How to learn the Jesus Prayer? I will repeat to you once again that you need the right foundation. If you do not have the right foundation, then everything will go wrong. If you have the right foundation, then everything will be built with God. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builder labors in vain. Therefore, we must learn to have a pure intention towards God, a pure desire. And how can you recognize a pure desire, is your desire for God pure, if your heart wants to serve God or not? The Lord, by the Holy Spirit, always comes when there are pure desires. When you pray and say: "Lord, how I want to serve You," and the Lord, by the Holy Spirit, comes, comes and shows that "I am with you, you will serve, you will serve," and the heart rejoices and rejoices. This is the beginning of pure desire. Everything in a person, Orthodoxy, is built on it.
Sovereign Zosima
My children, do not cease praying, "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me," even for a moment. Let your lips continually whisper the name of Jesus, who tramples upon the devil and destroys his wiles. Call upon Christ continually, and He will help . Archimandrite Ephraim of Philotheou.