The strongest prayer for humility: how it helps to accept the will of God and get rid of pride

Pride is a vice that should be eliminated. Prayer will help you overcome your arrogance, find spiritual humility and embark on the right path. About how to pray and what the conversions should be — in the material of Izvestia.

How to pray with pride

Pride is considered one of the most dangerous spiritual ailments, requiring constant inner work and sincere prayer. Getting rid of this passion occurs gradually, through humility of heart and awareness of one's own weakness before God.

The main thing in prayer for deliverance from pride is the sincerity of turning to God. Simple prayer addresses, such as "Lord, deliver me from pride" or "Lord, humble my soul," uttered from a pure heart, have great power.

Spiritual practice includes not only prayer, but also regular confession of specific manifestations of pride — condemnation, arrogance, envy. It is recommended to confess at least once a month and receive communion, which gradually brings the soul into a state of sobriety.

A prayer rule may include petitions for the gift of humility, for example: "Lord, grant us Your humble Holy Spirit" or "Lord, do not let me think of myself as the best of any human being." It's important to pray not only for yourself, but also for other people, especially those you feel superior or envious of.

Along with prayer, it is necessary to develop an objective view of oneself, eliminate internal contradictions, and learn to rejoice in the successes of others. Humility develops through self-reproach, distrust of one's own mind.

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Prayer from pride

Lord, give me Your humble spirit, so that I may not lose Your grace and weep for it, as Adam wept for paradise and God. Lord, You are Merciful; tell me, what must I do to humble my soul? Lord, grant us the gift of Your holy humility. Lord, grant us 2 tuneas of Your humble Spirit. Holy One, how did You come to save people and take them to heaven so that they could see Your glory. Most Holy Mother of the Lord, grant us, O Merciful One, a humble spirit. All saints, as you live in heaven, and see the glory of the Lord, and your spirit rejoices, pray that we may be with you.

Other prayers for pride

Lord, teach the slave Yours

Lord, teach the slave Thine, who has fallen into the devil's pride, to meekness and humility, and wring from his heart the darkness and burden of satanic pride!

Oh, Christ-pleasing, holy man of God Alexie!

Oh, Christ-pleasing, holy man of God Alexie! Look mercifully upon us, servant of God (names), and prayerfully stretch out your honest hands to the Lord God, and ask Him for the remission of our sins, voluntary and involuntary, a peaceful and Christian end, and a kind answer at the Last Judgment of Christ. O servant of God, do not put to shame our trust that we place in you, according to the Lord and Theotokos; but be our helper and protector for salvation; that through your prayers, having received grace and mercy from the Lord, we may glorify the love of mankind of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and your holy intercession, now and ever and unto the ages of ages..

Having risen to virtue and having purified the mind

Having exalted yourself in virtue and having purified your mind, you have reached the desired and extreme, having graced your life with dispassion, and you have received a fair amount of fasting with a pure conscience, in prayers, for you are bodiless, abiding, you have shone like the sun in peace, Most blessed Alexy.