Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. 2 Chronicles 20:18 Prone (on the belly) postures typically symbolize a desperate plea, an urgent request, or to express to God complete and utter dependence on Him. There have been many times in my life when I was flat on my face desperate, or as I like to say, eating dust bunnies! Have you ever been out of options? This is when we find ourselves flat on our faces, eating dust bunnies from the floor, and crying out to the Lord, “Save me!” Prone-positioned prayers are also used for intercessory prayers; these are typically urgent prayers in themselves. When we find ourselves grieved over a loved one or need to stand in the gap for another brother or sister, these are usually prayers of urgency and desperation. Prostrated prayers are often used for repentance and confessing sins, sometimes this is an urgent task as well. In Samuel, we see how a prone position pays honor and respect to a superior. This is also a position of true worship as we see in 2 Chronicles when Jehoshaphat bowed down face first. Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads. Joshua 7:6 “What does he look like?” he asked. “An old man wearing a robe is coming up,” she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 1 Samuel 28:14 Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.” And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” Matthew 26:38-39 I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights… Deuteronomy 9:25 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God. Revelation 7:11 #posturesofprayer #prayer #worship #pray #prone #cryout #urgent #plea #yogafaith (at YOGA FAITH) https://www.instagram.com/p/B22naj3FYDy/?igshid=1by8dqcteryht
