Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Be Still My Soul - Postures

March 28th, 2008
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Prayer is not only for our minds and hearts, but our bodies

Types of prayer postures:

Kneeling

• Elijah - with his face between his knees (1 Kings 18:42)
• Daniel - knelt in prayer three times a day (Daniel 6:10)
• Peter - knelt in prayer for the life of Tabitha (Acts 9:40)

Standing - Jesus gave instructions and standing in prayer (Mark 11:25)

Prostrate

• Moses - for 40 days (Deuteronomy 9:18, 25)
• Daniel - fell prostrate before the angel Gabriel (Daniel 8:17)
• Jesus - fell on his face in prayer at Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36)

Lifting and spreading out hands

• David - Psalms 28:2, 63:4, 88:9, 119:48, 143:6
• Ezra - Ezra 9:5
• Moses - Exodus 9:29
• Solomon - 1 Kings 8:22

Gazing upward - Jesus looking up to heaven (Matthew 14:19, Mark 6:41, 7:34)

Out loud and silently - Esther 4:1, Hebrews 5:7, James 4:7-9 / 1 Samuel 1:13

If prayers are not offered from a variety of postures then we are not praying as we ought
We can not separate our bodies from our hearts

Author has developed the ability to pray with great concentration and intimacy while running