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Postures of PrayerDescription
Throughout the Bible, there are many postures of prayer. Remember that "whether you sit, stand, bow, or kneel, it is the position of your heart that matters most." (Elizabeth Alves)
Psalm 28:2
2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward your most holy sanctuary.
Psalm 63:4
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 119:48
48 I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.
Psalm 134:2
2 Lift up your hands to the holy place
and bless the Lord!
Psalm 143:6
6 I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
1 Chronicles 17:16
16 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
1 Kings 8:54
54 Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven.
Ezra 9:5
5 And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment and my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,
Luke 22:41
41 And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,
Acts 9:40
40 But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
Exodus 34:8
8 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.
Nehemiah 8:6
6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah 9:5
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Mark 11:25
25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Luke 18:13
13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
2 Chronicles 6:12-13
12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven,
Psalm 63:4
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
1 Timothy 2:8
8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
2 Kings 4:35
35 Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
Joshua 7:6
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
Ezra 10:1
10:1 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.
Matthew 26:39
39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
Mark 14:35
35 And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.



