How We Should Pray

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:18). Notice the use of the word “all” in this verse. We are to pray on all occasions, with all kinds of prayer and requests, and for all the saints.

God does not teach us the posture of prayer, because any posture will do.

People in the Bible prayed standing, lifting up their hands, sitting, lying down, kneeling, lifting their eyes toward Heaven, bowing, and pounding their chests.

God does not teach us the place to pray, because any place will do.

Scripture tells us, “I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere” (1 Timothy 2:8). People in the Bible prayed during battle, in a cave, in a closet, in a garden, on a mountainside, by a river, by the sea, in the street, in Hades, in bed, in a home, in a prison, in the wilderness, and inside a fish.

Jesus does not tell us when to pray, because any time will do.

People in the Bible are found praying early in the morning, in the mid-morning, in the evening, three times a day, before meals, after meals, at bedtime, at midnight, and day and night. People pray when they are young, when they are old, when they are in trouble, every day and always. In any posture, at any time, in any place, and under all circumstances—prayer is good and needed in the life of the Christian