When something good happens to a person, positive, joyful, pleasant - he takes it for granted. As soon as trouble occurs, heinousness, muck - he begins to raise his hands to Heaven and ask the cherished "Why?". Yes, we are such, we are surprised at misfortunes, and we take for granted happiness . But after all, we deserve both.
A true Christian will call happiness "the grace of God", and misfortune - deserved pay for their sins. So, in order to repay mercy, not to allow bitter payments, and, in the end, to change our negative thinking to positive, we also read thanksgiving prayers.
Let's figure out who and for what to thank (after all, and ask, and thank the right address), and also how to do it according to all church rules.
Guardian Angels
The guardian angel is sent to man from Heaven from his birth. In order to possess an angel, one does not need to be baptized. Do not confuse them with the Saints, whose names we wear - the Saints were righteous on the Earth, and the guardian angels were never human. They are incorporeal, immortal and divine.
They say that the Angel is free to decide at his own discretion whether to help his "ward" or not. It is easy to guess that in order to establish contact with him, to be heard, one should not only read the thanksgiving prayers to the angel the keeper, but also try to live really cleanly.
In order for the angels to help you in all your endeavors, you must abandon bad habits, not foul language, do not raise tones, do not quarrel, do not humiliate or insult others, do not use parasite words and do not talk in vain.
Angels carry out the will of God, they very often save us when we still can not recognize the danger. Of course, there is something to thank them for.
Holy Mother of God
The Gospel contains very little information about the Blessed Virgin. It is known that the Virgin Mary gave birth to the world a savior of people - Jesus Christ, the son of God. It is also known that at the age of fourteen she gave a dinner of virginity as a sign of devotion to God. At the same time, she was betrothed to the elders Joseph, a descendant of the Solomon family. He promised to take care of her and provide everything necessary for life. Joseph and Mary (Miriam in Hebrew) lived in Nazareth, where Archangel Gabriel appeared to her in a dream, telling him that she would bring the Savior to the world.
First of all, the Most-Holy Theotokos should read the thanksgiving prayer precisely for the fact that she brought to the world of his Savior. Women often pray to her to recover from infertility, to marry, to establish relationships in the family. It will definitely help, most importantly - do not forget to say thank you in the words of the thanksgiving prayer of the Mother of God.
Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker from the very childhood showed a great desire to know and serve God. He became archbishop of Lycia, but Nikolai could not stop at this. He helped people as he could, praying to God for their forgiveness, salvation, healing. He helped them financially (remember how he threw money to the ruined old man so that he could give out his daughters to marry), saved their lives from the elements (taming the storm into the sea), saved them from hunger and from themselves.
Millions of people in the world, regardless of religion, ask Nicholas to perform a miracle. As before, we remind: do not forget about your savior when the miracle happened. Try to say thankful prayers to Nicholas the Wonder-worker more often than requests.
Saints and guardian angels are mediators between us and God. Thank them for the grace of God and for their work, and then, you will surely be heard in the future.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
Prayer to Our Lady of the Virgin Mary
Prayer to Nikolai the Savior
