Medicine is the first to talk about the dangers of smoking. The clergy say the same. However, they are not based on the biological factors of the effects of nicotine on the body, but argue from their own, church point of view.

According to the statements, smoking is a sin. The Church condemns him because of the harm done to others and to himself.

The devilish habit of smoking cigarettes is equated with fornication, idolatry, vanity, pride, and self-love. This is not only a physical affliction, but also a spiritual one. That is why sinful diseases arise because of it. At the same time, the most terrible aspect of it is the parody of burning with church incense.

In such a case, it is not in the name of the Lord.

Breaking a bad habit can be very difficult. Every follower understands this. The church also takes this into account. However, if you trust the Lord, praying against smoking, asking for strengthening your will, then it is very simple to overcome the demon that lives in every pack of cigarettes. Those who want to get rid of the habit without effort, they seek to gain freedom with the help of conspiracies in order to get rid of the disease. But a demon cannot cast out a demon.

Faith is a faithful assistant

In this case, desire and opportunity must match. If you feel like quitting smoking, pray. It is necessary to do this with a strong desire and Faith. Only by believing in the Lord, it becomes possible to achieve a certain result.

You can purchase an icon, stock up on candles, and pray twice a day. Also, no one bothers to say prayer words to oneself, addressing them to God during the working day. At the same time, it doesn’t matter who you pray to: the Lord himself or his saints - the main thing is the realization of your desire.

The best time to quit smoking is when you are closest to the church.

Feeling the grace, you will be able to say goodbye to smoking, but the fortitude, so as not to start smoking again, depends only on you.

It should be borne in mind that even reducing the number of cigarettes smoked daily, or using other methods, may not be effective at all. Quitting smoking becomes possible only if you yourself, with the help of the Will, refuse to do so. Sincere prayer can help in this, even conspiracies do not work so strongly.

Confess your sin

Many cigarette adepts wishing to quit smoking prefer to use different prayer words. The main thing is that they come from the heart. At the same time, you yourself choose who to pray to. Some of the most popular are the following types of prayers:

Prayer to the Holy Trinity. Addressed to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The prayer acknowledges the presence of an ailment, asks to forgive sins and heal from illness, restore health, and grant long years of life.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity "From Smoking"

“O most merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the Indivisible Trinity, look kindly on Your servant (name), obsessed with illness; forgive him all his sins; give him healing from the disease; return to him health and bodily strength; give him long-term and prosperous life, Your peaceful and worldly blessings, so that he, together with us, brings grateful prayers to You, the All-Bountiful God and our Creator.

Prayers for smoking. They also contain words recognizing the presence of an ailment, a request to forgive sins, a desire to be healed specifically from smoking.

Prayer "From smoking"

“Much-merciful Lord! Hear my petition, accept the prayer of Your unworthy servant, do not disdain my sores, do not turn away from me. Like sometimes you healed the money-loving soul of Zacchaeus the publican, heal my soul, which is sick with many passions and troubles. Lord, listen to the voice of my supplication, hear my groans and my pitiful cry. Oh, woe to me, woe to me a sinner, because I am like idolaters, I am not ashamed to burn demonic incense, I am not ashamed to offend You, Lord, with the deceit of my heart. I tempt You with excessive confidence in Your long-suffering. Standing in Thy Holy Temple, I am delighted with the fragrance of incense, and every hour again I enjoy the incense of the stench. I defile my mouth, and with these same lips I speak words of praise to You. Like a dog returns to his vomit, I also serve sin. For all, as if this is a sin, but not the imam of boldness denying the bribes of mercenaries. Merciful Lord! Condescend to my weakness, forgive my indecency, strengthen me, give me patience and spiritual courage, do not leave me, do not let me perish in the mire of sin, Save, Lord! I'm dying! But sometimes Thou, Lord, healed, through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother, a certain husband Sergius - heal me unworthy. As if sometimes Thou, Lord, delivered, through the prayers of the Monk Ambrose of Optina, from the bad habit of a certain Alexei of Moscow - deliver me the accursed one. As if sometimes Thou, Lord, freed, through the prayers of the holy fathers of the Kiev Caves, from the oppressive passion of a certain Maxim and appointed him to serve You in Your Holy Temple - the same and less filthy and unclean freedom, and let me serve Your truth, and work without laziness leanly To you, my Lord Jesus Christ, all the days of my life, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen."

The Orthodox prayer of Ambrose of Optina is suitable for a couple who together want to quit smoking. It is aimed at expelling the habit, having cleansed itself of filth, saturating the spirit of God that smokes with the fragrance. The prayer of Ambrose of Optina is used most often, because the words spoken in it really work in many cases. According to many, Ambrose of Optinsky helps to get rid of smoking forever.

Prayer to Ambrose of Optina "From smoking"

“Reverend Father Ambrose, you, having boldness before the Lord, begged the Greatly Gifted Vladyka to give me ambulance in the fight against impure passion. God! Through the prayers of Your saint, Saint Ambrose, cleanse my lips, make my heart wise and saturate it with the fragrance of Your Holy Spirit, so that the evil tobacco passion will flee from me far away, to where it came from, into the womb of hell.

There are also a huge number of conspiracies. However, no conspiracy can be compared with the personal offering of a petition to the Lord.

Endeavor will be rewarded

Please note that all prayer words are called upon to recognize that a person has an ailment. The praying person realizes that he is sick and gets on the road to recovery, in case of a desire to smoke, concentrating on prayer.

The essence of quitting smoking is concentration.

Prayer allows you to get rid of concentration on a bad habit, calling to concentrate on life. In the process of healing with prayer, it turns out that the smoker no longer wants to follow the old way of life.

A person who accepts the Lord in his heart strives to merge with his soul, not allowing anything diabolical. Conspiracies in this case may not even have any adequate impact. To dispel the remnants of doubt, try to remember when you last saw a clergyman smoking?

Video: Prayer for smoking

Tobacco smoking is a bad habit that not only harms your health, but is also considered a rather big sin from the church point of view. To date, there are a lot of modern methods that promise that a person will be able to get rid of this addiction. However, they do not help everyone, moreover, a prayer to quit smoking can help much better than various pills and patches.

Who to pray for smoking?

Faced with this problem, modern man does not always know who to turn to for help. After all, not everyone studies the word of God, now many are busy with their own problems, so when the period comes when there is a need to read prayers, many people are simply lost in this matter.

By and large, the church does not unambiguously determine who should be asked for help in getting rid of this bad habit. However, among the majority of people there is an opinion that it was St. Ambrose of Optina who helped them. After all, it was this Saint who devoted most of his life to explaining to people that smoking is a sin and for a person this procedure is not natural.

How to quit smoking with prayer?

It is important to understand that prayer has healing properties only when it comes from a pure heart. It is recommended to combine traditional medicine and prayer for a faster and more reliable effect.

It is believed that nicotine addiction is a rather strong sin, equated to fornication. When reading a prayer to quit smoking, you need to be focused and focused on the end result. You also need to acquire patience and methodically go towards your goal. If the thoughts when reading the prayer were pious, and the appeal to the Saints was with an open soul, then the result will certainly be.

So in order to reach positive result, you need to do the following:

1. Choose a saint to whom a prayer will be read. It is preferable to choose Optina Ambrose.
2. Choose which prayer to read to quit smoking.
3. Along with the reading of the Holy text, apply the methods of traditional medicine.

And most importantly, you need to ask with all sincerity and faith, and not demand a miracle, in which case the prayer will not be heard.

Prayer from smoking to the guardian angel

Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me by God from heaven! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, and save me from all evil, instruct me in every deed, and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

O most merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the Indivisible Trinity, look kindly on Your servant (name), obsessed with illness; forgive him all his sins; give him healing from the disease; return to him health and bodily strength; give him a long and prosperous life, your peaceful and worldly blessings, so that he, together with us, brings grateful prayers to you, our All-Generous God and our Creator.

In fact, everyone can quit smoking, for this you just need to read a prayer daily and sincerely. Then help will surely come and a person will be able to get rid of this bad habit, which is also quite a big sin.

Prayer to quit smoking was last modified: July 7th, 2017 by Bogolub

“You write that you cannot stop smoking tobacco. What is impossible from a person is possible with God’s help; you just have to firmly decide to leave it, realizing the harm to soul and body from it, since tobacco relaxes the soul, multiplies and intensifies passions, darkens the mind and destroys the bodily health by slow death.—Irritability and anguish are the consequences of the sickness of the soul from smoking tobacco.

I advise you to use spiritual medicine against this passion: confess in detail all your sins, from the age of seven and throughout your life, and partake of the Holy Mysteries, and read daily, standing, the Gospel chapter by chapter or more; and when anguish sets in, then read again until the anguish passes; attack again and read the Gospel again. “Or, instead, lay down, in private, 33 big bows, in memory of the Savior’s earthly life and in honor of the Holy Trinity,” such an answer was received from St. passion. After reading the letter, he lit a cigarette, but suddenly felt a severe headache and, at the same time, an aversion to tobacco smoke - and did not smoke at night. The next day he automatically lit several times, but the pain returned and did not allow him to swallow the smoke. So he quit. Some time later, this man came to the elder to personally thank him.The Monk Ambrose touched his head with a stick - and since then the pain has not returned for any reason.

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Seeking help from the saints in various needs has a huge practice in Russia. The saints intercede for us, helping us to avoid the consequences of the sins we commit, in the very nature of which - in disobedience to the will of God and, as a result, inevitable punishment. Not for sins, but sins themselves punish us, turning us away from God's blessing and God's help. Therefore, the stronger our desire to receive help from God, the more persistently we should seek it in prayers to the Lord, the Most Holy Theotokos and the saints of God. So, for example, publishers are aware of specific cases of healing from the disease of smoking through prayers before the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, as well as the miraculous healing of the famous Orthodox publisher S. A. Nilus, who smoked mercilessly for 33 years, through prayers before the icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria of Smolensk. Smokers were healed through prayers to Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, saints royal martyrs, as well as through the prayers of the pious relatives of the smoker, who order the reading of the Psalter for health and prayers in monasteries for him.

How to quit smoking: a prayer from the passion of smoking to St. Ambrose of Optina

Reverend Father Ambrose, you, having boldness before the Lord, begged the Greatly Gifted Vladyka to give me an ambulance in the fight against impure passion. God! Through the prayers of Your saint, Saint Ambrose, cleanse my lips, make my heart chaste and saturate it with the fragrance of Your Holy Spirit, so that the evil tobacco passion will flee from me far away, to where it came from, into the womb of hell.

Prepared Igor Orlov

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Prayer to the Monk Ambrose of Optina:

• Prayer to the Monk Ambrose of Optina. A God-wise mentor, comforter and prayer book, the Monk Ambrose truly became the crown and adornment of the Optina eldership. The elder became famous for his clairvoyance, the gift of healing bodily ailments and healing spiritual wounds. They pray to him for help in various everyday needs, for healing in illnesses, for the firm standing of the Russian people in the faith of the father, for good disposition and Christian upbringing of children

When acquiring a bad habit, people rarely think about the fact that someday they will have to get rid of it and how difficult it is. After all, the habit is called harmful because it causes damage to the body. One of these habits is smoking.

There are many options for getting rid of this addiction, one of them is the use of prayers as a means to overcome the destructive passion. From the article you will learn how to read from smoking to the smoker himself?

Do appeals to saints help?

The effectiveness of prayers has been debated for a long time: for some, this is the strongest help and protection, but for some, empty words. But in this particular case, in the fight against passion, it is worth considering this issue in more detail, so that there is no sediment left from the lack of results.

First of all, prayer is a spiritual means, which contains a request for anything to Jesus, the Saint or the Mother of God. You should not treat the utterance of prayers as making a wish and a spell, they say, “so I read a prayer and everything happened with the breath of the wind and it turned out the way I wanted” - this is not entirely true.

Prayer contains a petition, which the one to whom it is addressed is sure to listen., but it is not a fact that what is being asked is really useful in this form for the person asking. However, help comes from above unequivocally and help is really needed, just not everyone can see it, because they are waiting for exactly what they “ordered”.

In the fight against the passion of smoking, it is worth remembering that it is impossible to leave such a craving without a sufficient amount of internal effort.

Smoking itself is tied to the spiritual component of a person, it is even referred to as gluttony - one of the seven deadly passions. These passions are called mortal because they mortify the human soul. Therefore, in order for prayer to help and passion to recede, it is worth firmly deciding for yourself about the intention to do everything to eliminate the addiction.

The essence of the prayers is such that if it is impossible to endure the attacking desire to smoke or when you realize that you don’t have enough strength to give up passion on your own, help and strength are asked with the help of a prayer that should be read directly by those who struggle with addiction.

If the desire to get rid of addiction to tobacco is really sincere, but due to one’s weaknesses and infirmities, a person is not able to overcome the craving for tobacco and at the same time sincerely forgives for help in prayer, then help will definitely and without any doubt.

But without your own will applied to this and, at least a little effort on yourself and the desire to refrain from a bad habit, not a single prayer will help, because leaving passion in this case is far from sincere.

Prayers

Forgiveness Sunday

A very good reason to give up cigarettes will be Forgiveness Sunday. On this day, the rite of forgiveness is performed in all churches, at the same time you can repent of the passion of smoking and ask for strength for further abstinence. This day and rite of forgiveness is important for quitting smoking because it can be the beginning of a new stage in life.

After all, there is a chance to leave not only this sin, but also many others behind, to forgive everyone and yourself and move on in a different way, not remembering the past.

The Sacrament of Confession and the Eucharist will also help and give the necessary mental attitude and strength for refusing and further abstinence from tobacco. Additionally, for this, on Forgiveness Sunday, you can read the following prayer against:

Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of Your Father without beginning, You spoke with pure lips
Yours: as without Me you can’t do anything, my Lord, Lord, by faith the volume in my soul and heart spoken by You, I bow to Your goodness: despise all my Sins, and do not rebuke me a sinner, but do with me according to Your mercy. Protect me from the shameful and vile tobacco-smoking passion and all Satan's child from me, and save me from all evil. For Yours is the kingdom and power and glory with Your Father without beginning and the Most Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Matrona of Moscow

The Holy Intercessor of All Rus', known for many miracles both during her life and after her death. You can turn to her for help by reading the usual prayer of the saint:

O blessed mother Matrono, with your soul in heaven before the Throne of God, your body is resting on the earth, and the grace given to you from above exudes various miracles. Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses and sinful temptations, your dependent, comforting, desperate days, heal our fierce ailments, from God to us through our sin, forgive us, deliver us from many troubles and situations, implore our Lord Jesus Christ, forgive us all our sins, iniquities and sins, even from our youth, even to this day and hour, we have sinned, but with your prayers, having received grace and great mercy, we glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.

In addition, you can make your own petition (there is a special place for this in prayer) and Pray for relief in the process of quitting tobacco:

Holy Righteous Mother Matrona! You are a helper to all people, help me in my trouble (...). Do not leave me with your help and intercession, pray to the Lord for the servant of God (name). In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Blessed Staritsa, Matrona of Moscow. I believe sacredly in your strength, so that you intercede, I sincerely pray. Deliver from evil smoke and cravings, guide God on the path of prayer. Let me stop smoking from the first puff, I will forever leave behind the evil habit. May your will be done. Amen.

Second strong prayer saint:

Blessed Matronushka, Righteous Staritsa. You save us from diseases and ailments, and I die in smoking tar. I'm trying to wean myself from a bad habit, but cigarettes and matches stick to my hands. I pray, help me in a difficult struggle, with prayer and faith I step to you. Let it be so. Amen.

Another very simple prayer-petition to help with the fight against smoking:

Blessed Old Lady. I drown in sinful smoking, I infect myself and others every day. In this impotence, I struggle with the habit so that you help me, I pray heartily. May your will be done. Amen.

Every prayer read at least 3 times putting on oneself sign of the cross.

Venerable Ambrose of Optina

Elder Optina explained more than once what smoking is and how it affects the human soul. You can ask this heavenly intercessor to help get rid of the passion of smoking. Here is the text of the prayer:

Reverend Father Ambrose, you, having boldness before the Lord, begged the Greatly Gifted Vladyka to give me an ambulance in the fight against impure passion. God! Through the prayers of Your saint, Saint Ambrose, cleanse my lips, make my heart chaste and saturate it with the fragrance of Your Holy Spirit, so that the evil tobacco passion will flee from me far away, to where it came from, into the womb of hell.

Appeal to the Holy Trinity

You can seek help directly from God in this prayer:

O most merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the Indivisible Trinity, look kindly on Your servant (name), obsessed with illness; forgive him all his sins; give him healing from the disease; return to him health and bodily strength; give him a long and prosperous life, your peaceful and worldly blessings, so that he, together with us, brings grateful prayers to you, our All-Generous God and our Creator.

Guardian Angel

Everyone has their own, which is always there, protects and supports the human soul at the right moment. You can also turn to it to get rid of the habit:

Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me by God from heaven! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, and save me from all evil, instruct me in every deed, and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen.

Reading Rules

Starting to read Orthodox prayers it is worth knowing a few rules:

• Prayer must be sincere and from the heart. if there are no such emotions, then it is worth either recreating them or starting prayer at another time.
• The mind during prayer should be empty, i.e. is not busy with the usual daily activities and is directed only to prayer, turning to a saint or Jesus.
• Reading selected prayers one should try to be aware of everything that is said in the prayer.
• Before you start reading any prayer, it is better to read the initial part of the prayers from the “Thrice Saint” to “Our Father” - they can be found in any prayer book.
• If passion attacks, and the craving becomes very strong, then you should not attach importance to conventions and become attached to a specific text of the prayer, you can ask from the heart for help and strength in your own words.

Not every modern person, having decided for himself to give up a bad habit, knows that he can always turn to higher powers. After all have been used available methods, the smoker remembers God and asks him for help through prayers.

Orthodoxy about smoking

Every person who has come to faith must understand that the one he has chosen life path may be sinful. Cigarettes are no exception, according to the main Orthodox canons, smoking is a very serious sin. A cigarette is an object of passion that does not allow a person to follow the path of salvation and forgiveness.

Persistent rooting of a habit causes the emergence of other vices:

• selfishness when a smoking mother harms her child;
• despondency that occurs in a person who realizes that he is not able to cope with cravings for nicotine;
• self-justification, the smoker justifies his occupation constant stress and the desire to relax;
• lowering the threshold of morality;
• forgiveness to oneself of others, no less sinful weaknesses.

The teachings of the saints confirm the destructive power of smoking, which causes moral and physical harm to the human body, the greatest gift of God.

The clergy speak of smoking in the following way:

• Smoking is a combination of sin and the will of demons, accelerating the fall of man.
• Habit makes a slave out of a person, he remains a slave until his (sometimes very soon) death.
• It is possible to defeat the craving for nicotine only by combining the human will and the power of the Lord God.
• A person is able to get rid of a harmful addiction only by realizing the harm that it brings to him.
• To quickly get rid of the habit, you must definitely go through the sacrament of confession and the rite of communion, after which, every day, while standing, read the Gospel and special prayers to help you quit smoking.

What holidays do people quit smoking on?

It is believed that the best moments to give up a bad habit are the days of the sacred holidays of Christianity. For example, quitting smoking on the last day preceding the start of Lent, on Maslenitsa, gives good results.

In addition, the spirit of those who refuse cigarettes is much stronger on Easter and on the bright day of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos.

How to quit smoking with prayer?

Prayer has a high ability to work miracles. However, this only happens when it comes from a pure heart. Orthodox faith holds the opinion of the sinfulness of the habit of smoking.

Follow the rules:

• Focus on your own goal.
• Aim for the end result of quitting cigarettes entirely.
• Have pious thoughts.
• Approach the Saints with an open heart and soul.

When choosing and reading a prayer, do not forget about the need to adhere to appointments modern medicine, well supporting the body on a difficult path.

Prayer is pronounced not for the sake of a “tick”, not in the form of a request for a miracle, but with sincerity and faith, then it will definitely help.

What icons to pray from smoking

In order for the prayers to be read to bring more benefit, it makes sense to go to the temple and turn to the clergyman with a request for help. They will definitely tell you which icon should be addressed with a prayer.

Most often, these are icons:

• Nicholas the Wonderworker;
• Holy Trinity;
• Matrona of Moscow;
• Holy Mother of God;
• John of Kronstadt;
• Saint John Chrysostom;
• Saint Ambrose of Optina.

Prayer for smoking Ambrose of Optina

Ambrose of Optina is a revered elder who proved by his own example that serving the Lord can help a person reach heights.

Throughout his life, he constantly smiled and prayed. It is believed that the appeal of heavy smokers in prayer to the elder can work real miracles, strengthen the will and spirit of a person on the path of a difficult struggle.

“Reverend Father Ambrose, you, having boldness before the Lord, begged the Greatly Gifted Vladyka to give me an ambulance in the fight against impure passion. God! Through the prayers of Your saint, the Monk Ambrose, cleanse my lips, make my heart chaste and saturate it with the fragrance of Your Holy Spirit, so that the evil tobacco passion will run away from me far away, to where it came from, into the womb of hell.

After reading, thank the saint in your own words or special thanksgiving prayers for his attention and future help.

Prayer to Matrona to quit smoking

Mother Matrona

Mother Matrona helps people suffering from addiction to gain the willpower they lack. With all possible zeal, tearfully pray to the Matrona for help, be sure to light 3 candles purchased in the temple:

1. “Blessed Staritsa, Matrona of Moscow.

I believe sacredly in your strength, so that you intercede - I sincerely pray.

Deliver from evil smoke and cravings, guide God on the path of prayer.

Let me stop smoking from the first puff, I will forever leave behind the evil habit.

May your will be done. Amen".

1. “Blessed Matronushka, Righteous Old Lady.

You save us from diseases and ailments, and I die in smoking tar.

I'm trying to wean myself from a bad habit, but cigarettes and matches stick to my hands.

I pray, help me in a difficult struggle, with prayer and faith I step to you.

Let it be so. Amen".

1. “Matrona of Moscow, Blessed Staritsa.

I drown in sinful smoking, I infect myself and others every day.

In this impotence, I struggle with the habit so that you help me, I pray heartily.

May your will be done. Amen".

Read at least 3 times, each time completing the reading by overshadowing yourself with the sign of the cross.

Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker from smoking

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

Reverend Nicholas the Wonderworker is a real magician who helps many smokers to give up their addiction on their own, through an appeal to him in prayer. Both the smoker himself and close people who care and worry about his health and well-being can ask for the help of a saint.

“Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Great Pleaser of God, hear the prayer of the servant of God (proper name) and help me cope with addiction. Please help me to quit smoking. Begged the Lord Almighty to accept my sincere repentance for my sins and forgive all my voluntary and involuntary sins. Help me, Holy Wonderworker Nicholas, resist the temptations of sin and reduce my desire to smoke. I thank you, Saint Nicholas, I rely on your support and glorify all your deeds. Amen".

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Icon of the Holy Trinity

The appeal to the Most Holy Trinity - the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit - is truly miraculous, regular reading of prayer allows a person to receive the missing strength to give up nicotine.

“O most merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the Indivisible Trinity, look kindly on Your servant (name), obsessed with illness; forgive him all his sins; give him healing from the disease; return to him health and bodily strength; give him a long and prosperous life, your peaceful and worldly blessings, so that he, together with us, brings grateful prayers to you, our All-Bountiful God and our Creator.

Each text of the prayer involves endowing the person pronouncing it with the necessary power. Therefore, during treatment, it is very important to have a strong desire to give up cigarettes. If during the prayer period, the smoker's nicotine withdrawal syndrome intensifies, he should turn to God even more diligently.

We pray in our own words

It is equally important to be able to pray in your own words, with the help of prayers (albeit incorrect, but coming from your own heart), which a person created himself. It does not have to be one established text, it may well change from prayer to prayer. The main thing is that he should be filled with an ardent and firm decision to overcome his sin.

Sincere desire is the basis of any prayer, which will surely be heard by the Lord.

Prayer from smoking to the righteous Job the Long-suffering

Job the Long-suffering

In those days when despair overwhelms a person, not allowing him to complete the process of giving up cigarettes to the end, when weakness of spirit pushes him to return to cigarettes, pray to Job the Long-suffering.

Prayer is read at moments that require strengthening the will and patience:

“O holy servant of God, righteous Job! Having labored on earth with a good feat, you received in Heaven the crown of truth, which the Lord has prepared for all those who love Him. The same, looking at your holy image, we rejoice in the glorious end of your residence and honor your holy memory. You, standing before the Throne of God, accept our prayers and bring to the All-Merciful God, to forgive us every sin and help us become against the wiles of the devil, and get rid of sorrows, illnesses, troubles and misfortunes and all evil, we will live piously and righteously in the present forever and we will be honored by your intercession, if not worthy of us, to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the One in His saints glorifying God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen".

Prayer from smoking to St. John Chrysostom

Saint John Chrysostom

Another saint, John Chrysostom, the former Archbishop of Constantinople, also helps in especially difficult and desperate moments of nicotine withdrawal.

“O Great Saint John Chrysostom! You have received many and various gifts from the Lord, and like a good and faithful servant, you have multiplied all the talents given to you for good: for this reason, you were truly a universal teacher, for every age and every title comes from you. Behold, the image appeared to you as a youth of obedience, a shone to young chastity, a mentor of industriousness, an old teacher of gentleness, a monk of abstinence a rule, an inspired leader from God who prays, an educator to wisdom seeking the mind, an inexhaustible source of good-sounding branches of the word of a living source, a beneficent star of mercy, a wise image in command of the reign , the truth to the zealots of boldness is the inspirer, the truth for the sake of the persecuted patience is the mentor: all were thou, but every one saves.

Over all these, thou hast acquired love, even there is a sauce of perfection, and by that, as if by the power of God, all the talents in your soul have been united into one, and the same love, divided reconciling, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles, preached to all the faithful. But we are sinners, according to each one our gift of property, the unity of the soul and the union of the world are not imams, but there are vanities, irritating each other, envying each other: for this reason, our divided one is not divided into peace and salvation, but into enmity and condemnation to us . With the same to you, the saint of God, we fall down, we are overwhelmed with contention, and in contrition of heart we ask: with your prayers, drive away from our hearts all sorrow and envy that divides us, but in many places one church body is unselected O let us abide, let us love one another according to your prayerful word. Amen".

Prayer from smoking to St. Tikhon of Voronezh

Saint Tikhon of Voronezh

To maintain your own spirit in the fight against tobacco sin, you can use a prayer - an appeal to St. Tikhon of Voronezh-Zadonsk miracle worker.

“O saint, our father Tikhon! Hear us and feast on your favorable intercession to implore the Lord, may His great and rich mercy be on us, His sinful and unworthy servants (names), may Heal with His grace the incurable ulcers and scabs of our corrupted souls and bodies, may our petrified hearts dissolve with tears of tenderness and contrition for many of our sins and may it deliver us from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna, may it grant peace and silence, health and salvation in the present age, may we be like this with the angels and with all the saints, glorify and sing the All-Holy Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen".

When addressing the saints, remember that reading a prayer should not be a mechanical repetition of a specific text. Prayer is a living conversation filled with desire and faith. Best of all, before you start reading prayers for healing, ask for blessings for this matter from the priest in the temple.

Prayer from smoking to St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk

The prayer service read to Tikhon Zadonsky requires obligatory reading during the difficult period of nicotine withdrawal. It is best to read the prayer for the taming of passions as often as possible:

“Have mercy on me, Lord Son of God, Son of David according to the flesh, as if you had mercy on Canaanite: my soul is mad with anger, rage, evil lust and other destructive passions. God! Help me, I cry to Thee, not walking on earth, but seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven. Hey, Lord! Give me a heart with faith and love to follow Your humility, goodness, meekness and long-suffering, and in Your eternal Kingdom I will be able to partake of the meal of Your servants, whom you have chosen. Amen".

Prayer to the Guardian Angel from smoking

People who sincerely believe in the Lord God confidently assert that a few days of repentance help in maintaining strength in the course of the fight against bad habits, whether it be alcoholism or smoking. Prayer is a real opportunity to perk up and start a difficult struggle with renewed vigor.

Prayer to your own Guardian Angel is very effective, which must necessarily end with a request to get rid of harmful addiction and craving for nicotine:

“Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me by God from heaven! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, and save me from all evil, instruct me in every deed, and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen".

Prayer of the afflicted with the passion of smoking

The text of the prayer has truly miraculous power, especially if you read it with all the passion and firm faith to overcome sin.

“Much-merciful Lord! Hear my petition, accept the prayer of Your unworthy servant, do not disdain my sores, do not turn away from me. Like sometimes you healed the money-loving soul of Zacchaeus the publican, heal my soul, which is sick with many passions and troubles. Lord, listen to the voice of my supplication, hear my groaning and pitiful cry. Oh, woe to me, woe to me a sinner, because I am like idolaters, I am not ashamed to burn demonic incense, I am not ashamed to offend You, Lord, with the deceit of my heart. I tempt You with excessive confidence in Your long-suffering. Standing in Thy Holy Temple, I am delighted with the fragrance of incense, and every hour again I enjoy the incense of the stench. I defile my mouth, and with these same lips I speak words of praise to You. Like a dog returns to his vomit, I also serve sin. For all, as if this is a sin, but not the imam of boldness denying the bribes of mercenaries. Merciful Lord! Condescend to my weakness, forgive my indecency, strengthen me, give me patience and spiritual courage, do not leave me, do not let me perish in the mire of sin, Save, Lord! I'm dying! But sometimes Thou, Lord, healed, through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother, a certain husband Sergius - heal me unworthy too. As if sometimes Thou, Lord, delivered, through the prayers of the Monk Ambrose of Optina, from the bad habit of a certain Alexei of Moscow - deliver me the accursed one. As if sometimes Thou, Lord, freed, through the prayers of the saints, the father of the Kiev Caves, from the oppressive passion of a certain Maxim and appointed him to serve You in Your Holy Temple - the same and less filthy and unclean freedom, and let me serve Your truth, and work without laziness poor to you my Lord Jesus Christ all the days of my life, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen".

Holy Fathers on tobacco smoking

For many centuries, the holy fathers left their opinion on smoking in the annals.

John of Kronstadt considered this habit to be an unnatural occupation, because "the mouth was not given at all in order to eat smoke with it." He emphasized that smoke is not food, it is not permissible to use it for breathing.

John of Kronstadt emphasized that "constant eating and drinking and smoking" makes a person a pawn in the hands of the devil, weakening the human spirit.

“Tobacco is a sweetened pill of the devil, which he gave to the flesh, hiding behind its imaginary need, its senseless lust. The devil does four evils at once through tobacco: he kills precious time, shortens life, produces the most stupid luxury and robs the poor of their daily sustenance, ”said the saint.

St. Ambrose of Optina noted that smoking weakens spiritual forces, increases passions and darkens the mind. In addition, he emphasized that "tobacco destroys health by slow death."

Separately, it is worth noting the thoughts of an important Christian preacher, Father Stakhiy, who was the rector of St. Nicholas Church in the Vladimir region. Many thousands of pilgrims flocked to him, eager to overcome the sins of drunkenness, smoking and drug addiction.

Father Stachy prayed for everyone, not refusing anyone. Near it was a special box into which people threw attributes of bad habits.

Psalm from smoking

It is very useful for those suffering from the sin of smoking to read Psalm 109 daily, asking the Lord God for healing:

“God of my praise! do not be silent, for the mouth of the ungodly and the lips of deceit have been opened upon me; speak to me with a lying tongue;
from everywhere they surround me with words of hatred, they arm themselves against me for no reason;
for my love they fight against me, but I pray;
they repay me for good with evil, for my love with hatred.
Place the wicked over him, and let the devil stand at his right hand.
When he is judged, let him come out guilty, and let his prayer be a sin;
let his days be short, and let another take his dignity;
let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow;
let his children wander and beg, and ask for bread from their ruins;
let the lender seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor;
let there be no one who sympathizes with him, let there be no one who has mercy on his orphans;
let his offspring be destroyed, and let their name be blotted out in the next generation;
let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and the sin of his mother not be blotted out;
may they always be in the eyes of the Lord, and may He destroy their memory on earth,
because he did not think to show mercy, but persecuted a poor and poor and broken-hearted man to put him to death;
loved a curse, it will come upon him; he did not desire the blessing, and it will depart from him;
let him be clothed with a curse, like a garment, and let it enter like water into his bowels, and like oil into his bones;
let it be to him, like the clothes in which he puts on, and like the belt with which he always girds himself.
Such is the reward from the Lord to my enemies and those who speak evil against my soul!
With me, Lord, Lord, do for the sake of Your name, for Your mercy is good; save me,
for I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded in me.
I'm fading like an evasive shadow chase me like locusts.
My knees were exhausted from fasting, and my body lost its fatness.
I have become a laughing stock for them: when they see me, they nod their heads.
Help me, Lord, my God, save me by Your mercy,
let them know that it is Your hand, and that You, Lord, have done it.
They curse, but You bless; they rise up, but let them be put to shame; but let thy servant rejoice.
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor, and be covered with their shame like a garment.
And I will loudly praise the Lord with my mouth and glorify Him in the midst of multitudes,
for He stands at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who judge his soul.”

In order for prayer to be good, you should use the advice from the wise elders:

• Understand that without believing in Christ, it is impossible to achieve the goal. Only sincere prayer reaches the Lord God. It is necessary to quit smoking if only because it is a great sin that angers Christ.
• You can receive grace in the form of God's help if you quit smoking unconditionally and immediately. A gradual decrease in the dose of nicotine is demonic cunning that does not lead to the desired result.
• If you can't quit smoking, don't despair. The smoker is able to do everything possible measures to fight smoking: pray daily, refrain from cigarettes on special days (lenten, sacred holidays, before Holy Communion, on Sunday), do not look for excuses for smoking a cigarette, do not visit places where there is a great temptation to smoke.
• Do not be afraid of bodily suffering, which invariably accompanies the process of nicotine withdrawal. Here you can refer to the words of St. Paul: “You have not yet fought to the point of bloodshed, striving against sin, and you have forgotten the consolation that is offered to you as to sons: my son! do not despise the chastisement of the Lord, and do not be discouraged when He reproves you. For whom the Lord loves, he chastens; beats every son whom he receives.”
• Understand that all the torment lies only in the thoughts and soul of the smoker, thus, the demon affects the person, not allowing him to give up sin.

Smoking and the Muslim faith

From the point of view of Muslim canons, smoking is a forbidden occupation. This is indicated by excerpts from the Qur'an:

• “He is God's messenger, following the suggestion from the Creator, he will call to do good and forbid everything bad from the point of view of universal morality; allow, following the command from Above, everything good and prohibit everything that is bad, evil, harmful, disgusting - everything that harms with its consequences.
• The smell and taste of tobacco, which supposedly give pleasure, from the point of view of Islam, is nothing more than an illusion.
• Smoking is considered a disease-causing action, which is a habit that is detrimental to health. For example: "In Islam there is no damage, loss and wrecking." That is, harming oneself and others through smoking is alien to the norms of Muslim morality and morality.
• Smoking, gradually destroying the human body, slowly kills it. The Qur'an says: “... Do not kill yourselves, do not kill yourself spiritually, do not denigrate your insides with forbidden and sinful things; don't kill each other! Indeed, the Almighty is extremely merciful to you. By His grace, He will grant you countless blessings, but in justice, He will ask on the Day of Judgment about how they were used.

Mantras for smoking

A very real way to get rid of a bad habit is to read mantras. Efforts for this are minimal, and the effect exceeds all expectations. Reading special texts allows you to adjust the work of organs respiratory system, which acts as a preventive measure for the development of various pathologies.

Rules for compiling and reading mantras:

• The prohibition on the use of negations through the particle "not".
• Use of life-affirming facts. For example, “I quit smoking easily. I will be healthy and happy. I breathe with healthy lungs."
• Words must be sincere, come from the heart.
• You need to read each mantra 3 times (this is the minimum). Ideally, the reading should be repeated 19 to 45 times.
• You should not read the mantra in a place where there is a lot of noise and bustle. This is a very delicate occupation that requires complete concentration and solitude.

The most effective smoking cessation mantras:

1. Tibetan mantra: the text below should be read 108 times, using a special rosary for this. Text: “Omm e khan y haru haru hinne, Syra sera mon a myn Byr mane ha manna hinne.”
2. Buddhist mantra: Regular reading of this mantra can cure more than a hundred diseases, including overcoming cravings for nicotine. The text should be read 300 times before going to bed.

It sounds like this: "HA KA RA", and is pronounced on the inhale.

The reading of mantras is an ancient science that has been proving its effectiveness for centuries and can help you quit smoking.

Runes from smoking

Runes are a kind of magical symbols used earlier as an alphabet for the peoples living in the north of Europe.

Working with runes assumes that a person fully understands them and knows how to interpret different combinations, making up their own, endowed magic power. Incorrectly composed runes not only do not help, but can also harm.

The most effective set of runes:

• Mannaz is a smoker.
• Nautiz - patience, overcoming addictions.
• Uruz is the inner power and strength of a person.
• Ansuz is a conscious desire to quit smoking.
• Raido Laguz - brings peace, removes irritability.
• Raido is a return to the starting point, before the appearance of a bad habit.
• Ar - heals, strengthens health.
• Soulo Berkano - removes the physical craving for smoking.
• Vunyo - joy, the end of trouble.

Such a combination sets the smoker up for a positive result, while reading them, irritability goes away and the craving for nicotine gradually decreases.

To achieve a positive result, you should write the runes on paper, put them under the pillow on the 9th lunar day. Then the paper needs to be burned, and the remaining ashes from it should be scattered in the wind. After this, an aversion to cigarettes arises and interest in smoking is lost.

Any method of quitting smoking, be it Orthodox prayer, reading Buddhist mantras or writing runes, can help a person only if he has absolute faith, strong desire and focus on results.