Faithful Steward Ministries and FSM Women's Outreach

Prayer Series XXIII

We continue with excerpts from: Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer.

Our Posture in Prayer

Holy Scripture does not bind us to any gesture particularly; but we find these four gestures . . . spoken of there, viz. standing (Mark 11:25), lying along on the face (Matthew 26:39), Kneeling (Daniel 6:10; Ephesians 3:4), and sitting (2 Samuel 7:18). Whatever the gesture may be, let it be a reverent one, that may express a humble and reverent frame of spirit.

Thomas Boston

Link to above Bible verses

Lifting up our hands in prayer is designed to remind us that we are far removed from God unless our thoughts rise upwards. 1 Kings 8:22, Psalm 63:4.

John Calvin

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RELATED QUOTES AND NOTES:

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”

Corrie ten Boom

“He who kneels the most, stands the best.”

D.L. Moody

Is there a correct posture for prayer? (John MacArthur)

Holy posture! (Octavius Winslow, “Evening Thoughts”)

Oh, lovely posture! (Adapted from Octavius Winslow’s “Morning Thoughts”)

Reader, how is it with you? (James Smith, “MARY” 1859)

THE POSTURE OF THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIM IN COMING UP FROM THE WILDERNESS OF THIS WORLD (From; WANDERINGS OF A PILGRIM By David Harsha, 1856)