Thematic Bible: Postures in


Thematic Bible




And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant? Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces. Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthProstrationSackcloth And AshesStanding

Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people? Verse ConceptsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedWill God Be Angry?venting


And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said, Verse ConceptsAttitudes, in prayerKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfRetirementSecret PrayerThrowing StonesSaying Repeatedly

(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.) Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all. Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, In The ChurchI Pray For You

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument. Verse ConceptsHandsPrayer, Practicalities OfWorship, Reasons ForStrifePrayer, Offered WithLifting HandsMen WorshippingPraying TogetherPrayingpietyPraising God In Public Worship

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street. Verse ConceptsHandsNightPouringAll Night PrayersLifting HandsThings Like WaterPouring WaterFaintingTragedy On The StreetsYoung People SufferingBeginning Of PeriodsLike Water

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place. Verse ConceptsPsalms As PrayersBeggarsHandsMost Holy PlaceLifting HandsPay Attention O God!supplication


Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven, Verse ConceptsAssemblyAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood. Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfHearingSpreadingPrayer, And God's WillPrayer, Practicalities OfRejection Of God, Results OfResponseSin, Effects OfSinnersWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerKilling Many PeopleGod Answering Prayers


Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship. Verse ConceptsBowingWorship, Times ForBowing Heads Before GodHasty Actionadoration

Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him. Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities Of

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