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"I don't even know, it seems to me that I don't believe it anymore ... And what to do with it, I will not do anything ..." These words I hear daily from all the ends of the earth, from representatives of any Christian directions, with each step of the social staircase .

All of them were once very pious, but now different reasons, the soil of faith leaves them from under the feet - and they are in panic.

Their fear is understandable. It is really quite scary. It is one thing to question the church edges or point to gaps in religious systems that people themselves have come up with, or even criticize the Bible and the ways to interpret it. With all this you can live. We can pass through these crises, but still continue to firmly believe that God is and that he is good. There are days when it is the only thing that we believe, but, as a rule, this is enough.

The loss of faith is more than the weakness of the will.

But what to do, if despite insomnia, reinforced prayers, endless questions and voltage of the will of the will, understand that it is no longer believed in anything? What if the reality of God (or the fact that the God of Goods) is becoming a non-disabilities for you? How to survive in the epicenter of spiritual catastrophe?

Do not give up. God is strong enough to cope with your doubts.

Most often, it is not to become even more upper or "religious". In most cases, people begin to doubt, despite the constant reading of the Bible, prayers, regular visits to the Church, participation in church ministry and the desire to believe from the heart. They did not shy away from all these right things. They are actually God-fearing and active Christians, that's just all these actions ceased to give clarity, confidence and comfort, which was usually given.

Almost everyone who appeal to me in a state of this spiritual void and dryness, they say that they feel guilty. They crushed, realizing that no one can help them return lost, and scold themselves for not to force themselves to believe as before when it did easily and simply.

If you are now in the midst of such a spiritual storm, I will not tell you that there is a way quickly and just return your faith. I can't even say that you will ever return her, at least in her former form. Perhaps you are waiting for something completely unlike what you worried before.

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And anyway, you need to do something. Question - what?

Maybe you need to pray more or start studying the Bible in the group or more often go to church. Or maybe not necessary. In the end, God can be found not only in "spiritual things."

Maybe today you just need to look around around, look at the familiar outlines, listen, touch, breathe and taste. Maybe the best thing you need to do is simply again to contact so well familiar to you and classes, and re-accept them with gratitude.

When you take these wonderful, clean, foreseeable gifts and appreciate them, you can't not recognize the giving. Perhaps this is the whole faith to which you are capable of now, but nothing terrible. Just live and thank for life - already a spiritual quest; This is a holy attitude.

Less turns - faster to the intended purpose

You will see how a sense of gratitude will lead you straight dear to lost feeling faith. It will cleanse the way to God from every sadness, disappointment, doubt and even religiosity.

Dear brothers and sisters! I congratulate you on Antipasha and with the memory of the assignment of the Apostle Thomas.

Again and again the Gospel tells us how difficult it is to believe in God: Almighty and Valid, in the Lord who has true loveWhom everything is possible. The fallen person is very difficult to believe it. Even the apostles who spent several years with him studied from him, went with him, they were filled with doubts.

The apostles lived not in an atheistic country, and not in such an environment in which we live: poisoned by industrial waste and, I do not know what else. They lived among nature, in the Holy Land, where the time of the century was worshiped by a single God. It turns out that even it was difficult for them.

After his resurrection, Christ appeared to them. One of them was not with all. And Jesus Christ came again to assure him. He did it in order to convince us with you, and to show us how difficult faith.

The gospel tells how it happened. The Savior appeared when the doors were shown "fear for the sake of Jewish", everyone was afraid of persecutors. When everyone gathered together, he passed through the walls and told the Fome: "In addition your hands in my wounds, let them make them in the crowd to see what I am." When Thomas made sure that Christ tells him: "You believed, because I saw me. Blessed not seen, but believed. " They saw Christ only apostles, only his contemporaries. Then the history of the Church began already, and we are also in this story. But the Lord urges us to believe, calls for knowledge that he is a true God who has love.

How is love achieved? How to explain it? Why did not the apostles diverged? They were going together. After all, many have separated. One is the most terrible traitor - repented of his act and hanged himself, eliminating the life of suicide. Vera somehow until the end did not leave them.

It seems to me that the whole thing is in love. The fact that the faith disappeared - it was terrible. But love did not disappear. Love, first of all, was revealed in the Holy Wives, who did not immediately retreat from Christ. They were with Christ, saw how he died. But they did not argue, but acted on love. Therefore, they were the first to be the Savior.

He also appeared to his disciples, because their love was not cooled, their devotion to the teacher was preserved. Thomas also preserved this love and devotion. He was not disappointed and did not leave, he came to the apostles.

The first condition in the knowledge of God is love. Through devotion and love, God is most and learn. Through love is strengthened faith.

In Scripture it is said that last times Faith will not: "The Son is human, having come to the ground, will faith find"? Faith sills, but love will not stop. Although "in many, due to multiplication of lawlessness, love is cooling." What we see: lawlessness grow, and people are harder. If they are harder, what is love there?

Love stands at the head of everything. Why love, what love? Love for neighbor and love for God. Sometimes, maybe faith in God, "bolds", but love supports and stores it. "Who loved a lot, the one says goodbye." Faith will continue to the end. It is said: "Does the Son of the human faith find"? When will be the second coming, he will find faith, because the apostle Paul says: "We remain" will change in the blink of an eye and we will rise to the Lord on the clouds. Faith will continue, and the church will continue. The church, like the "wife clothed in the sun, will run into the desert and will continue. How it will be, we do not know.

Moting initially is love. We need to try this love to each other and your neighbor. Save and multiply. Although it is very difficult.

The most difficult thing is not to sharpen your hearts. How to do it? For this we need big effortBecause love is a very tender state.

Love is diverse, she is versatile, she covers all - personal feelings and all common feelings. The whole world is fit in love. It begins in the heart and increases like a plant. This plant needs to be preserved, you need to grow. The storm and frenzy of lawlessness destroys this weak plant. It will try to confront Buryam in their hearts and all sorts of adversity that surrounds us.

Save all lord prayers Blessed Virgin Mary, Apostle Foma and all saints. Lord with all of you!

Today, officials as mantras repeat the commander of the truth about family values. Meanwhile, the number of divorces is only growing.

Recipes output from family crisis, I shared a psychologist Dmitry Torpugov, one of the creators of the club "Your Family".

One in the field ...

With like-minded colleagues, you revive the idea of \u200b\u200bfamily education. What for?

Today, people are hard to build not only families, but also friendly relations, Normal working groups: No one is taught with this since childhood, the traditions were lost, which helped to be together, better hear, understand and support each other. The problem is that now the cult of individual success is actively imposed, the image of a single, which reaches everything itself and considers others only as a resource. But the future is created not a crowd of single, but harmonious teams and families. Are there any laws that help people get closer? It turns out there. But examples of unconnected relationships are found so often that many no longer believe in happy marriage. We make a small step to overcome this stereotype.

Psychologists examined what patients of the hospice are regretted. No one complained that he didn't work sufficiently, etc. Basically, people were worried that too little was given to their loved ones, they lived little, did not work in creativity.

In Russian culture, family relations have always occupied a special place. The man was planted at the head of the table, respected grandparents, asked the blessing before do an important thing. Communication culture with his coming must be revived. It is necessary to understand: we are not leaves in the wind, but the branches of a single tree. Support for loved ones gives strength to show top Qualities. This is what helps the talent to become a genius.

But family bonds can and interfere with achieving goals ...

This is the Western version: family - a burden, which prevents the maximum comfort. But the family is the most powerful resource. It is thanks to relationships with close people are committed to achievements in science and art. Beliefs of children in their parents, the belief of his wife in their husband allow you to achieve the impossible.

Power of Example

As the crisis is manifested family relationships?

The whole thing is in the plantation of egoism. People even consider children as a burden. See how abortions are common, and this is a legal murder. The culture of education of children has degraded very much. Just like the culture of relationships with a close man. In the Voronezh region, the number of divorces is approaching the number of marriages. Almost forgotten the most important principle: We always get what you are worthy. But the forces to work on themselves are not taken from nowhere - they come from the elders. For example, we look at our grandparents, we see how many difficulties they have overcome, and understand: they did it, it means that we will succeed. In a person living in society, there are no such examples.

There are festivals large familiesBut more this shows. Only the mechanism will help when those who have to create happy familywill share experiences with others. But in our country there is no attractive image Happy family relationships. Even scientists mainly explore the anomalies, the family crisis, same-sex marriages. Why no one studies harmonious relations? Previously, at least it was the subject "Ethics and Psychology family life" Now there is nothing like that. They are engaged in sexual enlightenment, but how to understand each other, do not teach. But it is important that people think about it about it from childhood when the creation of a family is still in perspective.

We have the Western model, when a person creates a family of years so in 30-35 ...

This model is not bad for men - they must take place before you take someone in wives. But for women it is a skew. Traditional values Blur, occlude male and female duties, roles and rights.

What do you want to teach in your classes?

First of all, we strive to convey the understanding that men and women are creatures from different planets. We feel differently, we have different needs, we achieve goals differently and so on.

You need to understand well what we are strong, but what is not very. And do what it is better. It is important to understand that any relationship is the value that is created by effort and requires certain knowledge. We have learned to listen to the other, make a compromise. But it is, for example, a whole art is correct to quarrel - so as not to offend a person. What to do when a man is bad? How to support it? It would seem like simple things, but such knowledge is not common. Everyone acts as he can.

Why, for example, people become alcoholics? They do not get enough love and want to grab happiness more primitive ways. Someone is looking for him in extreme sports through the production of adrenaline. Someone - in treasures, constant search for a partner. But it's so cool to live in society happy people. It is nice to cooperate with them, it is interesting to relax and easily negotiate.

All forces - firm?

People get acquainted more often on the Internet. Is it natural?

The idea of \u200b\u200bstandard dating clubs with dancing and drunkenness also discredited. It is possible to obtain only the illusion of intimacy - by drinking and entertainment competitions. And I want to find a form close to traditional Russian sites, where everyone would be perceived as it is. And for this you need to revive the culture of holidays, where people give each other gifts, dance, sing - share emotions.

There is a hidden conflict. On the one hand, the state suggests that we need strong families. On the other hand, during the capitalist device, when the main values \u200b\u200bare money and career, successful families only interfere. Because successful family - This is a self-sufficient cell. It is harder to manipulate. For example, the employer is not interested in family employees. He needs workers who will give all the strength of the company. What is the support of support? Loans are provided for housing - i.e. the focus is on the material aspect. But there is no ideological support. For example, on the youth Forum "Seliger" - a lot of social and business projects, but family topic No one raises. We have no government agencies that would really deal with family issues. Previously, at least at the passages there were some consultations. Social service seems to work with unfavorable familiesBut everything is done formally.

So while at the head of the corner - money, the question is not solved. It is necessary to create an image of a happy country, the "Mobility Empire", which leads the world - without strong families You will not build it. This will be a breakthrough. And as long as we follow Western samples, nothing good will come out.

Today, officials as mantras repeat the commodity of the truth about family values. Meanwhile, the number of divorces is only growing.

The recipes of exiting the family crisis, a psychologist Dmitry Terephips shared, one of the creators of the club "Your Family".

One in the field ...

- with colleagues-like-minded people you revive the idea of \u200b\u200bfamily education. What for?

Today, people are hard to build not only families, but also friendly relations, normal working groups: no one is taught from childhood, lost traditions that helped to be together, better hear, understand and support each other. The problem is that now the cult of individual success is actively imposed, the image of a single, which reaches everything itself and considers others only as a resource. But the future is created not a crowd of single, but harmonious teams and families. Are there any laws that help people get closer? It turns out there. But examples of unconnected relationships are found so often that many no longer believe in a happy marriage. We make a small step to overcome this stereotype.

Psychologists examined what patients of the hospice are regretted. No one complained that he didn't work sufficiently, etc. Basically, people were worried that too little was given to their loved ones, they lived little, did not work in creativity.

In Russian culture, family relations have always occupied a special place. The man was planted at the head of the table, respected grandparents, asked the blessing before doing an important thing. Communication culture with his coming must be revived. It is necessary to understand: we are not leaves in the wind, but the branches of a single tree. Support for loved ones gives the power to show the best qualities. This is what helps the talent to become a genius.

- But family bonds can and interfere with the achievement of goals ...

This is the Western version: family - a burden, which prevents the maximum comfort. But the family is the most powerful resource. It is thanks to relationships with close people are committed to achievements in science and art. Beliefs of children in their parents, the belief of his wife in their husband allow you to achieve the impossible.

Power of Example

- How does family relationship crisis manifest?

The whole thing is in the plantation of egoism. People even consider children as a burden. See how abortions are common, and this is a legal murder. The culture of education of children has degraded very much. Just like the culture of relationships with a close man. In the Voronezh region, the number of divorces is approaching the number of marriages. Almost forgotten the most important principle: we always get what they are worthy. But the forces to work on themselves are not taken from nowhere - they come from the elders. For example, we look at our grandparents, we see how many difficulties they have overcome, and understand: they did it, it means that we will succeed. In a person living in society, there are no such examples.

There are festivals of large families, but more this shows. Only the mechanism will help when those who have turned out to create a happy family will share experiences with others. But in our country there is no attractive image of happy family relationships. Even scientists mainly explore the anomalies, the family crisis, same-sex marriages. Why no one studies harmonious relationships? Previously, at least there was the subject "Ethics and Psychology of Family Life." Now there is nothing like that. They are engaged in sexual enlightenment, but how to understand each other, do not teach. But it is important that people think about it about it from childhood when the creation of a family is still in perspective.

- We have a Western model, when a person creates a family of this year in 30-35 ...

This model is not bad for men - they must take place before you take someone in wives. But for women it is a skew. Traditional values \u200b\u200bare blurred, there is a convergence of male and female responsibilities, roles and rights.

- What do you want to teach in your classes?

First of all, we strive to convey the understanding that men and women are creatures from different planets. We feel differently, we have different needs, we achieve goals differently, etc.

You need to understand well what we are strong, but what is not very. And do what it is better. It is important to understand that any relationship is the value that is created by effort and requires certain knowledge. We have learned to listen to the other, make a compromise. But it is, for example, a whole art is correct to quarrel - so as not to offend a person. What to do when a man is bad? How to support it? It would seem like simple things, but such knowledge is not common. Everyone acts as he can.

Why, for example, people become alcoholics? They do not get enough love and want to grab happiness more primitive ways. Someone is looking for him in extreme sports through the production of adrenaline. Someone - in treasures, constant search for a partner. But it's so cool to live in the society of happy people. It is nice to cooperate with them, it is interesting to relax and easily negotiate.

All forces - firm?

- People get acquainted more often on the Internet. Is it natural?

The idea of \u200b\u200bstandard dating clubs with dancing and drunkenness also discredited. There it is possible to obtain only the illusion of intimacy - by drinking and entertainment contests. And I want to find a form close to traditional Russian sites, where everyone would be perceived as it is. And for this you need to revive the culture of holidays, where people give each other gifts, dance, sing - share emotions.

There is a hidden conflict. On the one hand, the state suggests that we need strong families. On the other hand, during the capitalist device, when the main values \u200b\u200bare money and career, successful families only interfere. Because a successful family is a self-sufficient cell. It is harder to manipulate. For example, the employer is not interested in family employees. He needs workers who will give all the strength of the company. What is the support of support? Loans are provided for housing - i.e. the focus is on the material aspect. But there is no ideological support. For example, on the Youth Forum "Seliger" - a lot of social and business projects, but nobody raises the family theme. We have no government agencies that would really deal with family issues. Previously, at least at the passages there were some consultations. Social service seems to be working with disadvantaged families, but everything is done formally.

So while at the head of the corner - money, the question is not solved. It is necessary to create an image of a happy country, "The Empire of Good", which leads the world - they will not build it without strong families. This will be a breakthrough. And as long as we follow Western samples, nothing good will come out.

Many people are familiar to this condition: it seems to be quite recently the heart burned about the Lord, and today it is dry, I don't want to pray, doubts approach from all sides. So the day continues, the other, the third, month ... And suddenly pierces the thought: faith ... no?! How natural - or, on the contrary, is unnatural - such a state? Why urges faith over time? Is it possible to avoid this and how? And what to do to survive this period with the smallest spiritual losses? Shepherds share their advice.

"Grace returns, if a man is rope"

Probably, the case is not so much in time, but a person is died and is permanent in his Christian life.

When grace leaves, so the Lord has been experiencing

When a person is engaged in any case, trying to succeed in it, after the expiration of time he just succeeds, and the more time passes, the greater the experience comes, more skill, skill. The same can be said about the life of Christian. If a person started to live this life and took advantage of the graceful gifts that the Lord applies to someone who only turned to him, and then, losing zeal, warm heart, not a christian life with whom Christian life should be conjugate, then naturally Coming and cooling, and some inner emptying. But if a person works, and worries zeroly, then something else happens: he has a certain state when it seems to him that he has moved away from him, but in fact it is a time when the Lord is just experiencing, and grace is really hiding. But if a person is working to work, if a person is constantly cheerful and zealous, then grace is returning, and the person again experiences the joy of his Christian life, and consolation, and some amazing feeling of the completeness of being. And if during this period a person on a malnuary, according to the impermanentness will leave his works and zeal, then not to avoid cooling, and then it takes very, very great efforts to return to good Christian life.

"The disbelief always comes as a consequence of non-invasion."

I have little familiar to me. "Cooling faith" is, apparently, the recognition that not his sins is the cause of all kinds of tricks in the soul and in life, but what, they say, the church is mistaken, and I am good! "Where will we go? You have the verbs of eternal life, "said the Apostles Christ, when he implied their heart confusion with the question:" Do you want to move away from me? " I think, in the recruiting, aspiring, on the advice of St. Feofan, the rejection, the sins of the "spirit of incessant self-creation" can be sins and different, but disappointments in our bunk orthodox faith Almost does not happen. Disbelief always comes as a consequence of unrecognizance.

"To overcome cooling, find those who are even harder, and start helping them."

Alas, cooling in faith is happening with us hourly, or rather, every second. So I woke up and decided that read morning prayer. But immediately comes the thought of unanswered letters, about the dust, which would be won ... - and washed somewhere. And the bustle absorbed my soul without a residue. And in the middle of the day I catch myself that the prayers are never read by me. Or I came to worship, joined what was happening, I appeal to God with a chorus and clergy, but suddenly I remember that Ivan Ivanovich quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich, and I begin to think about how to reconcile them. Or about chefed or will rise in price oil. Or that Australian penguins are smaller than Antarctic. Why is this happening? How did I get on the side of the distance? Because it is convenient to evil. Not focused. Scattered. Also on a longer distance. After all, in spiritual life, aphorism is fair that you can go for so long to meet yourself that they will completely seek walking. From a series of small submenses, the habit of sin is born, passion, dependence - and now the person himself is not his own. Not he, but for him he decides his Wishlist. According to the thoughts of one of the Afonov devotees of the beginning of the century, our passions become demons for us. And it is they are lit by the sky. They grow into our nature and mindlessly distort it. And we become a caricature of ourselves. This terrible phantasmagoria learns the enemy of our salvation with humanity, wanting to annoy the Creator. And all that remains for us, realizing what we have slept, is to get up again and again and contact him with a plea about the grace undeservedly.

It turns out that cooling in faith is due to the fact that the person gets tired of being tired with the oak - with those external circumstanceswhich, as he thinks, impede it to testify to Christ. Let's say, Sergey Fudel, who eased in Stalin's camps for more than two decades, recalled how his father Archpriest Joseph Fudel in old age has lost his pastoral burning, more and more time began to give tea drinking in the circle of friends. And it was due to the fact that he could not overcome the whole routine, all the infinite papers that the church demanded from the clergy into the synodal period of its existence.

Therefore, the reasons for this cooling can be both internal and external. But it must be remembered that the Lord is industrial about us. And if we start touched and dying in our heathalia, it comes to us a fiery temptation. The same persecution and other grief that shake us, swing up and, no matter how paradoxically, give us the strength to return to the narrow path.

My meager experience suggests that, firstly, if it suffered this "cooling" or if they are offended and clamping into ticks, the only thing on the need is to find those who are even harder, and without postponing, start helping them. I'm not even talking about the beggars in transitions. I'm about those who are sick, who have small children in their hands, no father, who just awaits us good word or phone call, and maybe Skype ties. The fact is that in the heavenly bank there are other interests. And the penny of our time, our investment and concerns are converted into quiet joy, and often in response to us in our affairs.

Secondly, if the case we do is standing, that we will remember that, according to Yuri Shevchuk, "the Lord respects us." And it became necessary to make it in the simplicity of the heart, preparing for the worst, hoping for the best, and there - how God will give. When you go through the oncoming thunderstorms to your home, there is no longer before cooling - and so everything is wet and disgust and disgust, - you just need to go.

"Go to the temple, confess, see, compete"

Such temptation, of course, happens. But it should be borne in mind that our human life is, so to speak, a striped thing. Periods of lifting are replaced by periods of some spiritual relaxation. It is necessary to be ready for this and not to pay in any extremes, do not be disconnected, but to understand that this period to some extent legiturated due to our human weakness, but it is impossible to succumb - it is necessary to mobilize and patiently and with zeal to carry this time of some spiritual Cooling, in no case agreed with the fact that it is forever. The crammed invests such thoughts. And it is a loan thoughtless, it is impossible to believe. It must be understood that let it be a sin is captive, but this is a sin, and you do not want to lose heart and retreat from the church - so go to the temple, confess, think, communion of the Holy Taine, ask the Lord forgiveness - and with God's help to overcome this temptation.

"It is very important to gather together and share our experiences"

Cooling occurs when addictive occurs. It happens in sophisticated relationship - About two years later married life. So it happens in faith. I was noticeable to put it around, as these states are very similar in nature. Very often, the sacred Scriptures and the holy fathers likened the relationship with God married. And here and here we are dealing with difficulty, with efforts.

In order not to cool the faith, so that faith was all the time "in the tone", in a state of burning, you must follow the following.

1. The faith should not be formal, but should be alive. This means that we must observe ourselves: did our prayer turn into a soulless subtraction of the prayer rule? Was not a visit to the division into scattered exploration of services?

It is important to observe the prayer to be alive and sincere to be supported not formalized, but lively relationships with God.

We must "grow" in faith. Any stop leads to fall

2. We must "grow" in faith. Any stop leads to a fall. What is the growth going through? Through gradual increase in prayer, in void, through reading and thinking over Sacred Scripture and the writings of the holy fathers and devotees of faith. Our faith must be a source and life-giving power of our personal growth.

3. We must creatively approach faith. If a Christian does not have Christian "hobbies", the faith may soon bother. The Apostle Paul wrote that we all have our own dating from the Holy Spirit and should develop them. Someone has a charisma (\u003d the gracious gift) of the certificate of faith, someone is a wonderful prayer, someone loves and knows how to engage social projects and affairs. Everyone can find a deal to the soul and gradually increase in it. As the flowers in the meadow are different, but each flower is beautiful in its own way, and every Christian is unique and beautiful in his.

If you find in faith resources for the implementation of talents and abilities laid into each of us, then such faith can not be bored.

4. It is very important to gather together and share our experiences, tell the brothers and sisters, with what difficulties we personally encountered, get acquainted with their experience, support each other and so on. The fact is that such a phenomenon is already open as half a century - "professional burnout". Those who are engaged in people are subject to such burnout: teachers, doctors, priests, and so on. For many years, psychologists tried to choose "therapy", which would predict and helped in overcoming such burnout and cooling to work. And so it was discovered that there is nothing better than to get into groups and jointly discuss, under the guidance of a competent specialist issued problems. This therapy was named "Balitov Group".

In some respect, such a technique can help both Christians avoid burnout and cooling. Actually, Christians from ancient times were going together and communicated, so this is not some kind of innovation, and the most that neither is normal phenomenon. Just abnormally, when parishioners are separated, unfamiliar and everyone comes to the temple for their needs.

"Without prayer faith is impossible"

Cooling in faith can happen to any Christian. But this is not connected with the fact that a lot of time passed and a person is tired of faith, but with the fact that we become heat-chapted, lose the spiritual zeal.

When faith does not have any incarnation in life, then she, of course, leaves. What is it like good book, Once read and deferred to the far shelf. The person treats her seems to be good, knows that she is somewhere, but simply does not appeal to her in everyday life. So faith, if it does not appear in real life - visiting the temple, attitude towards the neighbor, while solving life situations- it displaces somewhere on the periphery.

Faith in God is not recognition that God is, but the living sense of the presence of God

But in general, to understand the reasons for cooling in faith, it is necessary to find out, and what, in fact, such a faith. If you say essentially, the faith in God is not just a confession that God really is. Genuine faith in God is a living sense of the presence of God, when you feel all our creature that the Lord is next to you and you have the opportunity to contact him - he will hear and answer, because he is love. That is, faith is a special cardiac connection. This is how when two people love each other, they have a heart bond, and this is obvious to them, although others do not feel. Vera is an obviousness, a man feels God with all his being, and not just recognizes reason.

And this faith is supported only by direct appealing to the Lord. Imagine that the believer whole year It will not pray, will never visit the temple. Yes, a year later, nothing will remain from his faith, because he does not appeal to God at all. The Lord will be supplanted on the backyard of his soul. And it may seem that God is not at all. Here's how at night we do not see in the room icons, because there is no light, and it may also seem that the icons are not there at all, but if you roam the lamp, then the light is illuminated by the Saints. So our prayer is the light of faith that opens the presence of God. Losing prayer, we lose the light, which is God. Without this light, you might think that God is not at all. That is, faith in God is inexpressible from our inner connection with him. After losing contact with the Lord, we stop feeling him and therefore we begin to think that it is not.

The rational of faith is always connected with the discuscy of personal spiritual experience. Accordingly, faith is strengthened from living and sincere prayers, when every time you rose not to the formal deduction of the rules, but for communication with the Heavenly Father. Prayer gives a living connection with the Lord, and from this and the faith will also be alive.

Vera generally increases from our willingness to follow Christ, to be faithful to him in any situations - mournful and joyful - to solve problems from the position of the Gospel Commandments. If your life is trying to build on the gospel, correlate with the commandments and repent of the scents, then the Lord will strengthen your faith with your grace.

"You need to drive the demonic spirit of unbelief"

Vera is the highest manifestation of free human will - on the one hand, and the gift of Divine Grace - on the other. And the blessed unhappy states of the "Celebration of Faith", giving us from the Lord, are undoubtedly replaced and should be replaced by periods as if "bad weather" when the sun is hidden from us. But this is happening precisely so that we will keep the will of your memory about the sun during the "M Mole of Radious", and this is the necessary test of our faith, which no one can avoid.

No one and no circumstances - nor external nor inner - can not make a person to believe or not believe. In this mystery of faith. And the more consciously and clearly we capture and confess our faith in the most difficult and vague periods - especially in faith we are strengthened and especially attracting the favor of God, which manifests itself, as a rule, in some "insights", if you can say so When our soul, our partly opens the light of the sun of the truth and partly becomes accessible to an experienced understanding of the fact that there is a "spiritual sky". Of course, these are not the highest conditions and experiences that holy people experience, but this is not some kind of ghost, but the reality of the spiritual life, which opcases us for our statement in faith.

In addition, it is necessary to remember what. Undoubtedly, there is a demonic spirit of disbelief. And it is necessary to know to not be sure to not be surprised, do not lose heart in case of his sudden attack, when the soul, as it were, envelops the unbelief mb. This time is absolutely necessary for us to bore, testing of our freedom. At such moments, it is necessary to say consciously and firmly: "I do not believe you, the spirit of unbelief, get away from me, I believe to my Lord, he worshiped and serve." This is a certain non-omitable point of faith, the point of our militia and free choice, Determination point. And no one over this "point" is not dominal. We must confess our faith, in spite of everything, and then definitely in due time the Lord will send us and consolation, and the joy of the ingrowed to communicate with him in repentance and the crushing of the heart.

Our task is to stand tightly in faith, whatever thoughts and feelings

Never be embarrassed by the spirit of disbelief. He makes his "work" - tempts, is experiencing. And our task is to stand tightly in your faith, whatever thoughts, moods and feelings, nasty, treat us. The Greeks have a saying: " Good captain Viden B. bad weather" This is about us. It is very important not to succumb to all these "winds, storms and fogs" that do not give rest and, it happens, they are not immediately dispelled even during prayer. Do not give in - this means even in the most desperate storm and storm remember about the moment when you meet with the sun truth again - Christ. And it is very important to store such a location, then, at the time of silence, to say from the bottom of my heart: "Lord, you know, I also believed in the storm!"

"Showing patience, you will wait for spiritual spring"

They say: "Time heals". And in fact, the experiences and grief after time are not so sharp and sensitive. But it seems, the time "treats" and spiritual experiences. Over the years it may turn out that faith is already "not that", not so living, sincere, hot. This is the experience of many people, just like it will not dismiss him. Save the first love is a difficult thing, and to multiply her - the feat. But this is the very case when they say: it is difficult - it means you need! A classic illustration of this is an image of an extinguishing fire, which will turn around again if you start to put the appropriate fuel into it.

There is still such a theory: a certain change of seasons occurs in the personal faith of each person. Our inner bright, juicy summer comes to an end, and placing falling autumn. And then it becomes even worse - it means that winter came. But, showing patience, wait for spring, the spiritual ascent will appear again, the desire to please God, the feeling of his presence. And this change of seasons is a normal phenomenon. Some people are more sensitive, others are less. Understanding all this, it is easier to survive another winter.