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Rhy Bezuidenhout
Rhy Bezuidenhout  

2 yrs

Praying towards Jerusalem, or not???

Another subject that I am investigating in my own life which I would appreciate your input on.

In 1 Kings Solomon dedicates the new temple and asks Father to answer prayers when directed towards Jerusalem. We see then in Daniel 6 that Daniel opens his windows towards Jerusalem and prays three times a day.

Both Solomon and Daniel prayed on their knees and there are many other examples, Yeshua in the Garden, Moses, Abraham, etc.

Yeshua taught his followers what to pray, but I do not believe how to sit, stand, kneel, etc. when praying so it could have been assumed for that time and culture.

We are instructed to :
1. Pray in our inner rooms, so that it isn't a public spectacle. Matt 6:6 - But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
2. Men shouldn’t cover their heads and women should cover their heads. 1 Cor 11:4-5 - Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head. But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.

Do you possibly have other verses instructing us on:

1. Should we pray towards Jerusalem?
2. Should we be kneeling?

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GidgetsMom

Rhy, you listed the extent of the verses I know directly address prayer. I do, however, know it was customary to prostrate yourself before a person of high rank, such as a king, but that the angels would not let people prostrate in front of them for worship. I believe we can pray in any position, but prostrate towards the temple mount is the most humble. I believe the reason the eastern gate was opened on sabbath in the temple was so people could pray facing east. Perhaps i am confusing that with the weeeping for tam%%% though. Im sorry i dont have verses for you, but the angel encounters i can think of are the messengers who visited abraham on the way to sodom, the angels who came to the prophets in visions, and the angel in revelation who guided john, after Yeshua told him to write to the churches. I hope this helps! Shalom and have a wonderful shabbat!
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RemnantResilience

Genesis 24:42-46 has an example of praying in the heart. I thought David also had a similar example but cannot find it.
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Nick Liebenberg

But at the well with the Samaritan woman, Yeshua said to her, that no-one will worship the Father on that mountain at the well or in Jerusalem [John 4:5-30] We will worship the Father in truth and spirit, and that is what Father wants from us. I believe that one must look at your relationship with Father first. He lives in your heart, not only in Jerusalem.
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Rhy Bezuidenhout

 
I now understand how you make time for the prayer requests that come in.

Yes, prayer should be a daily walk with Father else the sorrows of this life will tie you down.

"Just remember, sometimes you can ask and plead with Him for certain things to be a value for Him on earth but if you are not set out to do that what you ask for, then you will not get it." - very true.
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Rhy Bezuidenhout

 
My reading this morning took me to 2 Kings 17:36 - "But the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice. "

This does not talk of a future event when every knee will bow. This was said for that time.

Is that "bow yourselves down" an inner or emotional state of being or a physical bowing down?

If it is physical, is it only when we feel "moved" during a church service when the music is just "right" (sorry for the church reference, but that is the only time I either did or saw others bow down in the church) or is it in our inner rooms during prayer?
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Bgmctv

toward JERUSALEM
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Camp Ephraim

While Yah's eyes search to and fro the earth to strengthen all whose hearts are fully towards him. 2 Chr 19:6 Jona even in the belly of the fish was mindful of the temple in Jerusalem. Thats where Abbas eyes are fixed and He promised to listen to all prayers prayed towards Jerusalem.
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Joshua Myers

"2. Men shouldn’t cover their heads and women should cover their heads." While I am not against Paul, he does give a lot of opinion at times rather than commands from God. My challenge would be: where is this command in Torah? We see the priests have head coverings while they are on duty. What is part of their duties? Speaking with God. What is prayer? Speaking with God. So, if we aren't to have head coverings while praying, wouldn't the priests be told to sin because they are supposed to wear those head coverings?
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