Do you believe God is more apt to answer your prayer if you kneel or does it mat

That is what I think. Thank you.

I think it's always best to ask if you are praying in your heart or with your mouth and knees. You can kneel down and even crawl when you pray but if you are merely going through the motions, it really does not matter. People who are really praying will be talking to the Almighty from within no matter what the position of their body.

That sounds like a good idea. I do not like kneeling, not because I do not like being reverent, but I want to go to sleep, and that sort of wakes me up. Besides I pray better in bed and I feel that God hears me better that way.

Well, as you have said, God hears you better when you pray in bed. So, if this is where you believe that you can get the closest relationship with God, this is where you should pray.

At the end of the day, what is prayer but a private conversation with God. Where you do it and what position you place your body in does not really matter. I remember reading somewhere, where it said that Native Americans believed in praying standing up, because they wanted to look up to the divine. On the other hand, other religions kneel because they want to be subservient in the presence of the divine. Who is right, who is wrong? I don't know - but I think it all depends on the individual. Ultimately, the prayer should be in the heart.

I pray during the day after the morning prayer, not counting graces. I find that when I pray at night, I doze off, then I continue praying. I have even prayed in my dreams. Sometimes I will stop what I am doing, or I will keep on doing what I am and think about God or ask HIM for HIS help.

my father had crushed his knee and had the pieces removed - they filled hte spot up with muscle they removed from his thigh. from that accident till his death that knee caused him grief - but he never did stop kneeling in church. I so admire his fortitude as I have no valid excuse and find it difficult to kneel the duration.

I wonder if he placed all his weight on his good knee - still a task.

he would say the Good Lord hung on the cross, patiently, 3 long hours for me - the least I can do is offer my discomfort to Him for this short time.

We do not need to show our piety by kneeling. I can make longer prayers in bed, rather than on my knees, and more effective prayers. I doubt that God wants us to reach HIM by our much speaking and how long we can sit through the pain if we have something wrong with them and HE is not interested in us SHOWING how much we can endure. Christ suffered on the cross to remove the curse of our sins. It was not so that we should now suffer if we have arthritis in our knees or something like that. We can bow and pray, we can kneel in bed, we can show by our humbleness. I do not believe we should look up into the sky or face forward, as that is not showing reverence.

Thank you for your answer. I have been told that you have to kneel all the time, but sometimes I am too tired. I think part of the problem has to be that when I was boarding and I was kneeling to pray, the lady I was boarding with always interrupted me (she was in the kitchen and I had to go to bed early because I had to get the bus early to get to work) when I was praying and so I am wary that someone will interrupt me. So even though I look on God with reverence and awe, I still have that anxiety.

This is so true but remember that prayer is our way of getting a closer relationship with God and we must follow the example set for us by Jesus

Man has a tendency to try and change the words that God has given us to suit there needs Study your word and you will be given. God tells us in scripture how to come to him and his word is good enough for me.

Thank you both for your comments. I don't believe God expects us to kneel each time we pray, but you're right that He does give us a wonderful example of how to pray in Scripture along with a model prayer. Kneeling is a symbol of our awe and reverence to God when we pray. If we have the same reverence when we pray, for instance lying in bed at night praying, which I do often before falling asleep, I believe God still hears and answers us. Yes, it's a wonderful thing to be able to kneel, but I really feel that all God wants is our respect as we pray; He wants us to know that we're in His presence. We should be humble and in awe, but He understands that we can't always kneel when we pray, for sometimes obvious reasons. It's better to pray lying in bed than to be interrupted while kneeling to pray, in my opinion. I really appreciate both of your input, though! Thanks for posting this wonderful discussion and for your kind comments.

When I am praying, I am not concentrating on other things, but if I am kneeling, I am afraid that someone will interrupt me. No one will interrupt me if I am in bed and I have my covers over me nor do they do if they see that I bow my head and am sitting in the chair.

Thank you, but I would not be good at standing on my head. I would look silly.

Thank you. I felt that any act of reverence is all right with God, as long as our hearts are sincere.

Thanks it is just that I got the idea from reading that only knelt prayers mattered. I am glad herever I pray, God will hear me.

I find it hard to kneel as I am always worried that someone will interrupt me. I have had that happened to me. If I am in bed, and bending down with the covers over me, the idea is that they will think I am sleeping and will not ask me silly questions. In our church we bow our heads and we do not stand to pray, only if it is a blessing.

I believe God hears me as well, when I kneel I tend to speed up a bit.

I suppose kneeling to pray is a matter of tradition or legalism as we call it in the Reformed Church. I often pray when I am going for a walk.