Do you know that bad habits are also dangerous? They lead to disease and death. Therefore, people need prayer from smoking. For individuals addicted to smoke, this is almost the only means to help strengthen their strength, not to abandon the struggle that has begun. Let's talk about what the prayer for smoking is, how to read it, who to turn to. It is important to understand if this miracle cure works. We will try to highlight and clarify the responses of those who have tried to break a bad habit through prayer.
Talk about faith
Start with an attitude towards faith in general. The fact is that prayer from smoking cigarettes is not a conspiracy or a pill. You can’t read a text a couple of times and stop reaching for tobacco. It is a lie that there is something that allows you to get rid of addiction in one moment. Anyone who has ever smoked knows that quitting a habit is hard, forThis requires perseverance and perseverance. Many will fail. They reach for a cigarette, unable to withstand the temptation. The last word is very important. As St. Ambrose of Optina said: smoking muddies the mind, relaxes the soul. It is a diabolical temptation that imitates church customs. In the temple, fragrant incense is smoked, and the impure incense pushes a person to emit stinking smoke from his mouth. And people think it's good. But the Lord, when creating His child, did not give him the skills of smoking. This habit is not natural. Ambrose of Optinsky believed that this habit is in no way compatible with faith. He who takes up tobacco does not have God in his soul. Sincere faith gives a person strength to overcome a bad habit.
Is there a prayer for smoking?
To answer this question, let's turn to history. This was in 1905. Saint Silouan of Athos then visited Russia. He traveled by train and somehow met a we althy merchant. He offered the old man a cigarette. He took the refusal quite aggressively and began to convince him that there was nothing wrong with tobacco. The Monk Silouan of Athos did not enter into an argument. He invited the merchant to read "Our Father" before lighting a cigarette. He objected, considering that it was not at all the case to mix the appeal to the Lord and tobacco. The elder said to him: “Every work that begins with a prayer. If it is pronounced in embarrassment, then it is not worth taking the job.”
The meaning of this story is this: any prayer - from smoking. It is simply necessary to have an understanding in the soul that the Lord did not give tobacco to man. So the habit came from the devil. Although there is a special prayer for getting rid of smoking. We will come to it a little later. If you read the text without realizing its meaning, then there will be no help. The fight against a habit should begin with the conviction of its sinfulness. When a person is able to abandon socially imposed views regarding tobacco, he will make the right decision.
It's no secret that in the cinema, literature, the media there is a constant promotion of smoking. Information is absorbed into the subconscious against the will. Nowadays, few people consider this habit shameful. Prayer for smoking begins with the understanding that you are doing something that is not approved by the Lord, that is, you are committing a sin.
A little parable
Somehow a man came to Elder Paisios Svyatogorets, whose daughter was seriously ill. The child literally died from various ailments. Doctors did not give a chance for recovery. The desperate father asked the elder to pray for the girl, to help. Father Paisius, of course, did not refuse the unfortunate man. He promised that he would pray for the child. In conversation, he said that it is necessary for the father to help his child. In particular, the elder said, a man should give up the sinful habit of smoking in order to give strength to his daughter through his sufferings. Father Paisius believed that coercion, restriction, which would become a kind of test for the father, would contribute to the girl's recovery.
The elder tried to convey to all of us, not just the unfortunate man, that sinful passions, including smoking, take us away from a normal, natural life. Given to people to fight them,demonstrate by their behavior that they are the children of the Lord, not the devil.
The man mentioned in our story happily left his cigarettes near the temple and never touched them again.
Whom to pray to?
Let's talk about the process of getting rid of bad passions. Faced with a problem, a person is lost. Nobody studies the Word of God today. A modern person simply does not imagine to whom the Orthodox prayer from smoking should be addressed. The clergy say it doesn't really matter. We will cite the texts recommended by the church. However, you should look into your soul. All our prayers are directed to the Lord. His throne has many worthy souls. When we mention the name of this or that saint, we ask him to convey the aspirations to the Almighty. Therefore, send your words to someone who inspires confidence. For example, the Monk Ambrose of Optina. During his lifetime, he spent a lot of effort to explain to people the sinfulness of tobacco, the unnaturalness of smoking.
Text of the prayer
Reverend Father Ambrose! You stand before the throne of the Lord. Begged the Almighty to help me quickly in the fight against unclean passion. God! Listen to the prayers of your saint! Let my mouth be cleansed from the foul-smelling smoke. Make my heart chaste, let it be saturated with the fragrance of Your Holy Spirit! Let the tobacco evil passion run away from me to those lands from which it came - into the womb of hell! Amen!
How to pray
Struggle with passionnestled in the soul, very heavy. To make it not in vain, go to church. The Lord said that the temple is in our soul. The church atmosphere helps to find it, to discover it in oneself. Stand near the icons, light candles, ask yourself why you want to quit smoking. A space permeated with the prayers and sufferings of believers will have a positive impact on you. It is recommended for the first time to say a prayer from smoking in the church. When imbued with the correctness of your decision, then turn to the Lord and the saints from home or from another place. A strong prayer from smoking becomes such if it comes from the heart. You need to take the matter seriously and sincerely, then help will come immediately.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
Priests recommend turning to their heavenly patron with a request for help. After all, the Lord appointed him to you just for this. Words can be chosen independently. For example, immediately after waking up, say this: “Angel of God, my guardian, given by the Lord from heaven! I ask you to save me from all evil during the day. Guide me today on the path of salvation, take me away from sin. Amen! Start, if you want to cope with addiction, morning with this short prayer. And if during the day the temptation comes again, then repeat the prayer. Believe me, any text will help strengthen willpower if the decision is firm. Do not remember special prayers, say the ones that come to mind. There is no prohibition on texts. It is important that in your soul you have the desire to receivesupport from above in a very important and useful matter.
Prayer from smoking: reviews
The opinions of those who tried to cope with sinful passions differ. Some are sure that prayer helps very well, others argue that its effect is minimal. It is very easy to explain this discrepancy. The person who sincerely believes pulls himself out of a difficult situation. He feels the help of the Lord when he reaches out to him. And if there is no God in the soul, then it is not worth praying. It will turn out to be a waste of time.
One person said that, having decided to quit smoking, he followed the advice of Ambrose of Optinsky. As soon as his hand reached for a pack of cigarettes, he read one chapter from the Gospel. After this session, I did not want to smoke. And so he did every time, feeling an irresistible desire to inhale smoke. He told himself that he would receive a portion of nicotine only after reading the Holy Book. So I quit, after wise texts I somehow couldn’t indulge in bad passion.
Conclusion
Sometimes relatives are advised to pray for a smoker. There is nothing wrong with this. Only if a person himself does not decide to fight with passion, nothing will help him. This should be well understood. The Lord is good, he offers us his support. But it comes to the aid only to those who have realized their offense. This is a personal test. And relatives can influence a person’s choice by telling him, for example, the above cases from the life of saints. These and many other stories will gradually lead the smoker to think about hisbehavior. Also, don't judge the person. Kindness is stronger than malice. Any believer understands this. Help a loved one understand the sinfulness of passion and find the strength to fight it. And, of course, you need to pray for him. But not so that he quit smoking, but so that the Lord would help him open his eyes to the perniciousness of a bad habit.
