Any prayer - it is more than ever thanks to a request.Wrong attitude leads us to a kind of consumer attitudes and the search for miracles.Of course, hot and sincere prayer happens often impossible, particularly the efficacy of prayer the mother of a child in distress.But the true Christian prays not only when there is a problem, he observes and daily rituals.Among other special place occupies the prayer part.Rather, it is a set of prayers.
How to pray ?
All required constant prayers are collected in prayers.If you read them regularly, over time, they will be remembered.Time for a careful reading of all the evening prayers takes about 15-20 minutes.Of course, many and it seems to be a large gap of time, however, remember that God sees your efforts and sacrifices that you go for him.Perhaps, for a start, not all read the prayer, but only part, if you are unable to devote sufficient time reading.Need to talk or whisper aloud.If you are distracted, stop and go back to the last time that you remember.In this case, select a certain standard time for prayer and stops when it will end.
Why pray before going to bed ?
Firstly, evening prayer is a request for God to forgive the sins made for this day, because even the most righteous people sometimes sin, even thought.It is therefore necessary to turn to God to recognition of what you remember about your bad deeds.Some pious people write down every evening for the sins of the future confession, thinking about the day and draw conclusions for the future.
Secondly, it is believed that during sleep, our soul is more vulnerable to evil spirits.They can send a dream that we will confuse, frighten or force to do the wrong conclusions.Therefore, in the evening prayer at night sought protection from bad things, because it contains the prayer evening prayer "Let God arise," the most "potent" tool against demons.This prayer should memorize and read if you suddenly started to be afraid of something or if overcome bad thoughts.
Third, any believer, and knowledgeable person is afraid to die in their sleep.It seems to be an easy death.Maybe the process and not painful, but that's only if he does not have time to confess and receive Holy Communion before his death, the answer to that light can be extremely difficult.Therefore, in the evening prayer asking for protection against death in the night, and to extend the life of opportunity to repent.
Fourthly, prayer is part allows a person to protect themselves by grace, fostering determination to fight the bad thoughts and actions.Many believers know that if they miss once prayer, sin will accumulate like a snowball, and no longer want to deal with them.Without prayer away protection, a kind of "screen" of grace.
What prayer still required?
Of course, a Christian prays not only in the evening.Are required, in addition, the morning prayer, the prayer before the meal, and thank you after this process.Also important is prayer before the reading of the Gospel (and it should be read every day at least on the head), the prayer before leaving home.Christian lives continually in a circle of prayer.
What if I can not sleep at night?Is there a prayer for insomnia?Recommend to come to sleep, read no less than 9 times the prayer "Mother of God, virgin, rejoice."I experienced the helping, more importantly, to pronounce the words completely.
Presence of God - it is not an element of comfort, it requires an effort, albeit in the form of prayer.At first it will be difficult, but eventually you will be hard without prayer.And you will learn to pray, to want to do it more than once.