How to ask forgiveness from God for sins: a prayer for forgiveness. How to beg, to earn God's forgiveness for sins?

How and for what do they ask forgiveness from God? What prayers chiyat that God forgive sins.

Even the most faithful and church-going person daily makes small or rather large deeds of sinful content throughout his life. The world around us is unjust, greedy, built on selfishness, lies, money and lust. In such circumstances it is difficult to remain righteous thoughts and deeds. But God is merciful, and he gives his children forgiveness. But how to properly ask? What to do and say?

How to ask and pray for forgiveness from God?

The Bible says: "There is no righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin"( Ecclesiastes 7:20).Probably, it is really so. A person, especially an unbeliever, is weak. He succumbs to temptation and allows, if not sinful deeds, then thoughts.

But in God there is salvation, and even for the most bad deeds and thoughts, he can forgive us.

The case, it would seem, remains for a small - ask for forgiveness. But is it simply to receive God's forgiveness?

We are rebelling against the Fall because of the sacrament of confession( confession).But seldom who confesses weekly, and to wait to relieve the soul, do not always want to.

You can ask for forgiveness from God always and everywhere. The main thing is to believe that he is gracious and blessed.

Important steps towards the forgiveness of sins are awareness and repentance.

IMPORTANT: The first and most important step to gaining forgiveness from God is the realization of your sinful deeds. It can be very difficult for us to recognize that we are wrong. We have long and hard to prove to ourselves and others that we have done everything right, or circumstances have left us no choice. Recognizing your mistakes before yourself, God and others is a strong, magnanimous act.

If a person, without repentance, simply reads the prayer "for a tick", intends in this way to buy himself an indulgence, he will not succeed.
God does not hear the insincere requests of .

The next step to getting forgiveness is to be able to forgive itself.
In the most famous, short, but so capacious prayer, "Our Father", there are tremendous words: "... and leave us to lie down, I? Skin and we leave the debtor in our. ..".
We can count on the fact that we will be forgiven God only if we do not keep evil on our offenders, forgive them, even if they themselves do not ask us about it.

IMPORTANT: The Savior said: "Farewell, and you will be forgiven"( Luke 6:37).

• Praying for forgiveness of , we need to know what particular sins we committed, and ask God to forgive them. Yes, Lord of the all-seeing .But the phrase "I sin in everything" is inadmissible both in confession and during prayer.
• Specifying the action of , inaction or the thought of sinful content, we make work on errors: yes, it's wrong, bad, I repent, I will not allow it any more.

But there is no need to choose the place and time to pray. Of course, it is better to ask for forgiveness in the church or before the icons in the red corner.

But God will hear everywhere .

You can ask forgiveness from God not only in the church.

IMPORTANT: In confession, the priest plays the role of mediator between the believer and the Lord. Praying for forgiveness, wherever, independently, a person calls on Christ, and therefore believes in him, takes it and relies on his will. But it was Jesus Christ who gave his life on the cross in order to atone for the Lord the sins of all mankind.

The church gives the opportunity to repent of their sins in confession.

• The forgiveness of sins can not be bought or deserved.
• But to atone for your guilt is perhaps charity and donations, that is, help to those who need more than we.
• About why alms is considered one of the greatest virtues, how it contributes to the redemption of sins, you can read in the creations of St. John Chrysostom.

Alms - the way to receive forgiveness.

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Prayer for the forgiveness of sins to God God

To pray with forgiveness for the Lord God, you can be at the temple and at home, at any time of the day or at bedtime.

There are several strong prayers.

Prayer "Our Father":

"Our Father".

Daily Prayer for Forgiveness:

Daily prayer to God for forgiveness.

Another daily prayer that you can read before you go to sleep:

Prayer before going to sleep to forgive your sins.

Prayer to the Lord for forgiveness, intercession and help:

Prayer for forgiveness, intercession and help.

Praying to God for the forgiveness of sins can be done at home before the icons.

To strengthen the prayer for forgiveness, you need:

1. Before asking for forgiveness of sins, endure a week or three-day fast.
2. Come to the Orthodox church and attend the service.
3. Before the temple, give alms.
4. After the service, order to leave a note for the prayer service about your health and your loved ones.
5. Put candles in front of the icons of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and Nicholas the Wonderworker.
6. Buy home one church candle.
7. Upon returning from the temple, retire near the corner with the icons, to light a church candle.
8. Think carefully about the sins for which God has simple forgiveness, it is advisable to repent of them aloud.
9. Autumning yourself as a sign of the cross.
10. Three times to read "Our Father" and "Trisagion".
11. Three times to read prayers to the Lord for forgiveness, intercession and help.
12. Again, to cross yourself with the sign of the cross.

"Trisagion".

Prayer for forgiveness, intercession and help( option 2).

Prayer for forgiveness, intercession and help( option 3).

IMPORTANT: Immediately after praying for the forgiveness of sins, a person begins to feel differently. Some speak of lightness on the soul, while others feel the weight of their sins. In the second case, you do not need to panic: the Lord's relief and mercy will have to wait a little.

How can I ask forgiveness for lying with God?

The lie, lie or deceit of - as it is not called this action, word or thought, means distortion of reality and is one of the gravest, very common, so to speak, universal sins.

• People lie in their childhood , adolescence and old age. They lie in the family and at work, they lie for evil and for good.
• Deception people create a reality other than God.

IMPORTANT: Leviticus 19:11, 12: "Do not steal, do not lie and do not deceive each other. Do not swear by my name in lying, and do not dishonor the name of your God. I am the Lord. "

Since there is probably not a single person on Earth who would speak only the truth, God is asked to forgive forgiveness from God very often.

You can ask God to forgive a lie by reading a prayer for the remission of the sins of the Monk Varsonophy the Great.

Prayer for the remission of the sins of the Monk Varsonophia the Great.

A variety of lies - perjury, is one of the deadly sins. On his prevention read such a prayer:

Prayer warning perjury.

How can I ask forgiveness from God for masturbation?

Rudeness( malakia or, scientifically, masturbation) is a sinful sin, which consists in self-satisfaction of one's sexual desires.
The reality is that society no longer condemns men and women for masturbation. On the contrary, such acts are considered normal and even necessary( according to some doctors).The views of the Orthodox Church have not changed, and masturbation still remains unnatural and sinful.

IMPORTANT: According to the Church, masturbation lowers a person to the level of an animal that is devoid of intelligence. This sin is a shame to himself and to God. For him must be punished and from the Church, and from God.

To ask forgiveness from God for masturbation it is possible on confession or after reading one of the above prayers. One must not forget to concretize this sin.
There is also a very strong prayer for lust( fornication, debauchery, masturbation).

Prayer for lust( fornication, debauchery, masturbation).

Will God forgive if you ask forgiveness from him?

Lord God loves all his children, he is gracious, he is willing to grant forgiveness for all sins.
We also need:

• to believe in God
• to admit our sin
• to repent in it
• with the help of prayer ask for forgiveness
• make every effort not to sin in the future

The Gracious God is ready to forgive people of their sins.

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