Use these suggested positions from around the world. Try using different posture when praying for people in communities with very few followers of Jesus.
Activity
Standing prayer
- Pray as the Yawo people pray
- Pray in confidence rejoicing and praising God with eyes open, looking up and hands uplifted towards heaven
- Praise God for the new believers and for courage as they share their faith with their friends and family
Kneeling prayer
- Pray as Ethnic Thai, Khmer and K people pray
- Pray on your knees looking down with eyes averted or closed and hands folded in petition and recognition of God
- Pray that the people in communities with very few followers of Jesus will have hearts open and ready to accept God’s love
Sitting prayer
- Pray like the B people
- Pray sitting down on the floor with legs crossed or sitting in a chair with eyes closed seeking instructions from God
- Pray for Baptist Mission Australia intercultural team members to be attentive to God’s leading as they serve
Prostrate prayer
- Pray as some people in South East Asia pray
- Pray lying on your belly and looking down with eyes in humility to God and for prayers of desperation
- Pray that Gospel resources will be shared with those who have never heard the good news of Jesus
