Postures In Prayer

• Psalm 95:6. “Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”BHB 73.1

• Luke 22:41. The Saviour “kneeled down and prayed.”BHB 73.2

• Acts 20:36. Paul “kneeled down and prayed.”BHB 73.3

• 2 Chronicles 6:13. Solomon “kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation” and prayed.BHB 73.4

• Matthew 26:39. The Saviour when in agony “fell on His face, and prayed.”BHB 73.5

• 1 Chronicles 21:16. David when in distress fell upon his face in prayer. The Great Controversy, 156, 157.BHB 73.6

• Joshua 5:14. Joshua fell upon his face and worshiped.BHB 73.7

• Numbers 16:20-22. Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces and prayed.BHB 73.8

• Mark 11:25. One may stand while praying.BHB 73.9

• Isaiah 38:1, 2. Hezekiah prayed while lying in bed.BHB 73.10

• Isaiah 1:15. Some spread forth their hands in praying.BHB 73.11

• Psalm 28:2. The psalmist lifted up his hands toward the heavenly sanctuary when he prayed.BHB 73.12

• Lamentations 2:19. Whatever the posture, the heart must be poured out before God.BHB 73.13

• Psalm 66:18. “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.”BHB 73.14

• Proverbs 28:9. “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be an abomination.”BHB 73.15

When prayer delights the least, then learn to say, “Soul, now is greatest need that thou shouldst pray.”BHB 74.1