How should we pray to God? by St. Nicholai Velimirovic
Many do not know.
Many people ask about it.
It is necessary to know, but if you do not know, it is appropriate to ask anyone about it.
The question, meanwhile, is simple and absolutely clearly defined in the Church of Christ throughout its two thousand-year history.
Any prayer, the shortest and the longest, must contain three things:
- thanks to God,
- a plea for help in this particular case,
- praise God.
Church Slavonic definitions of this threefold content of prayer are much more expressive than the words of the Serbians and they sound like this:
- thanks ,
- petition ,
- praise .
Thanksgiving.
Parable about the nobleman and the plowman
A certain nobleman lived in his palace in luxury and bliss. Nobody in the world could match him either in wealth, strength or health. However, having been fed up with everything in the world, the nobleman felt with all his heart how empty and meaningless his life was, and he was bewildered by his heavy blues.
And then one morning he gathered in a long way to find solace and the joy of life. He jumped on a horse and, accompanied by a retinue, set off on the road. The path was long, but the rich man did not meet anything that would have pleased his soul and warmed him.


