The spiritual alphabet. Amphitheatrov V., Archpriest

With deep faith, Christian hope should be expressed by a prayer petition for the Lord. The desires of the heart should be like a request. He himself said: ask for, and it will be given to you (Matt. 7.7), ask, and get (John 16.24). Prayer petition involves the deliberation of desires; He cleanses desires that are contrary to the types of Christian hope, complacency, self -jerks, self -confusion and other properties that are not constructing the moral feeling of truly believers. On the other hand, with true prayer, irrelevant and unlimited petitions are incompatible. The modesty and moderation of desires, limited by the humble consciousness of their spiritual imperfection, give meaningfulness and reasonableness of the passage of the Christian. Matthew), and will not introduce reproaches, which is uttered by the lips of the apostle to the Lord the success of the Evil hope, I will ask, and you will not receive it, because ask not for good, but to use it for your lusts (IAC. 4, 3).

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