayer Our Father, which tells Luke.Jesus was introduced to her the words of his disciples, who were asked to teach them to pray.
Interpretation of prayer "Our Father"
It should be acquainted with the text of the prayer closer.He knows every believer.But, sometimes, it is pronounced fast patter almost automatically and the person does not go to the essence of prayer, while in conversation with God must be sincere participation and words coming from the heart.Our Father prayer begins by asking God to refer to him as a father.But this does not mean that people should feel the Lord familiarly feeling.Rather, the request must be strengthened in every believer in awe of him.Then the prayer mentions three petitions to God."Hallowed be Thy Name" - says that before the people, God is manifested through its name, which illuminates our world, full of sin since Adam.This phrase is requested that our world is not to turn away from God."Let Your Kingdom come" - sounds continue in prayer, and this means that the kingdom of God is always with us.Optionally, to get to it we must die.You can feel it even on the ground, during a church service, at the meetings with the holy people, while reading spiritual books.To enter the kingdom of God need to feel the peace and tranquility in the soul, I feel the grace.Then the prayer Our Father broadcasts that God's will is to be performed the same as in heaven, so on earth.Man entrusts himself totally to God's will.In life it is very difficult to listen to the opinions of others, to accept the dispute, to take another position during the discussions.But to say to God that everything will be according to his will, much easier.After all, it is the will that brings a benefit, gives freedom.Then in prayer followed by three personal requests to God.In the first request, "bread every day", we are talking about the most urgent and necessary that a person need to live: food, shelter, clothing.In the second request - to "forgive us our sins, as we forgive our debtors."God understands that plunges into anxiety and fear of people - fear to remain without shelter and food, the fear of God in anticipation of punishment for sins.But prayer gives hope: everything can change for the better!It is enough to forgive those who owe you, or caused offense.And then God will let your sins.Because all people are in his debt.At the request of the latter sounds a request not to enter into temptation.This can be interpreted as a fear to meet those tests, which will be not able to do.This situation can arise not by the will of God, and at the request of the man himself, blinded by pride and arrogance.The prayer "Our Father" asks God to deliver us from the power of the devil and his network.Ends prayer word "Amen", which can be translated as "right", "so be it."Similarly, the end every prayer.
origins prayer "Our Father"
If we talk about the origins of the prayer Our Father, you can refer to ancient sources.Earlier, Greek sources were taken as a priority, and faithful.But they were many inaccuracies and distortions that occur during translation.Thus, the prayer "Our Father" in Aramaic was a real revelation to grasp the essence of the Jesus Prayer.Her roots in the Jewish tradition.In form it is clearly built on those requirements, which were built in the time of Jesus' prayer.Prayer should contain seven requests, and consist of three parts.First went to glorify God, then personal requests and completes the prayer of thanksgiving.The prayer "Our Father" is probably the most precious gift of Jesus to his disciples and to all people.
Prayers in Orthodoxy
In the Orthodox Church Slavic prayers were due educators brothers Cyril and Methodius, who translated the Psalms from the Greek alphabet and gave the Slavs.Slavic language used in the Russian liturgy combines the historical and cultural memory of the people and brings together different generations of believers.So the prayer "Our Father" sounds during worship in Church Slavonic, but this does not become less close and clear the true believers, for whom Orthodoxy - the conscience and soul.
