Holy prayer is the greatest blessing for any parent. You can ask God for everything, because nothing is impossible for Him. We must always pray for the he alth of the child and for family well-being, for financial assistance and for protection from failure, and so on. The Lord can do whatever you want at any moment. But for this, you still need to learn some rules. First of all, one must behave respectfully, say prayers in silence and solitude. This is the only way to have direct contact with God. And He is immeasurably more influential than any earthly ruler. However, do not draw His image in front of you. If there are a lot of distracting thoughts in your head, you need to pray in short words.
Try to make the sign of the cross on the child more often and ask the Lord's blessing when the child goes to school or even leaves the house somewhere. Then you can be sure that the child will return soon.
And now it is important to note the fact that we are all very vulnerable because of the problems of our loved ones. Often then wewe remember our Creator and Savior, we begin to pray to Him for children and family well-being, hoping daily that He will hear us.
The fruits of prayer will be peace of mind, a kind attitude towards everyone, peace of mind for yourself and for the future of your loved ones. And most importantly, gratitude to God. If this does not happen, then you are doing something wrong.
Which saints to pray?
A parent like no one else understands that the most valuable thing in life is children. Therefore, parents struggle to support and direct their child in the right direction. Some help with education, housing, work, introduce them to the right people. Others care spiritually. And for this, there are special prayers for children to the Heavenly Father and many saints.
If someone wants an addition to the family, you can pray at the image of the Savior and the Mother of God, and also seek help from Roman the Wonderworker, Xenia the Blessed, baby John of the Kiev Caves.
In order for the child to be born he althy, they pray before the icons of the Mother of God, called "Quickly Hearing", "Assuage My Sorrows", "Help in Childbirth" and "Mammary", and also offer prayers to the faces of the saints of the Monk Hypatius, John the Theologian, Agapit Pechersky. The Guardian Angel is praying for protection.
If suddenly the baby confused day and night, as often happens with children, then you need to pray to the holy youths - John, Dionysius, Excustodian, Martinian, Antoninus, Maximilian.
Defenders and helpers of small children,healing hernia and other ailments are the great martyr Artemy and the holy martyr Uar.
One of the main patrons of medicine is the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon. For the he alth of children, they also pray to the martyr Nikita and the holy virgin Paraskeva Pyatnitsa.
In prayer, you can ask St. Barbara the Great Martyr for talent for children, a successful marriage and protection from various troubles.
If a child is very hard to learn educational material or he is poorly given any lesson, you need to pray to the icons of the Virgin "Addition of the mind", "Giver of the mind", "Key of understanding" and St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Neophyte martyr, John of Kronstadt.
When children grow up and begin adulthood, to find a job, you need to ask for help from saints such as St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Spiridon of Triumph.
Prayer to St. Demetrius of Rostov will help children overcome poverty and poverty, as he is the patron of the poor and orphans.
The Holy Mother Matrona of Moscow is prayed for getting rid of alcoholism, drug addiction and smoking. And in general, for a child, she is a real heavenly nanny, because she will always console and reassure. She should begin her prayer with the words: “O blessed mother Matrono…”.
“O blessed mother Matrono, now hear and accept us, sinners, praying to you, having learned in all your life to receive and listen to all those who sufferand mourners, with faith and hope for your intercession and help resorting, quick help and miraculous healing to everyone; let your mercy not fail now to us, unworthy, restless in this many-fuss world and nowhere to find comfort and compassion in spiritual sorrows and help in bodily illnesses: heal our sicknesses, deliver us from the temptations and torment of the devil, passionately fighting, help me convey my worldly Cross, to endure all the hardships of life and not lose the image of God in it, preserve the Orthodox faith until the end of our days, have strong hope and hope in God and unfeigned love for neighbors; help us, after departing from this life, reach the Kingdom of Heaven with all those who please God, glorifying the mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, in the Trinity of glory, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.”
The prayer of the Virgin, called the "Inexhaustible Chalice", also helps to get rid of alcohol addiction. Prayer to St. Ambrose of Optina can save you from smoking.
The role of parents in raising children
The greatest desire of any mother is to show her child what it means to love God with all your soul, with all your heart, mind and strength. Raising a child correctly is very important and always difficult. Sometimes parents, too late, especially when the children have grown up and left for an independent life, begin to understand questions about what it is to be parents.
They practically cannot achieve the whole truth of this issue, becausechildren are like moving targets: either they are in the periods of nursery, then school, then student, and then their adult life begins completely. Time, unfortunately, inexorably moves forward. As parents, we can only learn a few lessons and guide our children on the right path.
Daily prayer for a child is essential to correct the many mistakes that parents often make in raising their youth. Sometimes they lose patience, self-control and even go crazy with anxiety. But you should never despair, for the same mistakes will also give you the greatest opportunities. The main thing is to realize them in time and ask for forgiveness.
You can teach children to admit their mistakes and apologize by their own example. And this is already half the battle, as your mistakes will make it possible to teach children one more thing - to accept forgiveness from others and from yourself.
Why is a mother's daily prayer for her children so important? Because she intuitively feels her child. Prayer can cover many sins your child has committed unintentionally.
Prayer practice
It is quite difficult to accustom yourself to prayer, because you need to live it, and it will be very difficult to do this without communion with the sacraments of the Church. But one must understand that the daily prayer for a child for a parent is the most powerful weapon. In some extraordinary way, she turns parents into prophets who can shape the fate of their children. It is good when children inherit the practice of prayer from their closest relatives - parents, grandparents.
Pray with holy boldness, according to the Will of God and according to the Word of God. And as you pray, the lives of your children will change for the better. It is better to turn all worries about the child into prayers. In life, it often turns out that the more experiences and anxieties, the stronger the petition to God sounds.
Daily prayer for a child must be done with love, hope and faith, because only with increased zeal can you beg the Lord to grant all blessings to your child. No wonder they say that prayer can even raise from the bottom of the sea.
Child care
In life, it sometimes happens that many people can turn away from a sick child, who stumbles and falls from his weakness, but not his own mother. Because she gave birth to him, carried him under her heart, waited impatiently for him to begin to move in her womb, did not sleep from the crying of the child in disturbing sleepless nights, sinning more with love for her child than for the Lord.
Answers to questions about who your children are friends with, who they go on dates with, what rash decisions they make, what character traits they have, can only be known when the daily prayer for children is heard to Lord.
A mother is the only person who loves her child simply for what he is. Whatever happens, she will condemn precisely his actions, but not the child himself. Her love is all-encompassing and limitless.
Mother's tears
Everyday strong prayer for children will never go unrewarded by the Lord. Because He is alwaysus and our children in trouble, in joy and in everyday affairs.
It is better to pray for a child even before his birth. And it is necessary to ask the Lord not only for he alth and some favorable financial situation, success and prosperity, but first of all, a prayer to take care of the salvation of his soul, because we do not know which way He will lead our child to this goal, maybe through misfortunes and disappointments, sorrows and illnesses.
One can cite as an example the book "Tears of a Mother", which collected stories, memories and sermons on the topic of motherhood. All the stories in the collection are very instructive, since almost all of these stories are based on real examples that show the powerful and effective power of the prayer of a mother praying for her child. Prayers to the Lord, to the Most Pure Mother of God, to the holy fathers of the Orthodox Church can keep calm in the most difficult and desperate situations.
Practical Tips
In order to hear the prayer for the he alth of the child, in the children's room, where your child usually sleeps, you need to put an Orthodox icon. The child must always wear a cross for protection. Put a cross on him more often and say, sending him to kindergarten or school: "With God!".
And it is also very good for the salvation of any human soul to help the sick and infirm. Then your prayer for the he alth of the child will be answered.
When we do this, there is no need to wait for someone to thank you or praise you, so as not to become proud. It is even better not to advertise and not to tell anyone about it. And we bringeffective prayer in the he alth of the baby.
Pray for children to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, St. Sergius of Radonezh and Seraphim of Sarov, St. Barbara, St. Luke, St. Mother Xenia and many other saints, since all of them, in the glory of God, greatly help those who need them help. And especially for children.
This strong mother's prayer will help if the child is sick. After all, no one wants a baby to get well more than a mother.
What the Holy Fathers said about prayer
No wonder a parent's request for their child may or may not be reasonable.
The apostle about foolish prayers said that sometimes a person prays fervently, but does not get everything he wants. Everything happens because he asks for something that is not aimed at good.
The Holy Fathers said that one should carefully pray for the external destinies of the life of Christians. Sometimes parents pray for the recovery of a hopelessly ill little child. It would seem how unfair, because the elderly must die. But no, the Lord decided so, and He knows better what to do.
In such cases, no matter how hard it is for parents, it is necessary to learn humility, humility and remember that God's Providence is always great.
All the will of God
And any prayer must end with the words of Jesus Christ Himself in the Garden of Gethsemane, when He wept tears of blood on the last day of His life and prayed to His Father: “However, not My will, but Yours, yesit shall be so.”
There is a story when a mother desperately prayed for the recovery of her two sons, who were lying in a deadly fever, and the Lord, through her prayer, revealed to her in a thin dream the future of her children, as they, being already adults, in a drunken stupor of riotous the parties are fighting each other and stabbing themselves to death with knives.
In addition to the cases when the Lord does not give help in the prayer of the asker, there are many other situations. For example, a child was healed just when nothing else could help him.
Therefore, one must always believe that the daily prayer for the protection of the family and children before the Lord will be heard. Read this powerful prayer for children every day.
About God and man
God for a non-believer is something abstract. It is associated with higher intelligence. In fact, as one preacher noted, even Satan fits the concept of a higher mind. Be that as it may, first of all, God must be associated with Love - this is His main quality.
In order to pray with understanding, one must try to study the earthly life of Jesus Christ as best as possible. And for this you need to read the Gospel.
A person must always remember that he is God's beloved creation, which has an immortal soul, and it is dearer than all that is in this material world.
But man is a creature that has gone astray and now constantly follows the road of trial and error, like a lost sheep; without the help of God, he is not even able to pray correctly and bring goodness and peace. A man mustrealize your sinful nature and spiritual poverty and try to correct the situation to the best of your ability.
You must try your best to always have daily prayers for children and family well-being in your home.
The Lord Himself bore His bloody cross and paid with His own life for the sins of men. Therefore, there is no need to grumble and regret something.
There are prayers for the protection of children to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who, as the ancestor of Christ, can beg for help for you. And one must always pray with faith, then it does not go to waste, because without it prayer is useless. If faith is weak, we must ask the Lord for it.
O Most Holy Lady Virgin Mother of God, save and save under Your shelter my children (names), all youths, maidens and babies, baptized and nameless and carried in the womb. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to your parents, implore my Lord and Your Son, may He grant them useful things for their salvation. I entrust them to Your Motherly care, as You are the Divine Protection of Your servants.
Mother of God, introduce me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the spiritual and bodily wounds of my children (names), inflicted by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Yours, Most Pure, heavenly patronage. Amen.
For the Lord to hear you, you must listen to Him. Christ turns His face away from evil. Since evil is His cross wounds. We must be kind and fulfill God's commandments, if this is not the case, then all requests will be in vain and will look likeunjustified impudence.
Conclusion
Prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ for children can be useless, since it is necessary to start it only after freeing the soul from worries, omissions and quarrels. Otherwise, asking the Heavenly Father for something with a pure heart will no longer work. It's even better to just talk to those with whom we have an unpleasant relationship and reconcile.
There are many prayers - and very different ones. In order for the Lord to hear them, one must learn not to hold grudges in oneself. Forgive and be forgiven! Do not grumble at God and fate, but humble yourself. Cleanse yourself of everything that troubles your heart and conscience. Only then can you immediately feel how your prayer will grow wings.
