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Christians: please answer! How do you worship The Lord?
I find it interesting that the Bible describes how Jesus (pbuh) and others conducted their prayers in the same way that Muslims do today. I'm referring to these Bible verses:
~Then Abraham fell upon his face.. [Genesis 17:17]
~And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God. [Revelation 11:16]
~And fell before the trone on their faces, and worshipped God. [Revelation 7:11]
~And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my father.. [Matthew 26:39]
~And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord. [Chronicles 20:18]
~And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. [Exodus 34:8]
Prostrating in worship is such a beautiful act of honor and humbleness before your Creator. Muslims worship in this similar style to how the Bible explains it, as we also pray the way Jesus (pbuh) did. So why do many Christians pray with their hands put together instead? Is this something the churches teach? Do any of you pray with your faces lowered to the ground like above?
Thank you for sharing :)
I know the method isn't the most imp thing, but I wonder where the hands put together came from and why it's more common than prostration among Christians.
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- My cents worthLv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
I do get down when I pray in privacy. I don't really give it much thought other than ,like you said, to humble myself and show honor best I can. I have wondered the same thing actually. I visit a Christian Church that does go to the ground and I was pleased to see that and comfortable.
- ?Lv 710 years ago
Matthew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
- 10 years ago
"The Lord is spirit and those who worship him should worship in spirit and truth!"
Source(s): John 4:24