Christian prayer is primarily a dialogue with God, with the Holy Saints. Besides the fact that a person through prayer has the opportunity to turn to the Higher Mind, he receives an answer from him, help, grace. Many people have questions about how to turn to God correctly, in what position should the body be during prayer. Indeed, it is better to pray on your knees so that the conversion can be heard by the Almighty.
Instruction manual
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When a person enters the temple, he can see among the worshipers those who are standing at the altar or in front of the icons, or standing in front of the images on their knees, or even lying face down on the floor. There are many opinions about the position of the body during prayer. Neither the church nor the worshipers came to one.
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It is believed that if the sinner prays knee-deeply, thereby he more than strives the Lord for mercy to him. There is also an opinion that those parishioners who kneel down in prayer, get up again, go down again - they not only read the words of the scriptures, but also work in their conversion to God, perform a feat of a believer.
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The body of a person during prayer determines the intensity of turning to God. If there is a desire for a passionate appeal to kneel down - make this gesture. Any body movements of a person, if he feels that his prayer is likely to reach the Lord, are permissible in prayer to him.
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In addition to kneeling, it is very good to bow down during prayer. They help gather the body, mind and attention of the prayer in a single whole. Especially a prayer kneeling with bows will be in place in the morning, before working days.
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During the prayer reading at home or in the church, you should overshadow yourself with the sign of the cross, pronounce the words "In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit." The Church believes that with every sign of the cross, a person who prays brings God's power closer to him.
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Prayer in a standing position expresses a person’s readiness to heed, indicates his composure before turning to the Lord. A person’s gaze while standing prayer should be turned only to the icon, to the prayer image.
Praying on a knee while standing or sitting expresses repentance, especially a person’s intensified prayer. But you cannot kneel for a long time if it is physically uncomfortable. Otherwise, instead of turning to God, a person will think about knee pain.
Prayer, sitting on a bench, helps to deepen your thoughts and attentiveness to the words of prayer.
